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More and more pro sports and college teams are banning their players from using social media. And, with a rise in athletes that seem to tweet and post their way into controversy, the social media restraint seems reasonable. The question is, what are the dangers involved if an athlete chooses to ignore these new found bans? Bad Press Whether a… Read more
Facebook: not just a place for families, fun, and games. Today, the largest and most popular social media giant is also prime property for small businesses and entrepreneurs to network with other professionals, as well as communicate with current and prospective new customers or clients. From so-called “fan” pages to group pages, to virtual communities, Facebook offers small business owners… Read more
Blogging is becoming ever more popular and, as a result, people are beginning to realise that a successful blog doesn’t necessarily need to be an intellectual or complex one. Some of the best (and extremely funny) blogs can be found on microblogging platform, Tumblr – where the premise is simple, but the results can be huge. Take a look through… Read more
Pinterest has exploded onto the social media scene, and boasts 48.7 million global users as of early 2013. Many companies have taken note of those numbers, and are starting to look at Pinterest as another marketing stream. But is it right for your small business? Visual Stories Pinterest is not a conversational site; rather, it allows people to tell their… Read more
Listen up; if you have a website then you probably need to market it. And, because it’s something that is online that you are trying to market, then you will want to go with Internet Marketing. Now, with Internet marketing you have two main options: paid and organic. Paid Inclusion Marketing, which includes things like PPC (pay per click) advertising,… Read more
We all know social media is important to your business. Twitter is one of those essential venues to work with, and once you’ve setup your account, you want to see those followers rolling in. But what if you don’t? How can you get more followers? Check out these tips… 1. Sign up on Directories You can use different directories to… Read more
Social media users, the stock market, and (some of) the world at large ran amuck on Tuesday when the Associated Press Twitter account was hacked and tweeted this erroneous information: “Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured.” All it took was 140 characters. These “small bursts of information” can send us into an uproar, make… Read more
When you’re trying to choose a college for the coming fall, it’s easy to get frustrated. There’s just too much to consider. The faster you can narrow down the options, the sooner you can get things moving in the right direction. And one way to make this fast and easy for you is to use social media to help you… Read more
Trolls have existed almost as long as the Internet itself. Trolling was first identified as early as 1978, long before the easy-to-use Facebook platform had even been dreamt of, when the Bulletin Board System (BBS) was developed to share knowledge between hobbyist computer users via connected computer networks. But trolling became far more commonplace in the early 1990s, when computer… Read more
Social media did not always put people out there in such a way that strangers could find out anything they want about us. In fact, when Facebook first went “public” after the Ivy League colleges in the US had access, only a few universities were given access at a time. As the popularity grew, just like social networks before it,… Read more
