If you cannot get into Twitter – Hootsuite just might change your mind!
So many people say “I do not get Twitter. Why do I care what someone had for lunch?” Once you get to know Twitter, it is so much more than that. When I first started using Twitter (in 2008) I must admit, I did not get it either. It was just a big stream of posts flying by. The tool that changed my life was Tweetdeck! So you are probably thinking, then why is this an article about Hootsuite? Well Tweetdeck was the first social media tool that tamed the Twitter stream, but they have been over shadowed by the tool Hootsuite. So I am not going to take the time here to go over the...
Read MoreFoursquare Rules! Facebook Places Drools!
In the social media world, things change constantly. New options are added, old moldy features are removed and new tools are created – DAILY! So if you don’t like change, do not become a social media specialist. One of the social media tools that I have been using since January of 2010 is Foursquare. At first, people thought I was crazy. Telling people where you are? Yes! It is fun. I usually check in using Foursquare on my way out of a location (read my old Foursquare article from 2010 here). So by the time someone sees where I am usually not there anymore. It is a fun (free)...
Read MoreWarning! Facebook is Addictive!
It is very cool to have a unique quote pop into our heads and have a place to post it and share it with our friends. It is very cool to have a place where we can post a great article that inspires us. It is very cool to post a funny video that makes our friends laugh when they are having a bad day. But it is not cool to post every article that we read, every picture we took, every recipe we cooked, every video that we see! If you do like to post a lot of information please spread it out throughout the day. I hear people talking about this subject all of the time. When people click on their...
Read MoreHow to Sell Social Media
You can keep an eye on your brand. If there is old unflattering news on the search engines about your company, you can upload new positive info at the top of the search engines. You can also see what people are saying and get to the root of a problem that you might not even knew existed. Social media is a great place to check out the competition. You can see what people are saying about a certain topic or company without following or friending them. You can make it easy to be a resource worth sharing. With social media marketing, it is easy for people to refer you to someone else. They can...
Read MoreWhat if people were ranked like websites?
Google came up with a way to rank websites based on a complicated algorithm. According to the Wikipedia, it assigns a numerical factor with the purpose of “measuring” its relative importance. What if we were assigned a number of our importance in the world, based on a complicated algorithm. What would the the criteria be? Here are some suggestions: What are your charitable contributions? What is your carbon footprint? How many good karma points do you have? Do you eat healthy? Do you help others? Do you criticize others? Do you smoke? Do you drink until you pass out? Do you do...
Read MoreUsing Facebook lists to control who sees what
Note: As I was writing this post, Facebook has adopted new privacy settings. You can read more about the changes, in this Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/09/AR2009120904200.html What you post is very important on Social Media Sites like Facebook and Twitter. More than 45% of employers questioned are using social networks to screen job candidates. See New York Times article here: Nytimes.com More-employers-use-social-networks-to-check-out-applicants Potential employers can gain a lot of information about you. Not just where you went to...
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