Our Week in Twitter 2011-12-18
The results surprised me a bit. I didn't think FF was the worst. | What’s the Most Secure Web Browser? http://t.co/f5Tt6zuz 2011-12-13 How many characters do you really need? | Facebook Ups Character Limit to 60,000, Google+’s Is Still Bigger http://t.co/m5Zi0c0B 2011-12-13 Do you still read "Print"? | People Now Spend More Time With "Mobile" […]
Does Your Company Need a Social Networking Policy?
Social Media in the Workplace Do You Need a Social Networking Policy by Jeannine Hohman, HR Strategist, TriStarr Staffing Today’s employers are faced with many challenges, including managing a multi-generational workforce. Employees come from many backgrounds, cultures and the generations may span between World War II (born before 1940) and Baby Boomer (born 1941 – […]
10 Things Organizations Need to Be Comfortable With When They Start Using Social Media
How comfortable is your organization? Releasing control to allow the community to grow organically. Being open with communication about organization and products. Encouraging community members to discuss products and services. People saying bad things about the company and being able to respond objectively and openly. Others writing content for the community. Asking for honest feedback, […]
How To: Set a Customized URL for Your Facebook Business Profile
I had a few people ask me recently how to get a personalized URL for their company page on Facebook, so I thought a I’d do a quick post about how to do it. So here goes. Before you start, some words of warning. You need to have at least 25 likes to claim your […]
Wondering About the Cost of Social Media? Think: “Time is Money”
Their is a misconception among a lot of businesses and business owners that Social Media is free. When I come across people that believe this, I try to explain to them that even though many of the tools and platforms are free, using the free tools correctly is not. The old adage always comes to […]
Amazon Web Services Goes Down and Takes a Multitude of Sites With It
Early this morning Amazon Web Services started experiencing a problem in one of their data centers in Virginia. Amazon Web Services is a cloud computing service from Amazon.com. Many online platforms and services use Amazon’s service to host data for their online applications. It’s been reported that the outages were caused by a networking event. […]
-1 Connections on LinkedIn
So what does it say about you if you have -1 connections on @LinkedIn ??? It can’t be good.
Hootsuite Adds Social Analytics
Are you a Hootsuite user? If you are, you’ll be excited to hear that they have now added Social Analytics to their services. You can access the new tool from the dashboard. You can now track Facebook Insights, Twitter account growth, visitor traffic, track keywords and more. Check out the video to see it in […]
Facebook Updates Fan Pages
You may have noticed that there have been some changes to the fan pages. The layout now looks very much like personal profiles. Right now page owners can choose to upgrade to the new design, but on March 10th all pages will automatically be upgraded. Here are some of the new features: Receive notifications when […]
LinkedIn Learns to Share, Launches Share Button
LinkedIn the worlds largest business social network launched their own share button. Like Facebook’s share button it can be added to your site so that people can share your content with their LinkedIn Network. You’ll find the code for adding the button to your site on LinkedIn’s Publishers page. You can choose from three different […]
5 Ways Social Media Marketing Can Help Your Business
Social media marketing is a newcomer to the marketing scene and continues to be a hot topic. Many companies fail when they attempt to leverage it as a marketing tool. Often they just don’t understand what the potential of social media marketing really is. This list will help you see what it can do for […]
Why Do You Follow People/Businesses on Twitter?
People use Twitter for many different reasons. It could be just for fun, for business, for information or something else. We’re interested in why you use Twitter, and more specifically: Why do you choose to follow people/businesses on Twitter? Why do you follow people on Twitter?customer surveys