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Why I Serve: Capt. Fernando Fanola
Born and raised in Peru, Capt. Fernando Fanola decided to raise his right hand and embark on a new journey as an officer in the Minnesota National Guard. Fanola had just moved to the U.S. and wanted to give back to the nation that had offered him many opportunities. Fanola, who moved to the U.S. in 2018, felt that serving was the least he could do for a country that gave him and many others opportunities they wouldn’t have had elsewhere. He considered this step the beginning of a lifelong career.
Why I Serve: Capt. Fernando Fanola
Maintenance window scheduled to begin at February 14th 2200 est. until 0400 est. February 15th (e.g. yourname@email.com) Remember me Forgot Password? 23 Born and raised in Peru, Capt. Fernando Fanola decided to raise his right hand and embark on a new journey as an officer in the Minnesota National Guard. Fanola had just moved to the U.S. and wanted to give back to the nation that had offered him many opportunities.
Marching towards progress
Maintenance window scheduled to begin at February 14th 2200 est. until 0400 est. February 15th (e.g. yourname@email.com) Remember me Forgot Password? 21 For many, the military serves as a platform for personal growth, discipline, and self-discovery. Such is the case for 2nd Lt. Alex Llapa, a signal officer and platoon leader serving in the communications section with the 34th Infantry Division “Red Bulls.” Llapa joined the Army after high school when he was 19 years old.
Creating and Monitoring Read Replicas in Azure Postgres Flexible Server
Why use a read replica Azure Postgres Flexible Server is the latest Postgres offering sitting on optimized Linux based infrastructure. This fully managed service offers true open-source PostgreSQL with added benefits including built in resiliency, performance monitoring and easy scaling. One of the newest, and most widely adopted features of Flexible Servers is the built in read replica capability.
The Power of Connection: Run Brings Attention to Suicide Prevention
22 Soldiers, Airmen, families, and community members joined together for a 5-kilometer fun run on World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10, 2023, near the Arden Hills Army Training Site, in Arden Hills, Minnesota. Each year, the Minnesota National Guard hosts an event known as the Power of One 5K, to bring awareness to suicide prevention by connecting individuals and showcasing different resiliency tools.
Facebook Announces Their New Groups App, And It Sounds Like A Winner
November 20th, 2014 Tech Tyler Becker Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. We are excited to announce the first round of leaders who will bring our 2020 theme HUMAN.X to life at the Broad stage this June (17-18). Facebook has released “Groups” as a standalone app.
Google Announces 4 New Types of Ads for Marketers Including Email List Targeting
September 30th, 2015 Marketing Tyler Becker Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. For years, marketers have relied heavily on Google to reach and advertise to individuals online, especially across Google Search, Gmail, and YouTube.
11 Reasons Why Facebook's New "Instant Articles" Feature Is An Industry Game-Changer
May 13th, 2015 Marketing Tyler Becker Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. Facebook just introduced their latest product, Instant Articles, to the world, and everyone should understand what it means today, and in the near future too.
7 Things You Had No Idea Your Favorite Mobile Apps Can Do
May 8th, 2015 Tech Tyler Becker Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. Smartphone owners digital professionals are constantly looking for new ways to save time, become more efficient, or be the first to hear about a new feature.
Instagram Alerts Is The Powerful Feature You Probably Aren't Using
April 27th, 2015 Marketing Tyler Becker Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. Instagram has a nifty feature that allows users to receive an alert each time their favorite accounts post a photo or video. Brands can use this trick in creative ways too, from running contests to engaging your community.
13 Brands That Delighted Their Customers So Much It Makes You Smile
May 22nd, 2015 Culture Tyler Becker Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture.
This GIF Keyboard Allows You To Instantly Search, Copy, and Paste GIFs Into Texts and Emails
July 28th, 2015 Tech Tyler Becker Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. Sometimes, words aren’t enough to convey an emotion or reaction. Or, you might want to say something with an image or video.
10 Differences Between Working for a Startup vs. Corporation [INFOGRAPHIC]
December 1st, 2015 Business Tyler Becker Less relaxing or less demanding? Many hats or just one? Fun environment or safe environment? These are just a few questions and differences between individuals working at startups, and those at large corporations. Less relaxing or less demanding? Many hats or just one? Fun environment or safe environment? These are just a few questions and differences between individuals working at startups, and those at large corporations.
Announcing Social Media Week's 2016 Dates
Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. With September’s edition of Social Media Week wrapped up, and November’s global conference quickly approaching, we’re excited to continue our exploration of how human connectivity is being reimagined through technology and innovation.
You Can Now Purchase Products Directly From YouTube Videos
Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. YouTube has introduced shoppable cards within videos called “TrueView” for brands to sell products directly to individuals. This feature aims to connect the moment a person experiences a video with their impulse to make a purchase.
5 Experts Share Their Top Advice for Creating VR Content
Virtual reality isn’t just for big budgets. Hardware is becoming more accessible, and there are new opportunities for small businesses to create VR content. While there still is a whole lot of tinkering, more and more brands, organizations, and technology companies are figuring out what works, what doesn’t, and what consumers actually want.
Facebook introduces "Job Posts" for Pages to easily find and hire new employees - Social Media Week
If you’re a Page Admin, you can create a job post and manage applications within Facebook. You’ll be able to contact them directly on Messenger too. According to Facebook, 40% of small businesses in the United States say filling jobs is more difficult than they expected. To help businesses find talent, manage applications, and ultimately hire people faster (possibly straight from their direct audience), Facebook is introducing a new type of post: Job Openings.
Facebook is adding the Stories feature that Instagram took from Snapchat - Social Media Week
The new feature will allow users to share ephemeral photos and videos in a slideshow that disappears 24 hours later. Essentially, the same way Stories function on Instagram and Snapchat. In August, Instagram launched “Instagram Stories” to encourage people to share more moments throughout their day. The feature pretty much took a page directly out of Snapchat’s playbook, and now, Facebook is adding Stories to its main app, directly above the feed making it nearly impossible to ignore.
Coming Soon to Instagram: Shoppable Photos - Social Media Week
Instagram is testing shoppable posts with a small group of iOS users in the United States. The posts will feature up to five products, and tapping them will tell you more about each, and eventually drive you to the product’s website. Facebook-owned Instagram is making its push towards a more e-commerce friendly future. In a new announcement, Instagram said they are beginning to test shoppable photos with a limited number of iOS users in the United States.
Why Instagram is Bringing Stories to the Explore Section - Social Media Week
until 20,000+ global leaders come together for SMW November 14-18. Learn more here More than 100 million people visit Explore every day to discover photos and videos from people they don’t yet follow, and now Instagram Stories will appear at the top of that section. Back in August, Instagram debuted its Stories feature to encourage users to share more moments of their day.
BuzzFeed and Twitter to Partner Up for Live TV-Style Election Coverage - Social Media Week
until 20,000+ global leaders come together for SMW November 14-18. Learn more here “Live video is a new type of journalism… the audience is part of the narrative, they’re able to give their feedback constantly.” Twitter and BuzzFeed are teaming up on election night in a somewhat surprising move given how successful the publishing giant has become on Facebook Live.
Twitter No Longer Counts Photos, Videos, and GIFs Towards Your Character Count - Social Media Week
until 20,000+ global leaders come together for SMW November 14-18. Learn more here Twitter just announced photos, videos, and other forms of media within Tweets will no longer take up those pesky 23 characters. Earlier in the year, Twitter announced plans to cut down on characters taken up by photos, videos, GIFs and other media. Finally, those changes are official.
Instagram is Eliminating Photo Maps - Social Media Week
until 20,000+ global leaders come together for SMW September 12-16. Learn more here Not enough people used photo maps for Instagram to keep it alive. Instagram is killing off the “photo map” feature that allowed you to visually pinpoint your Instagram posts by location on one map (see below). Not too long ago, Instagram rolled out “Stories” to the world, and their decision to eliminate photo maps might represent a shift in the social network’s priorities.
Are You Guilty of Using Too Many Gadgets? - Social Media Week
until 20,000+ global leaders come together for SMW September 12-16. Learn more here Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. This article was originally published on Time Management Ninja by Craig Jarrow The other day, I was with a colleague who was carrying three phones.
Understanding the New Instagram Update and Why They Imitated Snapchat
“Now that Instagram will allow their users to create content in a more fun, easy, and recognizable way, it means that Instagram, as a marketing platform, immediately becomes a more important part of your overall social media strategy.” Instagram just launched “Instagram Stories” to encourage people to share more moments throughout their day. For many people that use Instagram, it has become their photo Hall of Fame, where only the very best of the best are posted.
Learn From Millennials If Your 9 to 5 Job Is Not Your True Passion
until 20,000+ global leaders come together for SMW September 12-16. Learn more here Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. This article, written by Bree Kelley, was originally featured on Millennial CEO Millennials – we are certainly not hard to spot.
5 Ways to Stop Worrying About What Everyone Thinks of You
Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. Marc Chernoff is the author of this article, which originally appeared on Marc and Angel Hack Life “What’s wrong with wanting others to like you?” That’s what several of our course members asked me in response to one of my recent course member emails.
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“Hire smart people who are innately curious and share your passion.” Forbes brought some of their 30-Under-30 leaders to the Social Media Week stage to discuss the things they’ve learned, experienced, and recognized as a Millennial boss. The Forbes 30-Under-30 list started in 2012 and aims to highlight a select number of individuals doing incredible things in their respective space.
Meet Storyful, The Trending News and UGC Video Verifier, and Official Event Sponsor of #SMWNYC
Everyone knows the stars of YouTube, Vine, Instagram and Snapchat. They have big audiences and big price tags, and working with them isn’t always a possibility. To better understand this complex yet increasingly crucial video ecosystem, we’re thrilled to have Storyful join SMW New York as an Official Event Partner. They’ll break down these video platforms, and share how they’ve has established itself as the leader in verifying viral videos, trending news, ad user-generated content (UGC) online.
29 Subreddits For Social Media and Marketing Professionals
February 16th, 2016 Education Tyler Becker Reddit is an amazing place for people to connect, share ideas, ask for advice, and have discussions on anything and everything. Many people don’t know that it’s also a useful resource for news, information, and learning in marketing, media, advertising, entrepreneurship, freelancing, and everything in-between. Reddit is often considered the “front page of the Internet”.
The Inaugural Diversity in Tech Awards Will Take Place During Social Media Week
Code/Interactive and New York’s tech community are joining forces with Social Media Week New York to celebrate the inaugural Diversity In Tech Awards the evening of Thursday, February 25th. The DIV Awards will celebrate the individuals and organizations championing the nationwide movement to increase diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education, and bring together leaders from tech, government, non-profits and education for the biggest celebration of its kind.
Here's What 10,000 People Said Is The Most Annoying Type of Facebook Post
We all use social media differently. Whether it’s our online diaries, our photojournals, or just a way to get news and updates from friends, it’s now a huge part of our lives everyday. But, nothing in life is perfect, and even though we spend hours each day on social networks like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter, there are some aspects of social media, and how we use it, that continue to make us mad, upset, or annoyed.
Snapchat Is Making It Easier to Add Friends with Personalized Account URLs
One of the most common mistakes people had of Snapchat was its difficulty of connecting people with each other. Adding your friends, favorite social media celebrities, local influencers, and everyone in between was not the easiest thing to do. You’ve probably seen personalized “Snapcodes” that brands and individuals can promote, but this is a fairly tedious process as well, requiring users to screenshot the code or scan it like a QR code.
GoPro and Periscope Form Partnership for Live Storytelling - Social Media Week
until 20,000+ global leaders come together for SMW June Conference. Learn more With 10 million users, Periscope is becoming the leader of mobile, livestreamed video. Their latest partnership with GoPro looks to go beyond the classic “Scopes” and introduce high-quality, real-time storytelling to people using Twitter and Periscope everyday. Expect to see much more high-quality, livestream videos on Twitter and Periscope.
How and Why 13-24 Year-Olds Use Instagram
Instagram plays a significant role in the lives of Millennials and Gen-Z. As they learn about the world, discover their passions, connect with friends, and find more communities to tap into, they consistently rely on visual language and storytelling. Visual content dominates our screens today. In a post on Facebook’s IQ blog, Aria, a 22-year-old from Canada says, “People don’t really want to read through text all the time … they just want to see it visually.
Comedy Central CMO, Walter Levitt to Keynote #SMWNYC
With a roster including Broad City, Inside Amy Schumer, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Drunk History, and other cultural and comedic powerhouses, you might think the marketing team at Comedy Central can sit back, relax, and spend their days with their feet up on their desks, sipping margaritas all day. But that couldn’t be further from the truth, since they all have standing desks.
Is Facebook Really Testing A Multiple-Newsfeed Experience for Users?
Over 1.5 billion people use Facebook today, and for many, it’s a “newspaper made up of all the world’s newspapers,” coined by Jason Stein, who Tweeted a screenshot at the end of December and previewed Facebook’s experimentation with multiple newsfeeds for users. Why is Facebook testing multiple newsfeeds? Well, for many reasons. First, more available ad units equals more revenue for Facebook, whose $12.5 billion in ad revenue accounted for 92% of Facebook’s total revenue in 2014.
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Reddit isn’t just a massive, global community of people spending time browsing the Internet. Sure, that happens quite a bit, but it’s also a reliable and hyper-niche feeding ground for news, information, entertainment, and interesting people across the world. In r/marketing, Redditor KLNMSoftly asked the question below. “What’s working on Instagram now?
10 Technology Trends Radically Changing How Businesses Will Engage With Customers in 2016
In the near future, the way businesses interact, engage, and sell to customers will be entirely different. The ground rules and the new ways of communicating with individuals will take the best of the best that exists today, learn from the failures, and make both sides happier along the way. At Social Media Week Chicago, 1871’s CEO, Howard Tullman, presented 10 cultural trends and technological innovations that will impact businesses around the globe next year. Simply put, time matters.
Study Finds Quitting Facebook Makes You Happier and Less Stressed - Social Media Week
Social media has the ability to make your life feel inadequate, with friends and family cherry picking the best parts of their lives and sharing them with the world, making your rainy Monday morning appear particularly dire. So what effect is this having on our mental wellbeing? Is it actually making us feel increasingly depressed? Researchers at the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen (yep, that does exist) decided to find out.
Redditor Gives A Marketing Reality Check on The Age Old Facebook Question: Why is Organic Reach Declining?
If you’re a digital marketer, there’s a good chance you use and think about Facebook every day. You might feel a bit trapped even, almost as if you’re relinquishing more and more of your community, content, and valuable assets to the Facebook Gods every day. Despite knowing this, though, many marketers continue to invest time and money into Facebook, and one Redditor answers the question. briancristiano’s response: “There’s a huge misconception around why Facebook organic reach is so small.
Everything You Need to Know That Twitter Announced At Their Annual Conference
Twitter just wrapped up their Twitter Flight annual developer’s conference, announcing a slew of new features, updates, offerings, and opportunities for individuals (not just developers) to use Twitter in new and exciting ways. From the newly launched Twitter Polls, to long-awaited API features, there are some important changes coming to Twitter and its users over the next few weeks.
Why Twitter's New "Moments" Feature Is An Important Update for Marketers To Embrace
Twitter has more than 300 million monthly active users, and more often than not, it can feel a bit overwhelming, especially if you try to keep up with everything happening. It’s challenging enough to stay on top of your own personal network, competitors, industry news, and publishers, and everyone in-between.
The 4 New Updates to Facebook Ads, and What You Need to Know About Them
It seems that Facebook changes everyday. Whether it’s a new button for posts, a different way to communicate with friends, or an algorithm update for pages, it can be challenging to stay on top of all the updates, especially the changes that matter most to businesses and our Pages.
MTV Video Music Awards Decreased in TV Ratings, But Set New Records on Social Media
The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) is one of the most talked about awards shows in our current tech-heavy, digitally-obsessed eras. The world’s most famous artists, bands, actors, and entertainment personalities come together for a night that most, if not all, Millennials and Gen-Z’ers know, love, and expect greatness from.
This Clever Trick Makes It Easier Than Ever To Add Music To Your Snapchat Videos
Take your videos on Snapchat to the next level by adding music! If you have Spotify, choose and play a song. You can now go to Snapchat to record a video while the music is playing. Whether you’re sharing with friends, or using in your marketing efforts, adding music to Snapchat videos is simple and clever.
Discover The Best New Products, Mobile Apps, and Websites Everyday with Product Hunt
Tech enthusiasts love sharing and discussing the latest products on the web, on mobile, and even hardware. Product Hunt is one of the hottest communities today that spotlights new products every single day. Upvoting allows the best new products to surface at the top, and other features such as collections, comments, and profiles enhance the community as a whole.
5 Tips to Keep a Positive Mind In Your Office Environment
until 20,000+ global leaders come together for SMW June 6-10. Learn more here Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. This article was originally published on MOGUL by Tiffany Axton So I had the pleasure of attending a staff meeting this morning and a question on the workplace survey took my attention. Is your office a positive place to work?
Five Mobile Apps Bringing The Next Billion People Online
19 days until SMW June 8-12 Conference. Click to learn more. This article, written by Evelyn M. Rusli, was originally featured on WSJ and AllThingsD In Indonesia, startup company Ruma is making slow but sure progress in connecting people to the Internet for the first time. But there is a long way to go. As reported in this page-one article in The Wall Street Journal, the Internet’s reach among new users in slowing.
14 Problems Freelancers Know All Too Well
Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas and insights into social media and technology's impact on business, society, and culture. Jana Rookard is the author of this article, which originally appeared on Dumb Little Man Freelance has its pros and cons. You are your own manager and boss, but there are quite a few problems as well. These problems are not all very different comparing to the problems of office workers.
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