Instagram is a social site for sharing photos on PCs and smart phones. Savvy marketers are using it to gather followers, increase their traffic and boost their earnings.Instagram is free to use and powerful in its reach. Aaron Blevins has written a stellar Report on Instagram showing how you can use it in your marketing. And it’s only $5Discover how to build a community on Instagram and then monetize it easily in Instagram: Stellar Report here. [...]

HubSpot has released a free ebook entitled “How to Monitor Social Media in 10 Minutes a Day”.The HubSpot team says, “This ebook will teach you the most important elements you should be monitoring across relevant social media networks. We suggest a few practical habits you can adopt to maintain a powerful social media presence.After reading this 23-page ebook, you’ll learn:– How to best spend your time monitoring social media– How other marketers are spending time on social media– What tools consolidate your social media information– What you... [...]

The Fan Page Builder for the New Facebook with Timeline builds fan pages without stress or technical headaches and requires:No InstallationNo Script UploadingNo PHP Scripts SetupNo MySql DatabaseClick Here for Instant Fanpage Creator [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “4 Startups Revolutionizing Social Commerce”.Michoel Ogince says, “In 2010 Mark Zuckerberg said, “If I had to guess, social commerce is next to blow up.” He was right. Social media has changed the way we shop online, and the statistics confirm it. About 81% of consumers receive advice from friends and family relating to a product purchase through a social networking site. And the majority — about 74 % — of consumers rely on social networks to guide their purchases”.4 Startups Revolutionizing Social Commerce... [...]

Are you ready for “Google+ Local”? Google is changing the face of local marketing yet again, just as they did with Google Places. Today only, you can get up to speed on this new Google change from two veteran Google watchers (and local marketers) Justin Wheeler and John Flynn. Through midnight today, they are taking reservations for a live webinar they are holding tomorrow, in which they dissect the impact of Google+ Local and show how offline consultants can profit from it.If you can’t attend live, they will provide recordings, Plus you also get:– Professional Transcripts... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Will Disappear by 2020, Says Analyst”.Sam Laird says, “Facebook‘s sliding stock price has at least one hedge fund manager predicting a dismal decade ahead for the social network.“In five to eight years they are going to disappear in the way that Yahoo has disappeared,” Ironfire Capital founder Eric Jackson told the CNBC show Squawk on the Street on Monday”.Facebook Will Disappear by 2020, Says Analyst Mashable.com [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “How to Get the Gmail Address You Want”.Chelsea Stark says, “So you want to sign up for Gmail (or change your username), but the Holy Grail of email addresses — Firstname.Lastname@gmail.com — is taken.With more than 350 million users, it’s hard to grab a unique username on Gmail these days — especially one you can use for the long run. (Sorry XxXButt3rflyCuTee@gmail.com, it’s just not going to work out.)”.How to Get the Gmail Address You Want Mashable.com [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Amazon Publishing Acquires Family-Owned Book Publisher”.Lauren Indvik says, “Amazon’s publishing division has acquired Avalon Books for an undisclosed sum, both companies announced shortly after the market close Monday.The acquisition gives Amazon the rights to publish 3,000 backlist books primarily in the romance, mystery and western genres, none of which are yet available as digital editions. Holly Jacobs, Carolyn Hughey and Carolyn Brown are among the imprint’s better-known authors”.Amazon Publishing Acquires... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Internet Explorer Coming to Xbox”.Christina Warren says, “At E3 2012, Microsoft announced its plans to help complete a chapter it helped open more than 15 years ago with WebTV: Internet Explorer is coming to the Xbox.Game consoles have had web browsers since the days of the Dreamcast, but the experience has remained resolutely terrible. Microsoft is hoping to change that by integrating Kinect Voice actions with the browser, as well as making your smartphone or tablet a remote control that can control the page you’re on”.The... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “The Beginner’s Guide to Tumblr”.Christine Erickson says, “Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform that churns out more than 64 million posts daily. There are 57.5 million blogs on Tumblr, which might seem intimidating to anyone not already using it.Tumblr could be useful to you for many reasons, depending on what you’re looking to get out of it, for example, inspiration, scrapbooking, communication or a portfolio”.The FTC’s privacy cases against Google and Facebook have”.The Beginner’s Guide to Tumblr Mashable.com [...]