The hashtag: from humble beginnings to becoming as important as an emoticon to add additional context, the hashtag is pretty omnipresent. You see the hashtag addict (usually on instagram: #selfie #yoga etc.), and you see people who are a little hashtag shy, maybe using it occasionally. You’ve probably even met people who speak in hashtags: “Going shopping,…
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5 Ways To Be More Productive on Instagram
You’ve heard the news: people who are in the 18 to 24 age range spend more of their time engaging on Instagram. But is there really a business case for this visual social platform? They think so. Recently, they released a video to showcase larger brands using the platform. Instagram for Business from Instagram on Vimeo. How can you…
7 Ways To Be More Productive On Social Media
If you’re reading this, you’ve bought into the concept that social media is important for your business. I spend a lot of time talking to small businesses around the country, and it often surprises me how many people still feel daunted by social media marketing and engagement. So, here are 7 ways to be more…
Social Supremacy for Your Business: Facebook Groups vs Google Groups
Facebook Groups and Google Groups bring another element of communication and socializing between team members of a business and beyond. The purpose of them both is to stay connected with others with the same interests and minimize the effort of having to connect with your team on a number of different platforms for communication purposes….
5 Cool Tools for Archiving Social Media Posts
Whether you’re actively posting or just browsing through your social streams, things move pretty fast. A post is often there one minute and gone the next. With hundreds of millions of status updates and tweets sent every day, finding them later is next to impossible. Here are 5 tools to help you hang on to…
Great Social Media Apps for Nonprofit Fundraising and More
Nonprofits always have an uphill battle — how to get the most value while spending very little money. After all, as much of the money a nonprofit can generate is meant to help the cause itself. Social media marketing is one low-cost tool that can help. In this post I’m highlighting 2 cool platforms that…
3 Social Media Applications To Help You Rock Social Curation And Sharing
The web is noisy. There’s so much to see, so much to read, so little time. There is clutter. Here is how Wikipedia describes digital curation: Digital curation is the selection, preservation, maintenance, collection and archiving of digital assets. There isn’t a wikipedia article for Social Curation yet, but it’s happening, and there are apps…