With the new Open Graph changes from Facebook, a cool site, LikeButton.me has come to visually show the power of this feature in social media.
Once you go to the site, you’ll see boxes of popular websites like YouTube, Yelp, and Huffington Post. Take a closer look and you’ll notice that your Facebook friends’ shared items from each site are featured highest up for each site. In addition, some of the top shared items from each site are also featured so you know what people outside of your network are interested in. You can also add a custom site to the grid in case there’s a certain topic that interests you but is missing from LikeButton.me.
It makes sense that we’d want to check out shared videos, articles and links from our friends who share similar interests, so this is a cool, visual way to see shared items across some key sites. Log into Facebook, check it out and let us know if you like it (no pun intended).
Many of our clients and contacts are interested in learning how Social Media can assist with home sales. It’s a question that comes with a lot of preconceived notions about social technologies—i.e. that they are only used to update friends with what you had for breakfast—as well as some deep-seated fears of transparency and the potential for negative feedback.
When was the last time you wrote a letter to a friend…on actual paper? Paper, you might recall, is that wonderful, tangible thing that we all used to carry around in our book bags and briefcases. We used to feel the smooth sheets between our fingers and stare sheepishly at the blank canvases, fearful that at any moment the slightest twitch of a finger could ruin a perfectly crafted letter, poem or thank you note.
Wrong. Apparently some marketers are still in the dark about the solid benefits of participating on Facebook by means other than display ads. That seems odd to me, and I don’t mean that in a snarky way. I suppose I’m just so deeply entrenched in these social channels that I have a hard time understanding how people aren’t. Does that make me a bad person? Shoot, I hope not.
Ahem, that leads us to LinkedIn, the chamber of commerce. Professional, informative and focused, this forum is often seen as go-to social platform for companies or individuals in the financial industry—and that makes sense. When you are looking for the facts and the nitty-gritty behind a potential client or partner, LinkedIn offers you the details you need, without their incredible lyrical skills.
Man, these new [brand] shoes look great, but they feel awful. Total shoe fail.