Category: FaceBook

  • Quit being a wallflower, get out there and be social

    When you’re dealing with an online business it’s easy to stay safely invisible behind your computer and let your business do the talking. Sometimes people who feel uncomfortable selling or networking offline start businesses online because they believe there is anonymity in cyberspace. They are right to an extent, but to see real gains in…

  • Five Facebook Privacy Features

    It’s happened to everyone, right? You’re relaxing with a glass of wine, it’s late, you’re checking your Facebook and you post something funny, but slightly naughty or maybe you just embark on a tirade about your jerk of a boss. You log off and go to bed and then at 2 a.m. you spring up…

  • Will a Social Media Presence Mean More Sales?

    I get asked this by nearly every client I work with. “So you are saying if I have a Twitter account it will mean more sales?” Then I have to see the confusion in their face and read what they are thinking, which is “Then what’s the point?” And my short answer is “Because you…

  • Gorillas in Our Midst

    On my Facebook profile I’ve got many friends I went to school with, some I’ve worked with, many I do business with and five hairy apes. No not ex-boyfriends, but Ugandan gorillas that I friended via an organization called Friend a Gorilla. The group is working to save gorillas by allowing people to “friend” a…

  • Why You Shouldn’t Count on Millennials

    The above title is a little misleading, as you will find out. If you haven’t seen the Public Relations Society of America’s post Status Update: Millennial Staffers Can Update Your Social Media Plan you need to go there and read it. Like now. Because it’s ridiculous and you may need a good laugh tonight. What…

  • Crime fighting with social media

    First it was your momma on Facebook and now grandma is on Twitter? What’s next? Crime fighting. Yes, authorities and government officials have got on to the fact that there is a wealth of personal information they would love to get their hands on, just offered up into cyberspace by the very individuals on whom…