So I’ve been on Google Plus for a while now. Actually, I’ve had an account for a while now, having received an invitation early, but I rarely post updates and I rarely read updates from my various circles. I’m simply struggling to integrate it into my life. It’s not that I don’t like Google Plus. […]
I was researching an organization last week and visited their website, blog and social media pages. The website was nicely designed, easy to navigate, and had good information. The blog was terrific and I quickly subscribed to the RSS feed. When I got to the organization’s social media pages, I was sorely disappointed. Their Twitter […]
Guest blog post by Jill Foster Since joining CitizenEffect’s Gulf fact-finding mission trip last month (also called the #CitizenGulf project), it’s been a non-stop learning curve on my end, plus tough emotional processing. The social media factor and the #CitizenGulf fact-finding trip CitizenEffect, a nonprofit that helps anyone online be a citizen philanthropist, formed the […]
I’m following over 700 people on Twitter so I’ve looked at a lot of Twitter pages. Yes, I look at pages and tweets closely before making a decision to follow someone. Some profiles are pretty sparse, while others are fairly elaborate. What’s the saying? “You only have a few seconds to make a first impression.” […]
I was talking to one of the Cat Herders (Project Manager) at Matrix Group today. She said she was trimming her Facebook friend list and unfriending some people. Unfriending. It sounds so… ummmm… unfriendly. Facebook says that the average user has 130 friends but I know people who have hundreds, even thousands of friends. 500 […]
Twitter was super smart when they created their API and encouraged developers all over the world to come on in, use their API and develop their own applications using Twitter data. But wait, what’s an API, you say? API stands for Application Program Interface. Wikipedia defines an API as “an interface that a software programs […]
I was at a conference recently where one of the attendees mentioned that although she’s on Twitter, she doesn’t understand half of what’s being said. “What’s a DM?,” she said. “And what’s the difference between RT and via?” Twitter is deceptively simple. You get 140 characters to speak your mind or share some news. In […]
I had the pleasure of being part of a panel at today’s Grow Smart Biz conference, sponsored by Network Solutions. Our topic was “Integrating Traditional Marketing with Social Media.” Despite being the last panel of the day (we started around 4:20pm), I estimated that over 80% of the conference attendees attended the panel. And by […]
I started following Martha Stewart on Twitter because I had heard that she tweets recipes. How hard can a recipe be if it’s tweeted? But then I got to wondering: am I following the real Martha Stewart? What if someone is impersonating Martha on Twitter? I know this happens a lot because there are dozens […]
I was on LinkedIn yesterday and the LinkedIn search engine helpfully recommended a couple of people for me to add to my network. The list included a couple of people who currently work at Matrix Group. While it’s every CEO’s dream to have a large network, I did not invite the staff to get linked […]