With social media, you’re making the news, and telling your own story
“If you don’t like the news, go out and make some of your own!” – “Scoop” Nisker Everyone loves it when the newspaper writes a story about them — or […]
Category Archives: Twitter
What makes you influential on social media? (It’s not what you think.)
What makes you influential on social media? Just as in mainstream journalism, great content is key. Great headlines grab the reader. Posting frequently and regularly and being the first to […]
Don’t ignore social media. It won’t go away.
Q: “What’s the worst thing you can do with social media?” A: “Ignore it.” And that’s what most corporations (and small businesses) did in 2009 and 2010. They ignored social […]
What’s in a name? Everything!
I was talking to a client the other day who wanted more visibility. They had a hideously long URL for their company website. I rolled my eyes. I immediately knew […]
7 lazy ways to shamelessly promote your blog and social media posts to get more traffic
1. Use “Share This” widgets to shamelessly self promote. Whether you’re using WordPress or any other blogging or web development tool, you can use the “Share This” widget on […]
#Egypt: The First Twitter Revolution
In the 1980s, the Fall of the Berlin wall was attributed to television. In the 1990s, fax machines enabled the protests in Tianamen Square. But today, in Egypt, it’s a […]
Latest excuse for sightings of dead birds and fish? Over reporting in social media!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably read about the mysterious sightings of dead birds dropping out of the sky, and millions of dead fish and sea mammals […]
8 free (or cheap) ways to give your web branding a new look for the New Year
This down time between Christmas and the first week of the New Year is a perfect opportunity to give your personal branding a lift and start the New Year with […]
Is Rockmelt just a browser for Facebook freaks? Or will it really rock our world?
Children, gather around the electric campfire. You might not believe this, but I remember a world without web browsers. We had social networks back then. One of them was called […]
Executive social media jobs exploding. (It’s not just for ninjas, gurus and interns anymore.)
2010 was the year of the uber-embarrassing social media blunder: Southwest Airlines threw celebrity Kevin Smith off a plane for being too fat to fly in one seat. Smith’s Tweets about […]
