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Social Media and Webinars: Tools for Stronger Connections

Social media is about making connections, building relationship and engaging an audience. So how is that done? As with building anything, it’s all about using the right tools for the right occasion. Social Media Platforms Social media, as defined by Wikipedia: “interactive platforms via which individuals and communities create and share user-generated content.” Here’s a few of […]

Twitter Tips for People Who Hate Twitter

Before we catapult into 21 century communications, let’s hop in a time machine together and enjoy a little flashback… 1450’s: first printing press. 1660’s: first American newspaper printed. 1830’s: first electric telegraph and Morse Code invented. 1870’s: first electric telephone. 1910’s: first radio with tuners. 1930’s: first TV broadcast in the United States. 1970’s: first […]

Three New Social Sites Worth Your Time and (maybe) Money

Within the bevy of startups, here are a few gems we’ve seen that caught our eye recently. YourSports YourSports takes the premise that since sports are an inheritanly social activity, having a social network specificially dedicated to your sports is long overdue. In short: think of YourSports as a Facebook account for the sporty-minded. From the YourSports main page  “Throughout […]

The Sin of Buying Twitter and Facebook Followers

Has this ever happend to you… You visited the Facebook or Twitter page of a business that had a moderate following on one day, yet upon visiting a few days later, their likes/followers increased exponentially with no apparent explanation. Insincere Likes on Facebook In the past few months Facebook cracked down on what it is calling […]

Six Social Media Tricks You Might Be Missing

1. Facebook: Edit Comments Problem: you made a comment on someone’s post and you a) misspelled something, b) were incorrect, or c) are filled with regret and want to entirely change to comment. Solution: just hover your cursor/mouse pointer over the comment and a small edit button will appear, allowing you to delete or edit […]