Can you believe that 88% of people online in the Middle East use social media sites daily? That’s only one of the fun facts presented in this infographic from Go-Gulf.com about how citizens of the Middle East stay connected. Via Go-Gulf.com. Worldly infographics.

If you’re missing the mark when it comes to creating content that grabs your target audience’s attention, it could be time to get back to basics. Nothing is more elementary than the ABCs, so Social Media Examiner’s Debbie Hemley presents twenty-six tips on how to build a strong blog, from analyzing the competition to using other social …

Wondering where your business should go with their social media strategy? Take a look at the types and levels of activity of other businesses for a hint in this helpful infographic from Invesp. Via Invesp. Like infographics? So do we.

  Hootsuite says that Mr. Rogers said “to look for the helpers” in times of tragedy, and so they set about examining how social media does just that. Here is their list of 6 ways that social media helps the helpers in any dire situation: 1. Responding to and Coping with Tragedy When two explosions …

  Ryan Holmes is the CEO at HootSuite. He has written about the recent tweet-jacking of Burger King/McDonalds (53 hijacked tweets retweeted 70k+ times in the 71 minutes the account was compromised) and also of Jeep/Cadillac breach, and is suggesting a list of four critical tips for your brand to avoid being pirated. Most of …

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  The next time you go to grab a coffee in the morning, look around at the people in line waiting with you. Some may be in quiet conversation with a friend, or engaging the barista in the brew of the day; but, many will be head down and engrossed by their smartphones, and zombified …

National Geographic Fellow, archaeologist Fred Hiebert. Photo by Becky Hale/NGS For more than 20 years, National Geographic archaeology fellow Dr. Fredrik Hiebert has traveled the world, leading excavations and making discoveries. Some of Hiebert’s most notable achievements include his work along ancient Silk Road sites in Asia, rediscovery of the lost Bactrian gold in Afghanistan, …