Facebook: Your Business’s Online Front Porch
This post was written and published in the August 2011 issue of Edmond Active Magazine. I’m delighted to be their business and social media columnist. Social media is a community, a place for friendships, business, and conversations. Not unlike the small town I grew up in of Mayetta, Kansas. People shared stories about their […]
How to Recruit & Source Candidates on Twitter
It’s no secret that Twitter is an information search engine. With more than 155 million tweets per day, it is now the place for breaking news. Even the raid on Osama bin Laden was accidentally live tweeted by someone who was complaining about loud helicopter noises in a remote area of Pakistan. He later realized […]
From #BlogHer Mind the Gap With Your Blog’s Brand
You may not know but I also serve as a writer for SmartBrief. This article I wrote was originally posted at SmartBrief’s Social Media Blog here where I’m covering the female blogger conference, BlogHer. There is no longer any that doubt that blogging is big business, said branding expert Sandra Miley,who spoke at BlogHer Pathfinder Day on Thursday. There are […]
The Internet Equalizer — The Smart Phone
Last week in my guest post over at Social Media Explorer I expressed my frustration with Employment Law Attorneys when it comes to social media, but it doesn’t stop there. Social media has been around since the Internet itself through forums, chat rooms, instant messenger, and even dating websites. It’s something that companies could control, block, and […]
I Kan Spel Gud. A Story About Blogging, Life & Living.
Quick to faultfind and slow to praise. In 2008, I got my first unfavorable blog comment from someone who complained about my misspellings and lack of editing. They advised me to stop blogging entirely because I wasn’t being professional and paying attention to the little things. I felt terrible. It was the first unfavorable blog […]
Are Blog RSS Subscribers Making a Comeback?
As part of my mission in training and teaching people on how to leverage social media for their business including human resource professionals, I’m writing several foundation social media topics over time. This is one of those posts for the ToolBox HR resource site. Blog RSS Subscribers Increased? Over the last few weeks, I’ve seen a […]
