Posts about social media marketing including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and other social media sites. I particularly speak about using social media for coaches, consultants, course creators and other heart centered entrepreneurs.
One Tuesday last spring, Twitter users logged into their accounts to discover all their followers were gone. So were the people they were following. Instead of being part of one big Twitter party, everyone was alone in the virtual Twitterverse. What happened? Twitter’s server crashed and deleted everyone’s followers. For Twitter addicts this was a […]
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Update Notice: This is still a useful post, however you might also want to read a more recent one LinkedIn Connections – should you connect with people you don’t know? LinkedIn is one of my favourite social networking sites. It is full of business professionals who use the site for business purposes. No one is going
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I was on LinkedIn this morning checking the LinkedIn Answers section. On person asked how to use Twitter, saying he didn’t get it. Several answers were from people who agreed that they didn’t quite know what to do with it. This made me laugh a little, because I don’t know if I could function without
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Facebook is such an easy way to connect and keep in touch, it’s not surprising many people use it to keep in touch with their families. You can post photos, audios, maps to the family reunion – all with the click of a button. But what if you are trying to use Facebook to promote
How to Keep Family and Business Separate on Facebook Read More »
Since learning the ins and outs of LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, I’ve become something of a social media evangelist. I love using social media, I’m getting amazing results and I’m not shy about telling everyone about it. And social media use is exploding. If you believe the hype, everyone is using it. I’ve learned however,
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You would never dream of attending a business meeting in a bathing suit or ripped jeans. And yet, many business professionals do the equivalent with their website and social media profiles. Even people with great profiles and intelligent comments sometimes drop the ball with their photograph. People like to network with people, not anonymous computers,
What Does Your Social Media Photograph Say About You? Read More »
Many small business owners are still asking “what the point of social media?” In spite of Facebook’s statistics that the fastest growing group of users is the over 25 group, a large number of people still haven’t taken the plunge. Another group has signed up to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or another group and then scratch
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You have a blog and post to it regularly. You Tweet several times a day on Twitter. You comment on Friends’ pages on Facebook. You work your network on LinkedIn. Everyone is telling you social media marketing is the key to success. But it takes time. How do you know if it’s worth the effort?
How To Measure Social Media Marketing Success Read More »
According to today’s Washington Post Ted Leonsis, an AOL executive and owner of the Washington Capitals, passed the 5000 friend limit yesterday. The online article states that when Leonsis hit 5002 last night, nothing happened. So far there’s been no official word from Facebook. Does this mean the limit on the number of Facebook friends
Has the Facebook 5000 Friend Limit Been Raised? Read More »
One of the things I love most about Twitter is the cool (and very useful) technical tools I discover from other people. I’d say at least once a week someone sends a link to a tool that I find useful. And I wouldn’t have discovered it without Twitter. But it’s not just technology. Often people
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