Hashtags when used properly are great. You can follow discussions and photos around a topic without having to follow everyone participating. Using relevant hashtags consistently can also establish you as an expert or “authority” in a topical area. Many of those people putting together Top […]
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Why am I seeing so few posts from friends on Facebook?
Facebook is still a highly personal network in the minds of many. I see it when I speak at conferences about how to connect with different people on different networks. Should I connect with a business connection on LinkedIn? Oh yes probably. Should I connect […]
Why fast communication often can beat slow communication [SOCIAL MEDIA]
I respond pretty quickly to all kinds of messages that are coming my way. That includes emails, direct messages on Twitter and those Facebook Messenger messages that come from this website. As you may recall, a few days ago I added the Messenger widget to […]
UPDATED: How to add the CONTACT button to your Instagram account in seconds
A look at how to add the contact options on business Instagram accounts.
Should I friend my coworkers on social media – like Facebook?
Things to consider when befriending coworkers and others on your personal social media channels.
Things to consider BEFORE importing your Gmail contacts into LinkedIn
I spent the last few days working on some training on how to build and grow audiences so the timing was perfect to be prompted again by LinkedIn to connect with all of my Gmail contacts. Hm. Sounds like another way to grow audience. ? […]
Eastern Iowa News and community news site advertising
Eastern Iowa News was a community news website that was live for nine months in 2009. Overall, 2,700 articles were published by 81 contributors. Over 100,000 unique visitors stopped by to catch up on community news and events that were generally not covered by traditional […]
1 million searches and 100,000 views for Instagram Live and now nobody uses it!
Instagram Live was interesting to me but took a while to roll out across the globe. So I blogged about where to find it and why to ignore it. That blog post showed up over 1 million times in search results in 90 days, and […]
How to EASILY use Facebook Video Captions in Minutes [SOCIAL MEDIA]
Facebook Video captions have become a lot easier! Facebook Video captions have been possible for a while and people use them. I would certainly recommend them for everyone who uploads videos to Facebook because many people watch videos on mute. Plus, with auto-playing videos in […]
Create Once, Publish Everywhere: How to turn your podcast into a book
I’m a big fan of the Create Once, Publish Everywhere model. It’s really the only way to get the most out of our content anymore. This can include publishing your book based on your podcast, which is what Jared Johnson did. More about that in a moment, […]
UPDATED: My reaction to Facebook “reaction buttons”: Don’t overthink ’em!
October 30, 2016 update According to my own reviews, most people continue to use the LIKE button over others. Makes sense to me and I do the same myself. Facebook also updated the buttons to be Halloween-themed for Halloween 2016. Feb. 24, 2016 update: The […]
How to combine social media accounts when organizations merge
The merger of American Airlines with U.S. Airways reminded me of the difficult decisions that we can face when organizations merge. What to do with social media accounts when organizations merge? U.S. Airways merged with American Airlines with the last U.S. Airways flight happening on […]