The new SocialNetGate app is available...

The new SocialNetGate app is available at the AppStore. Download it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/socialnetgate/id603956915?mt=8



Wanted to let you know the app is in the store. If you are seeing this in your iPhone or iPad, simply go to the above URL to download...

Log in via Facebook - Temporary Issue

UPDATE : This is now resolved and working fine!

Are you not able to log in via Facebook? Login via Facebook has been experiencing a hiccup.

If you are not logged in to facebook and you try to log in to any application which support Facebook login like one of ours http://www.socialnetgateapp.com/, you'll end up with an error page.

The redirect URL from Facebook API is wrong https://www./login.php?skip_api_login=1&api_key= Where the "facebook.com" before "/login.php" is missing.

This goes the same for all apps that uses Log in via Facebook. There are bugs reported on the same. https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/501708806589323/

It will work fine if you log in to Facebook first, then try loggging to the app via Facebook login. This is the solution for now.

We'll keep you posted on the update. Stay tuned.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is...

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.





sesquippedaliophobia is the real one; to exaggerate and make it more fearful, words Hippo(Hippopotamus) and Monstro(Monster) have been added.





sesquipedalian - Characterized by long words; long-winded.


Phobia - fear of something





Who cares, we never have time to read what is after 'hippo' and before 'phobia' : )

Facebook Competitors watch

Facebook 'pages to watch' update has been an option for sometime now.

Social Media has always been one of the easiest options to track your competitors. Facebook has made it even easier with it's 'Pages to watch' option.

Facebook Pages to watch helps you monitor five of other Facebook pages, wherein you can add your competitor pages. If yourself have multiple pages, you can compare them and know what works and what doesn't work.

This is has not been rolled out publicly. It has been understood that you will have access to it if someone adds your page to the watch list. It is also noted that the business who's watching your page will be known to you.

Haven't you got access to it yet? Share your experience and throw us some light as comments below...

New LinkedIn company page analytics

LinkedIn recently announced new LinkedIn company page analytics.

The new LinkedIn Company Page analytics was in addition to the recently launched Sponsored Update. 

Check out know more..

http://marketing.linkedin.com/company-pages/

Introducing New LinkedIn Company Page Analytics

What were your experience on the new update by LinkedIn ?

Simple steps to start with Social Media for your business!

Social Media for business has become inevitable. All businesses, irrespective of their Industry, have started to use Social Media for their marketing, CRM and more.

 

A social media campaign/strategy should include the following important steps:

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  Plan - Create a social media plan


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  Presence - Strong and relevant social media presence


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  Promote - Active on social media - Be active on the created social media sites/ecosystem


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  Listen and Engage - Engage yourself with the social media audience, who are interested in your company/organization


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  Monitor - Monitor the effectiveness of your social media activities and reframe the strategy.

Social Media is more of an engagement platform rather than just a marketing tool.

This is a simple recap guide to start with managing your business on Social Media. Get connected to get more updates on these.

SocialNetGate is your one stop solution and only solution that you will need for all your social media marketing and management needs

Twitter - Report individual Tweet

Twitter has updated the Twitter Rules and an option to report individual tweet. These changes are implemented following threats received by some prominent female users in the U.K.

They are also in the process to make the ability to reports threats, scam or abuse easier.

To report a Tweet:

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   Navigate to the Tweet you’d like to report.


2. 
   Tap the ••• icon to bring up the off-screen menu.


3. 
   Select Report Tweet and then one of the options below.


4. 
   Select Submit (or Next if reporting abuse; see below for details) or Cancel to complete the report or block the user.+

"Reporting a Tweet for violations" feature is currently only available on Twitter for iOS and mobile.twitter.com for smartphone browsers. This has been rolled out publicly.

Blocking people on Twitter has been the easiest way to stay away from spammer and abusers earlier. This seems to be an addtional one.

Do you think rules against scam/abuse should be still stronger? Post your thoughts on the Twitter update as comments below...

Facebook Introduced Embedded Posts

Facebook has introduced Embedded posts

This is a known feature on YouTube. Twitter brought it some time ago.

It is undoubtedly a great feature addition for Facebook. 

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  increases the chances of virality of the posts


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  increases the SEO impact


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  increases to self?! and more...

Here is the official blog on this - Introducing Embedded Posts

Directly from websites/webpage, one can reply to, retweet and favorite embedded tweets. Similarly can like, comment and share embedded Facebook posts.

The numbers from the embedded posts will be updated with the real post and in all the embedded locations

Constraints:

Only public posts from Pages and Facebook users can be embedded.

Availability currently limited to a few news publishers

The debate starts on Facebook Embed feature - Awesome or too late copy cat? Post in your thoughts as comments...