Tag: social media
Twitter vs. Facebook: A Social Media Revenue Comparison
This is a very interesting topic to me because there are so many factors that come into play when trying to measure the revenue generated from social media marketing. Social media is all about relationship building and networking, and it's strange to me to think about assigning a dollar and cents va ...
![Who Uses What: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn… [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Social-Networking-Demographic-Statistics-Infographic-1-optimized.png "Who Uses What: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn… [Infographic]")
Who Uses What: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn… [Infographic]
Social media and social networking have such a hype surrounding them that most people probably think that everyone is using at least one service to connect to others. But as the hype wears off, the true statistics emerge to tell the story more accurately. We're constantly trying to find new channels ...
Tweets From Japan: Shining Hope Into The Darkness
It seems like I've started dozens of articles with this same sentence: I love Twitter. However, each day I find more reasons why Twitter is such a fabulous place to hang out. Whenever there are tragedies happening around the world, I can always find some sort of peace and comfort on Twitter. Have yo ...
The Twitter HTTPS Setting In Plain English
We've all seen the tweets over the past few days about the new "HTTPS Only" checkbox in our settings menu in Twitter, but a lot of people still don't understand what that box means and why it's there.
Bottom line, I think everyone should go in and check that box, and this is why. One of the most ...
How To: Be Awesome On Twitter
I've written 1,200 articles here on Bit Rebels, and many of them are about Twitter. It's a topic that never gets old to me. When I started on Twitter back in 2009, there weren't very many articles that explained the whole Twitter dynamic. Those of us who were on the site regularly just had to fig ...
Gender Differences: Men vs. Women on Facebook
I've had a lot of fun lately seeing all the gender related stats we've featured on Bit Rebels. It's really interesting to do the man/woman comparisons, and of course, it's all in good fun.
We've already determined that women can get followers much easier and with a lot less effort than men on Tw ...
![Social Networking Is Already Using The Cloud [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Already-Using-Coud-Computing-Infographic-1-optimized.jpg "Social Networking Is Already Using The Cloud [Infographic]")
Social Networking Is Already Using The Cloud [Infographic]
Are you one of those who is really looking forward to the day when cloud computing is as normal as the Internet itself? If so, you might not have to wait much longer. There has been a lot of talk about cloud computing for the past year or two, but we've not seen much progress on the surface of the ...
![Facebook Photos: The Astonishing Stats [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Facebook-Photos-Stats-Infographic-optimized.jpg "Facebook Photos: The Astonishing Stats [Infographic]")
Facebook Photos: The Astonishing Stats [Infographic]
Relatively speaking, I am still a newbie on Facebook. I've been on the site less than a year. It's fun and all, but to me, it still doesn't touch Twitter by a mile, but I know most people would probably disagree. I think most people were on Facebook long before they ever got on Twitter, but I did ...
The Surprising Discovery About Twitter Retweets
I have seen so many posts written about the dynamics of Twitter retweets, and every time I read one, I always want to write my own on the topic. I'm excited I'm finally taking the time to do that. There is so much psychology and power behind a retweet, and I'm about to share all that with you. To ...
7 Steps: The Evolution Of A Social Media Friendship
I remember back in the day (2009), I wrote many articles about how to build real friendships in social media. Back then; people were skeptical that it could be done. However, since then, we've grown as a whole in our knowledge about the complexities and the magic of social media. By now, most peo ...
![A Day In The Life Of A Social Media Manager [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Social-Media-Job-Description-optimized.jpg "A Day In The Life Of A Social Media Manager [Infographic]")
A Day In The Life Of A Social Media Manager [Infographic]
Being a social media manager sounds so glamorous, doesn't it? For anyone who is a twitterholic, it translates to, "I can finally get paid to tweet!" Whenever I see social media manager job postings circulating on Twitter, they always have hundreds of RTs. It's definitely a job that comes across a ...
![Chicks Rule: Power of Women in Social Media [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Women-on-Twitter-Facebook-Blogs-optimized.jpg "Chicks Rule: Power of Women in Social Media [Infographic]")
Chicks Rule: Power of Women in Social Media [Infographic]
Until recently, I never really thought about the differences between men and women in social media. I've seen articles here and there about it, but I've always believed that each person stands on his or her own merit in social media, regardless of whether that person is a man or woman. We all star ...
![Are We REALLY Addicted To Social Media? [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Social-Media-Addiction-Infographic-optimized.jpg "Are We REALLY Addicted To Social Media? [Infographic]")
Are We REALLY Addicted To Social Media? [Infographic]
We see it in tweets all the time. People send things like, "I'm a Twitterholic" or "I invite you to a Twitterholic Anonymous meeting." Most of us, or at least most of the people I know, either love their Facebook or their Twitter, and they check in on those sites every day.
I've always thought ...
5 Fascinating Facts About Twitter’s History
If you are a regular on Bit Rebels, you've probably noticed that I've written close to 100 articles about Twitter. Twitter is very near and dear to my heart, and it's one of my favorite topics to write about. This time; however, I'm going to take a different approach.
I normally write about the ...
![This Is Why Parents Shouldn’t Text [Humor]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Parents-Texting-Mishaps-and-Misunderstandings-optimized.jpg "This Is Why Parents Shouldn’t Text [Humor]")
This Is Why Parents Shouldn’t Text [Humor]
I refuse to friend anyone in my family on Facebook. There, I said it. It completely creeps me out when my two worlds collide. There is a friend world and a family world. They are very separate and distinct in my mind.
I had an uncle that wanted to connect with me recently on Facebook, and whe ...