8 social curation tricks for Pinterest and beyond

May 2, 2012 issue Forward this newsletter  |   Subscribe  |   View online   8 social curation tricks for Pinterest and beyond By Melonie Gallegos With the rise of Pinterest and similar services, anybody can be a content curator. See how your brand can capitalize on the latest social craze. 4 Google Analytics updates you should know By Dan Brooks Recently, several sweeping changes have popped up in Google Analytics, catching marketers by surprise. Here are the crucial changes you should know about. 5 simple social habits for busy marketers By Samantha Stone How does an overworked marketing professional make time for social media in a meaningful way? This article outlines a few habits that all marketers can find the time to adopt. LATEST BLOG POSTS More posts Social is about aspirations: How to get people to aspire to your brand By Tom Troja A new study from PhaseOne Communications presented at the Advertising Research Foundations Re:think 2012, points to aspirations as the key for brands in social. The key factor is that brand messaging conveys an idealized self or Me Statement embodied... TopTen: Oreo puts a face on a Facebook fan By Doug Schumacher This is a nice way to celebrate one fan out of the millions on their page. While the majority of communities this large will always feel faceless, occasionally featuring or acknowledging someone brings a sense of humanity to the community. Oreo's post... For #London2012|The term spectator no longer applies By Deanna Lawrence Social Media and staying connected will transform "The" Olympic experience to "My" Olympic experience. The Olympic Athletes' Hub offers a hint at how social media will redefine the Olympic experience. The site was created by the International Olympic... "All Politics Is Digital" -- Metrics Matter More Than Ever By Mark Hughes Tip O'Neil once said, "All politics is local." Let me rephrase that for the ought-decade. All politics is digital. And to go one step further, all politics is branding. I don't think I need to make a case for politics being digital, so I won't bore you... Stop throwing money at the wrong audience By Ariel Geifman While everybody buys toothpaste, and so many of us fly, drink sodas, and buy car insurance, I never had to buy project management software or a computer backup system, and I don't get excited by servers with 99.9 percent reliability. I am simply not the right... MOST READ ARTICLES 1. A social media planner's guide to pleasing the boss 2. New opportunities in native advertising 3. How Siri is going to completely change your job 4. 9 brands taking Pinterest by storm 5. 3 ways brands are still failing at social media SUMMIT COVERAGE More photos Bob Longo, SVP, Marketing & Sales, in|Market Mark Larson, Director, Sales Development, Photobucket See who else went...   Join us at these upcoming events Full calendar »   Agency Summit May 20-23, 2012 Colorado Springs, CO Summit info Entertainment Summit Jun 26, 2012 Hollywood, CA Summit info Brand Summit Sept 9-12, 2012 Coronado, CA Summit info   Advertisement     LATEST JOBS More jobs Manager, Integrated Marketing (1 of 2) Account Planner Media Supervisor Media Print Planner Print Supervisor Post a job   People Connection. Not a member yet?  Meet people, network, reconnect  Join the industry's most popular networking    platform Featured member: Andrea Krohnberg Engagement Strategist, Bridgz Marketing Group See full profile, photos and more! Or sign in here   We're always eager to hear what you have to say about our website and how to better serve you. Give us your feedback! The email address for your subscription is rssb3@3xchange.info. To unsubscribe, follow this link. To change your subscription preferences, follow this link. To ensure delivery of future communications, please add iMedia Connection to your address book. If you want to contact iMedia, please do not reply to this message, but instead click here. You can also send us a letter at: 23382 Mill Creek Drive, Suite 130, Laguna Hills, CA 92653. To advertise with iMediaConnection.com contact Navid Davani.