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 […]
Tag Archives: social media
8 steps to spring cleaning your LinkedIn profile
It’s time for some Spring Cleaning. I started this week by giving my dusty LinkedIn profile an extreme makeover. Before the makeover I noticed that 44 people were viewing my […]
6 Ways to Make Passive Income from Your Blog or Website
Yesterday I discovered a gold mine I had no idea I owned. A blog that I started in early days of blogging in 2004 is now ranked in the top […]
Six addictive free apps for shooting and editing social video on an iPhone or iPad or mobile phone
We all want more traffic and engagement on our social media pages. Video is the way. But how can an amateur videographer create engaging content? Yesterday I spent a Sunday […]
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 […]
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 […]
Facebook is a global network you can’t afford to ignore.
This map of Facebook friendships looks not surprisingly like a map of the Earth as seen from space at night. Are you utilizing this vast network of more than 1/3 […]
Seven lame, business-killing excuses for not having a social media presence.
This article was selected as 1 of 1 million WordPress posts to be on Freshly Pressed where it created a momentary sensation and 15 minutes of social media fame for […]
Seven ways to get people to “like” your Facebook Fan Page. (It ain’t easy!)
Don’t limit your friend list to actual friends. Every person you meet is the key to your future! You never know when a contact will be valuable. I am constantly surprised and have often found that total strangers on my Facebook page who offer to “friend” me often become my most valuable business connections, or develop into true, real world friends.
Social media is not for everybody.
…if you’re still reading a newspaper, listening to the radio and using a landline, maybe Social Media is not for you.
