Musings about social media, marketing, business success, personal connections and life
Posted in Thoughts on May 22nd, 2013
The explosion of Pinterest onto the social media scene only three years ago proved just how user-friendly it has been from the outset: by February 2012 it was already driving more traffic than Google+, YouTube and LinkedIn combined. No wonder marketers have been scrambling over themselves to set up accounts. Pinterest has recently re-styled some [...]
Posted in Thoughts on Jul 15th, 2012
Originally published in Examiner Pinterest – the visual-based social bookmarking site where users “Pin” pictures they find on the web – has become the new darling of the social sharing sphere. CNN called Pinterest “2012′s hottest website”, after unique visitors to the site grew 400% from September to December 2011. The site’s popularity just keeps [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2010
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer Henry David Thoreau You may have already noticed that there are not a lot of people out there who you would call “great listeners”. I can’t say I myself belong to this group, though [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14th, 2010
This is the guest blog post I did for RSS Ray Blog back in April. We all know that Facebook is one of the fastest growing sites on the web. Just look at the numbers… Over half of Facebook’s 400 million active users log in daily and spend an average of 55 minutes on the site. TechCrunch reported [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 14th, 2010
You would think engaging your fans on Facebook is easy. You post your updates on your company’s fan page wall – what can be easier? I mean, they see it, right? Well, that’s just it – not necessarily.
Ekaterina Walter is a social media innovator at Intel and author of the WSJ bestselling book "Think Like Zuck". A recognized business and marketing thought leader, she is a sought-after speaker and a regular contributor to leading-edge print and online publications. She sits on a Board of Directors of Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) and is an active member of the Thunderbird Global Council at Thunderbird School of Global Management.
