Social networking refers to getting to know each other online. This category lists any sites and tags that help get people together.
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: BP is finding out the hard way that maybe they should have had all their bases covered when it came to recent developments. Not only is there a major environmental disaster but the recent storm over some not so popular tweets surfacing from major social networks have left BP holding the bag. With tweets… Read more
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Image courtesy of Twitter.com Another travel season has arrived, and many seasoned world travelers will be cranking up the RVs and dusting off the sky miles. In a tough economy however, it can be a real challenge to get a decent vacation without spending a fortune. Welcome to the age of technology, where a… Read more
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Spamming has been in evidence ever since the Internet began to mature and people realized they could reach masses of people relatively easily. It began with email, and when that was found to no longer be effective, folks got creative. Nowadays you can find blog spam, comment spam, forum spam, Facebook spam, Twitter spam,… Read more
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The social media world has reinforced one truth surrounding blogging: it is horribly ineffective when used in isolation. News bloggers, political pundits, and editorial content mills have all shown us that blogging, as a communications method, is simply too long-form to survive when placed beside short-form social media services such as Facebook and Twitter.… Read more
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Yes, everyone you know out there has a Facebook and possibly Twitter account, but there is still a right and a wrong way to approach social media. To begin with, you may want to be careful with anything you say in the public environment of Twitter. There was an actual situation in Chicago where… Read more
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Recently at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, White House Correspondent Ed Henry had the opportunity to rub shoulders with the likes of JayLeno, teen sensation Justin Beiber and, of course, the President and First Lady. While secretly ‘tweeting’, First Lady Mrs. Obama s…
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: One of the biggest drawbacks perceived when considering using Twitter for your business is the danger of it coming a “time suck”. And, if you don’t implement a strategy for using this great social networking tool, you could easily end up spending too much time tweeting and not enough building your business. While you… Read more
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By now most people know Twitter.com, Facebook and other social networking sites but how can these sites improve and grow businesses? In 2006 a study of 55 businesses revealed that they were using on average one social media platform. In 2009 however the number of social media outlets blossomed to eight. This clearly shows… Read more
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Is there any easy way to measure your social media influence? Hardly unlikely. Let’s take a kiik at some of the criteria: Size of network Might as well start with this. Many people think this is the final say all for social media success. Those people are missing what social media is all about.… Read more
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: It’s no secret that Twitter is a common tool used by so many businesses, especially those that may be focusing on marketing or public relations. Now that the cat is out of the bag, you can’t necessarily approach Twitter in the same way. Regular Twitter users are oversaturated with the abuse of social media,… Read more
