The Internet is a weird evolving object that springs up more than a few surprises. People can be even weirder. If you have read any Malcolm Gladville you will be well aware of the organized chaos that we live in. Take social networks for example. I remember a friend telling me not long after Facebook's inception to "just sign up" and it wasn't that long before its reputation grew and the "Tipping Point" was reached. Now it is getting close to a billion users and everyone from cute Kentucky girls to Sherpas in Tibet seems to have an account. Add ... Read more
It never ceases to amaze and amuse me when I still see what I consider to be intelligent people belittling and refusing to get involved in social media. I hate to tell you this but it isnt going away in the near future. In fact, as more people realize the promotional and advertising potential of Facebook and Twitter etc, the more prominent and essential they will become in our brand promotion and publicity. And that's where Postano comes in very useful by automatically aggregating relevant social content across all your social networks and displaying them on your own website, on ... Read more
Using a social media monitoring application like Zoniz is rather like booking your car in for an executive tune up only to find that the mechanics souped up the engine while it was over the pit. With Zoniz' help you can increase your website's fan base and promote your product by getting more out of your social network. It does this by turning your visitors to your site into instant fans giving you the opportunity to follow up and promote your product directly with fans and their friends. Your potential customers are everywhere. They visit your store. They browse ... Read more
The way you share information through your social network can, at times, be a little flawed. It's all very well if the story you are trying to tell is specific to your social friends but what about if you want to get your message across to people in your local area for advertising or promotional purposes? You could fiddle with your Facebook settings and send your message to local friends and hope they pass it on or you can turn to something a little more specific. Sunlize offers a different way of spreading the word through your local area and ... Read more
If I had to nail down PersonSpot to a specific style I would probably have to say that it's a bit like a Flipboard that you can totally personalize to your own specifications. That puts this social publishing application into an interesting place in the marketplace because, where Flipboard tends to be a purely personal magazine, PersonSpot opens up the opportunity for personal brand promotion and advertising. Here you can create and publish online social magazines with content aggregated from your social feeds, from content found anywhere on the net or stuff you create yourself. PersonSpot is a social ... Read more
I could make a bad New Zealand joke here and say that Tinder is how Kiwis like their meat and their women ... but I won't. Tinder is, in fact a rather useful cloud-based document management application that specializes in encouraging its collaborative side. Tinder is a great set of collaborative tools that are designed to bring colleagues and customers together, wherever they are and whenever they want, to keep everyone in the know. And what's more, it's free for small businesses with teams of 5 or less people. Tinder is a next generation social collaboration platform for your ... Read more
It's always a good sign when doing research work on an app to find it mentioned (in a good way, I might add) in lots of different posts. It appears that Linkcious is a rather popular social media monitoring application. So why is it so popular? Well, when you strip it right back, Linkcious is a contextual replacement for Facebook Social Plugins but with the option to add other social networks like Twitter and Pinterest. This means that the app will gather together and track all the relevant clicks, impressions and social interactions and places them on your web page. ... Read more
Regular readers of FeedMyApp will be well aware of our love of travel apps and the first look at this new social travel app Roadtrippers looks very promising. This simple and intuitive road trip planner is packed with great features to make your US roadtrip run smoother and makes you aware of the best places and experiences around you as you plan or continue your trip. Roadtrippers draws on local experts and travel writers to build a great travel guide. Roadtrippers was developed by serial road trippers James and Tatiana Fisher who prefer to make their road trips an ... Read more
It used to be your local paper or phone book that you went to when you needed a local tradesman or service but sadly, the local paper probably went out of business and the days of the phone book are well numbered. So how do you connect with skilled people in your local community these days? Online, that's how. Skillendar is a community social network application that lets you look into your own neighborhood to find services and skilled tradespeople that might not have a Main Street shop at their disposal but have all the skills to complete the job ... Read more
After having a quick look at Weesh I realize that the art of romance is certainly not dead. If there is one thing that is certain, however, is that this couple-friendly social app is probably not going to hold a huge amount of interest for the single person - unless, of course, they have an imaginary friend stashed away somewhere. Weesh is an app to create a relationship timeline, share date night ideas, chat and share thoughts and photos with your partner. The only this missing for this free app is the flower shop and the box of chocolates. ... Read more