Top Social Media Apps For Smart phones

Top Social Media Apps For Smart phones

With the popularity of smart phones skyrocketing over the past few years, users are able to communicate in new and exciting ways over mobile broadband. These handy devices allow users to take their favourite computer applications with them, as well as providing the utility of a regular cell phone. Thanks to social networking applications and mobile broadband for smart phones, users are able to update their Facebook, make tweets on Twitter and upload pictures. But with so many choices available, which applications are the best for smart phone users to install? This list should help users determine which social networking app is best for their smart phone.

Fring

Fring is probably the most underrated social networking app currently available. Fring essentially organizes all the popular social networking instant messaging programs into one convenient program. Prior to using this program, users had to switch between a variety of programs like Skype, MSN Messenger and Twitter in order to chat with all of their friends. As anyone who uses chat programs on a regular basis knows, trying to juggle multiple simultaneous chats across different programs can be a complete headache. Fring also allows users to colour code their instant messages so that they can easily distinguish which users are on each network.

Nimbuzz

Nimbuzz is another great app that has somehow managed to remain largely unknown. Nimbuzz functions similar to Fring in that it also integrates multiple chat clients into one convenient interface. In some ways Nimbuzz is even better than Fring, such as Nimbuzz's ability to allow users to edit contact information without having to launch another application. Nimbuzz also supports even more chat networks than Fring, such as Facebook chat, AOL Instant Messenger and Google Gmail chat. Nimbuzz also supports voice over IP chat, although it does require a WiFi connection.

Twinkle

Twinkle is a social networking application that allows users to let their friends know where they are. This can either be done manually or automatically, thanks to Twinkle's GPS feature that uses phones to determine where they are. For example, a user can let friends know that they're at a movie, a restaurant or shopping mall. If a user is with a group of friends that also use Twinkle their status updates will also note which friends they are with at a particular location. Users have the choice of having Twinkle update their Facebook page, Twitter feed, or both.

EchoFon

Smartphone owners looking for an application that allows them to blog via mobile broadband need look no further than EchoFon. This terrific app allows users to log-on to their twitter account, browse tweets and even create their own tweets, all from their smart phone. This is the perfect app for smart phone owners looking to take Twitter with them on the road. EchoFon allows users to do everything they would normally do on Twitter running on a PC such as follow, un-follow, message, and edit account details.


TwitterFone

TwitterFone is another app that allows users to update their Twitter account from their smart phone and is somewhat similar to EchoFon. The main difference between the two applications is that TwitterFone allows users to create Twitter tweets by speaking directly into their phone. Thanks to TwitterFone's voice recognition technology, users can enter messages without needing to ever touch their phone's keyboard.

Facebook

This list wouldn't be complete without the Facebook app, as it is currently the most popular social networking site on the planet. The Facebook mobile app is nothing less than perfect and allows users to update their Facebook profile exactly as if they were sitting in front of a PC. This is definitely a must-have app.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is quickly becoming a major player in the social media game. This social networking site caters towards business professionals looking to leverage Facebook's utility for business purposes. LinkedIn is currently available for both iPhone and Android phones.

Twitter

While there are many apps that offer Twitter access, the official client is still one of the best around. This app originally started out as a fan-made project that was originally purchased by Twitter. This app is available for all major mobile devices including Android, iPhone and Blackberry.

Skype

Skype has been a long-time favourite for users looking to make VoIP phone calls. This popular PC app is now available for mobile devices, and looks like it will be as popular as ever. Skype also allows users to make video chat calls with the use of a webcam and mobile broadband.

 

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Red & Black in your marketing??? Only if you’re the Grim Reaper!

I was having a conversation about marketing and choosing the right color the other day with a friend of mine who happens to work in the accounting department of a large telecom company. He mentioned that he did not approve of their latest decision to change their logo and colors.  He had received a statement from this company in the mail, which was accompanied by a black and red marketing flyer mentioning their latest announcements. My friend mentioned this flyer made him think of death and fear! He opened it and thought, “Yikes, my telecom company is sending death messages out to all their customers”.

 

Not sure about you but I do not want any messages about death or fear being portrayed when my customers or potential customers see my logo and or marketing messages. There actually has been a great deal of studies done regarding the subject of color and the effects these colors have on our potential customers and their buying habits. Here at MyMark we selected the logo look and feel with a specific color in mind. The blue and the font should portray a feeling of calmness and trust.  When our newsletters are sent out they have a blue background on the email, with an effort to match the calmness of the logo and company look.

I am not saying every company should have a blue logo or should never use the colors red or black in their chosen marketing. I am simply saying that you need to consider the effect your entire message is having on the reader. Many times people will not read the small print but simply scan through your message and grab the major points. Therefore, first make sure the major point is understood at a glance, and that you are not portraying a non-written message with your look and feel.

 

Keep in mind that when you send out your marketing material there may be more being said then what you wrote down. Just like in person-to-person communication there is just as much if not more communication done through non-verbal communication then verbal communication. Make sure you are sending the right message in all your marketing materials. 

 

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My Community, My Brand

It seems like every time I turn around someone has dubbed themselves as an “expert”, and the online world of marketing is no exception to this rule.  However, how are you seen as an expert and how can you start getting people looking to you as the expert and asking for assistance?

My recommendation is it requires a community, no matter how often and aggressive you are with promoting yourself and pronouncing how you know what you are doing a group of individuals that can help you create a community.

 

The concept of building a community around your personal brand is to help your clients, both current and potential ones, connect with each other. The idea is as a community working together can always be more effective than one individual preaching/teaching the group. With this community environment you have the ability to teach and each member of the community would have the ability to comment as well as share to their sphere of influence.

 

The bigger the community the more people will talk about you, and the more you become a true expert. Use the opportunity to engage with your “fans” as reinforce your personal brand and increase your credibility.

 

Building a community does not happen overnight and would require some effort, here are a few suggestions to help the process.

 

1: Blogging:

Creating a blog is the basic place to start; it is the location where a community will use as the home base for communicating. People can comment and share the information you provide through your blog. You now have the ability to share a message about your product and service, push it to your community and they in return have the power to share it with a much larger community. 

2: Networking:

Once you have created a community and you are seen as an expert, now you must connect with others in your same arena. The day of avoiding your competition and doing it on your own is long and gone. Connect with others in your same filed and connect with their contacts.

With the power of social media you now have the ability to connect and expand your network tenfold due to connecting with other experts connections.

Again as I always say… Do not use your social media accounts as billboards, use them to communicate; encourage your readers to comment and share with their connections.

3: Storytelling:

To truly build a community you need to encourage people to talk about you. One great way of doing this is to tell stories, keep things entertaining; people love to be educated at the same time as entertained.

Each time I speak about story telling I think of a good friend of mine who has the ability to keep people’s attention for hours by telling stories. His stories have a point and tell a great story. The same is true with blogging and online communities.

 

Creating a sense of community is necessary can be the thing that sets you apart and helps put you in a new level of success. Remember the people that bragged that they have never missed a Grateful Dead concert, what you would give for a following that loyal. Communities are very powerful.

Brad Hess
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Start Improving the Quality of Your Professional Networking Today

Have you ever wondered why your Twitter following is less than satisfactory? Or why none of your Facebook fans comment on your wall? Well I’m going to be honest, most people wonder the same thing. So the good news is: you aren’t the only one! The bad news? Well, let’s not call it bad news so much as room for improvement.

 

The basics of social media and professional networking are centered around actually being social. At every party there’s a guy who spends his entire night in pursuit of something that will continue to elude him because of the way he goes about approaching women. He hits on every girl at the party and, if he’s lucky enough to end up with a phone number, it’s usually fake or it belongs to her boyfriend. So rather than following his lead, let’s learn a lesson from party guy.

 

There is at least one thing that we all have in common with party guy: we are looking for some sort of advantageous relationship. The difference? Well, let’s just say that we know for a fact the sort of relationship we are looking for in social media is a professional, long-lasting and mutually advantageous, meaning that we want our customers to stay with us for the long haul. So how do we accomplish this?

 

Everyone likes to know that someone is interested in them. Think about every time you get a genuine comment on a blog. It makes you feel good that someone took the time to read it, thought about it on a deeper level, and made the effort to continue the dialogue with you by commenting on it. This is really what you should be reaching out and doing with others in your professional network.

 

• Do you retweet others’ great tweets?
• Do you have an extensive blog roll of others who write fantastic blogs to share with your readers?
• Do you participate in forums and comment on the blogs you find stimulating?

 

If not, you definitely should be. Go and find the great content that other people are publishing and continue the dialogue with them. Those contributors will be much more likely to be interested in you as well and you will both benefit from the relationship. Start making time for quality interactions. There is no point in having a Twitter following if none of them are actually interested in what you have to say just as there is no point in following someone if you are not interested in what they have to say.

 

So now that you know how to behave; go have fun. Enjoy yourself and start to really engage with others. Don’t be the party guy. Find those who you are genuinely interested in and get the dialogue going. You may be surprised at the resulting quality of your followers and fans.

 

 “OK, I get it, I need to be social on the Internet to build my personal brand in order to attract people to my products and services. What are the marketing tools available to me on the Internet?” There are many marketing tools available to you on the Internet. At MyMark, we focus on five primary Internet marketing tools: blogs and micro-blogs, articles, press releases, videos, and Podcasts.

There are many Internet sites available for each of these marketing tools. We have chosen to call out a few of the most popular sites in this book. Simply apply the principles for each of these marketing tools to other similar sites. For example, we talk about YouTube. YouTube is certainly the most popular video hosting site on the Internet, however, there are others. Don’t ignore the others. They may be specialized and attract just the kind of people who would be interested in you and your products and services.

You may be surprised at how useful each of these platforms can be for your business and personal brand. We’ll start with the cornerstone of your Internet marketing vehicles, the blog.

 

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Promoting Your Personal Brand

Did you know that most people will not go past the first two or three pages of search results? If you do not show up on the first or second page of search results, chances are no one is looking at you. Google Instant has significantly changed the way we do search as well. Simply by changing or adding one letter in your search terms, Google will instantly change your search results, making it almost unnecessary to go past even the first page of results.

Before we introduce the 5 Must-Dos to increase traffic to market yourself online, you must learn how to promote your personal brand with your MyMark professional profile through social media. Your personal branding website and blog can be home grown, however, in this book we refer most often to a MyMark profile and blog or just MyMark profile. In order to promote your profile you must understand and apply processes that will ultimately build links back to your profile. This manual will teach you the importance of content distribution. And it will also give you very detailed instruction on how to distribute content to generate quality traffic to your profile or website. When you follow this system correctly, you will build your way to the top of search results for your target keywords.

 

For this and other information on, professionally branding, online marketing, lead generation, and simply how to market yourself online contact MyMark at support@mymark.com or visit us online at www.MyMark.com Thanks the My Mark Support Team!

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