From The Clubhouse
Social Media Clubhouse Newsletter (5/17/12)
MEMBERSHIP PROFILES
One way to connect with the Social Media Club community is to complete your profile online to let other members know a little more about you. Upload a photo, add your social network accounts and make sure you choose your Primary Chapter (what we lovingly call your 'home base') so your local leadership team can easily keep in contact with you.
Visit socialmediaclub.org and select the 'Log In' button on the top right of the page. Once logged in, please complete your profile to take advantage of the following benefits,
Social Media Makes Cyberbullying More Dangerous
The majority of us may never fall victim to cyberbullying but it's still a very real issue facing young adults and parents across the globe. In fact, there are increased reports of adults being targeted by bullies for publishing critical blogs challenging the status quo, with some going as far as to send death threats to the blogger. So, cyberbullying is not limited to an age group but research shows that more than 20% of teenage girls have been victim to cyberbullying.
General Motors Pulls $10 Million in Facebook Ad Spend
Just days away from the much anticipated Facebook IPO, General Motors reported they were pulling their $10 million dollar Facebook ad spend after seeing little to no results. Of the nearly $40 million per year GM spends on Facebook advertising, approximately $10 million of that is paid ads.
LinkedIn & Slideshare - a Delightful Marriage for the Online Professional & Company
Social media platforms on the web are somewhat schizophrenic - some are focused on consumers, some are focused on business and some just do not seem to know what they want to do when they grow up. We typically acknowledge Facebook as ever focused on the consumer and their pages for businesses, local merchants, brands and products were added as kind of an afterthought believing that consumers had a desire to connect to their favorite brands. While consumers have ‘Liked’ their favorite brands in big numbers, studies suggest that this kind of behavior is not always an indication of brand loyalty.
Netherlands Now World's Second Net Neutrality Nation
Net neutrality was a hot topic in 2010, when the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was deciding on whether to allow internet providers the ability to prevent or slow access to certain content, sites or VOIP providers in an effort to give preferential access to their own services and/or to slow the access of their competitors. 
It was reported last week that Netherlands just became the second country to legally become a "Net Neutrality" nation,
