Social Media Research Foundation to speak at the Social Discovery Conference in San Francisco

New York, NY--Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces that the Social Media Research Foundation will present at the SocialDiscovery.org conference on August 6-7, 2012 in San Francisco.

 
Marc A. Smith, the Director of the Social Media Research Foundation will present on new tools and findings that reveal the structure of social media and the key people and groups within them.  The Social Media Research Foundation has developed free and open tools for social discovery using advanced social media algorithms.  Smith’s  presentation will use social network data visualization methods to display social connections in vivid maps that enable social discovery.  These tools open advanced analysis techniques to people more comfortable with making pie charts.  These social graphs can be used to guide social media engagements, assess performance, optimize organizations, and identify leaders and influencers.
 
Social discovery is now a leading trend in both social media and social networking.  Users join specific communities based on interests and learn of new people, places and things. Social discovery sites are experiencing higher levels of growth than traditional social networking models.
 
Some examples of social discovery sites include Pinterest, TheFancy, Tumblr, Highlight and Weotta.  
 
Social discovery sites are also better positioned to promote products and services.  Through the mirroring the conditions of human search, users discover products and services that their social connections like and recommend.  This suggests a higher level of performance in terms of conversion and sales, something a traditional social network generally lacks.
 
About The Social Media Research Foundation
 
The Social Media Research Foundation (http://www.smrfoundation.org) is dedicated to creating open tools, open data, and open scholarship.  It‘s flagship NodeXL project (http://nodexl.codeplex.com) makes analysis of social media networks accessible to most users of the Excel spreadsheet application. With NodeXL, networks become as easy to create as pie charts.  A collection of social networks maps, many from social media, can be found on the NodeXL Graph Gallery website (http://nodexlgraphgallery.org).  Applying the tool to a range of social media networks has already revealed the variations present in online social spaces.  The tool can create images of a wide range of social media services, including Twitter, flickr, Facebook, YouTube, and email networks among others.
 
About the Social Discovery Conference
 
The Social Discovery Conference is a 2 day business exposition that covers trends, technology, business models, investment and networking.   Attendees include CEOs and senior management from social discovery, venture capital, entertainment, mobile development, ecommerce, social media, online marketing, social networking, and others.
 
Speakers interested in presenting may submit their topic on the website at:  http://bit.ly/L6tUsT
 
For more information, please visit the website  http://SocialDiscovery.ORG  or contact:
 
Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc.
Tel:            USA +1 (212) 722-1744 ext 83
E-mail:      info-17@socialdiscovery.org
Twitter:     @Social_Discover
 
Media:
Mark Brooks, Courtland Brooks
Tel: USA +1 (212) 444-1636         
Email: mark@onlinepersonalswatch.com
 

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Contact Information

Marc Lesnick

President

Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc

(1) (212) 722-1744 x 83

info-17@socialdiscovery.org