This is to follow up on my previous post on Facebook Stock Manipulation.
Will it be like Linkedin?
Facebook Infographic providing real time stock price
More to come
Was Facebook stock being manipulated? UPDATE
May 19, 2012 By 3 Comments
There is a chart that was distributed by Twitter user @bourbon_meyer that demonstrates why Facebook’s stock stayed at $38.00.
It suggests there was some stock manipulation happening. The way to read it is see that smaller bids were run over by massive bids at the higher price. Were the underwriters of the IPO making sure their client’s stock price stayed at $38? Personally, I think Facebook is overpriced and overvalued. You have to wonder if it is not for good reason.
I wonder if the SEC will look into what has happened. It does look fishy.
Even the NY Post is reporting that the big banks bailed out the IPO.
Update:
This story is starting to get more traction. There are firm reports that show how big banks bought large amounts of stock to keep the price at $38.00. The lead bank, Morgan Stanley, who is also the underwriter, bought 64 million shares to prop up the price.
Bloomberg news reported on Morgan Stanley Saturday with details of the stock purchase.
The other question is why was there a glitch in the NASDAQ opening? NASDAQ is claiming a software glitch. There is speculation that FINRA may be opening an investigation. While there are no public reports of this, speculation from industry insiders say this is quite possible.
Are you using Linkedin effectively in your Social Media campaign?
March 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Is Linkedin a part of your social media marketing campaign?
One of the best social media marketing tools out there is Linkedin. It is a little tricky to learn how to use, but once you do, you can make connections and built a reputation online with like minded people and prospects. With Linkedin, you will find the people you need to connect with are there. Before you do, consider some of these ideas on how to best participate:
Don’t: Use Your Work or Primary Home Email as Your Public Email
Get a Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail account, unless you really like spam with your email. LinkedIn provides some protection to your email address, but it does give your email to first degree connections and the owners of groups you join.
Do Understand How LinkedIn Search Works
LinkedIn has millions of users. LinkedIn’s search system is critical because it is what helps you find people and what powers the “people you may know” tool. The search tool is limited to:
- First level connections – your friends.
- Second level connections – your friend’s friends.
- Third level connections – your friend’s friends friends.
- People in groups with you
- A random sample of the rest of the database – and you do not get to see names.
In short: the more connections you have, the easier is to find people you are not connected to.
Do Have a Strategy
Quantity over Quality
The idea here is to connect with as many people as possible so you have access to as many LinkedIn users as possible. This generally means accepting connections from anyone who wants to connect with you. If you are a marketer, serial networker or recruiter, then the quantity should trump quality.
Quality over Quantity
If you don’t need max our your visibility of LinkedIn’s database, then the best way to use LinkedIn is to focus on quality. Connect with people that you know or who have a reason (beyond being a prospect) to know you. If you do purue quality, you should connect with a few “superconnectors” (people with thousands of connections) to gain access to more people in LinkedIn’s database. It will be very hard to find people you know if you only can see 23,000 people compared to 453,000 people.
Do: Join groups
Groups allow you to find people with simmilar interest quickly. Joining in discussion is a great way to meet new people.
Don’t Spam Groups
On LinkedIn there are two kinds of spam: blatant self promoting advertisements and blatant attempts to get more connections. Take a minute to look at a discussion group before your post a message and make sure the group has posts like the one you want to make.
Do: State that you are open to connections if you are.
If you want to grow your network quickly, tell people that you are an “open networker,” or even become a LION (LinkedIn Open Networker).
Don’t break Outlook with your fabulous name.
LinkedIn allows people to download their freinds and their friend’s email addresses. If you make a fancy name like “>>>Bob “The NetworkGuru” Smith<<<” it will make a first impression. But the second impression will be that you can’t be found in outlook because your first name doesn’t start with “>” it starts with “B.”
Paul is the President of Professional Blog Service. PBS works with clients making strategic investments into business blogging, social media and search engine optimization.
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