| Welcome to Social Spotlight! When I'm not covering a variety of technology and communications industries - everything from the cloud and VoIP to customer relationship management and data centers - you will find me on social media. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, foursquare, YouTube, Tumblr... you name it, I'm there
hab·it, noun: an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary Over the past few weeks I’ve caught myself finishing a task and automatically redirecting to Facebook. A few seconds after looking at my news feed, I...
XFINITY is looking to fill its socialmedia spot for XFINITY Sports, so it’s appropriately turning to socialmedia to recruit and invite candidates to apply. The “Ultimate Sports SocialMedia Job” is offering one person the chance to become...
Pinterest is amazing. I was introduced to the addicting socialmedia site in 2010 and never turned back. Besides the fact that you are free to do whatever you can dream of – plan your wedding, get crafty, find recipes,...
Here is a trailer for the upcoming movie, “Broken City” starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones that I’ve seen on TV a lot in the past few weeks. Notice anything? Reviews to promote movies were once reserved for...
Interacting with customers on socialmedia is a win-win situation. In addition to satisfying the customers' needs and giving them some bragging rights for earning a company’s recognition, the company itself also earns credit. People like companies that like their...
When it comes to socialmedia, there’s probably nothing more annoying than spam accounts. Twitter is infamous for its direct message spams (which, by the way, you know to never to click to see “what U R doing in this...
Last night I went to the Justin Bieber concert in Madison Square Garden. (Yes, I am a Belieber.) The two nights in the Big Apple sold out in 30 seconds when tickets went on sale earlier this year, and his...
An infographic posted on Socially Aware, a Morrison & Foerster blog devoted to the law and business of socialmedia, highlights the growing impact of socialmedia. The infographic shows that socialmedia accounts for 18 percent of time spent...
Everyone has their own opinions when it comes to baby names. Apple, Blanket, Bronx, Blue Ivy and Egypt are all names that you wouldn’t typically pair with a baby’s name…but what are you going to do? It’s free speech. The...
The month of November is like the preseason to holiday shopping. Companies are prepping for the first game of the season, Black Friday. Sephora has embraced socialmedia this holiday with Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook campaigns to pump customers up...
Welcome to “Social Spotlight,” a socialmedia blog designed to be your go-to resource for everything about connecting your world to your people via technology. My name is Rachel Ramsey and I am a Web Editor here at TMCnet. I’ve...