All Entries Tagged With: "facebook"
The 3 S’s of Social Media
Tweet Buffer What are the 3 S’s of Social Media? I watched a movie this weekend called My Best Friend, and while I won’t go into all the details, the short of it is about a guy who doesn’t have any friends (but claims he does) and makes a bet with his business partner he can [...]
The Power of Social Media: 3 Examples
Tweet Buffer Many of us KNOW Social Media HAS Power, many of us hear that social media has power, but haven’t really experienced it or don’t “get” it. Remember back when Obama was running for office? Do you think he would be in office if he didn’t have a social media advantage? He might, he [...]
Facebook Marketing Conference: Infomercial or WHAT?!?
Tweet Buffer Like so many other social media professionals, I attended Facebook’s Livestream version of their Facebook Marketing Convention introducing the Facebook Timeline for business pages announcing they are available now and will be automatically converted March 30, 2012. I won’t mince words, I was disappointed. I was expecting to see them introduce new and [...]
Facebook, Google+, Now Twitter Profile Pages?
Tweet Buffer Facebook Timeline, Google+ Business Pages, now Twitter Profile Pages! I started this post with a history lesson – then I remembered I don’t really like history so why go that route? Sure, I could post stats, when the platforms were created, when they offered what, blah blah blah… it’s informative, sure, but that’s [...]
Why Build a Fan Page If You’re Going To Abandon It?
Tweet Buffer I see it EVERY DAY! A fan page with few likes and zero activity. I ask myself WHY? Why do people pay to have fan pages created or create a fan page and then abandon it? Because they take work! The average business creates their fan page and makes posts that are little [...]
Social Media & MLMs: Is Your Team Technically Ready?
Tweet Buffer In today’s economy, I see more and more people starting their own businesses, and of those a good percentage of them are MLMs or multi-level-marketing businesses, such as Scentsy, Tastefully Simple, or one I’m sure you’ve heard of Mary Kay. This a good thing and a bad thing. Many MLMs provide the tools [...]
Don’t Want to Share SO MUCH Info with Apps on Facebook?
Tweet Buffer What Are Facebook Apps? If you’ve been on Facebook for any length of time, chances are you’ve installed (or been tempted to install) a third party application such as Farmville, Klout, or Skype, just to name a few. The problem with these apps is they want so much information from you. When they [...]
Can You Auto Post Without Looking Like A BOT?
Tweet Buffer Some of you new to my site may ask, what is auto posting, why would I use it and what is a bot? An auto post is a post that is created by you, but scheduled to post at a later time, possibly when you are not online. There are several applications that [...]
What’s the Big Deal About Social Media?
Tweet Buffer Believe it or not, I still get asked the following questions on a regular basis: “What’s the big deal about social media? What’s the value of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+? Do I need to get online?” To which I have to reply ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME?!!?! O.K., now that I’ve gotten that [...]
Social Media Engagement Tools: Part 1
Tweet Buffer What are Social Media Engagement Tools? Social Media Engagement tools are communication platforms where users take action and can respond, engage, interact or communicate directly on social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, blogs, forums, and more. Users provide the login credentials and offer OAuth permissions and can Tweet, comment on a blog post or respond to a [...]
