New Year, New Marketing: Tips, Tricks & Tasks
Ah, I love the smell of a new year. It’s exciting that there are twelve months ahead of me that I have not yet managed to screw up in any way. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been pretty […]
Happy Holidays!
Just wanted to say a big ‘ol “Thank You!” for reading this year! Happy Holidays from Rebecca, Michael, and Tia (the kitty). See you in 2013!!
Counting Down to a New Book!
I just came back from three days on Bowen Island, where I was for a writing retreat with my friend Paul, also a writer, at SaveYourself.ca. You see, I have this book, The Guide to Getting Started with Social Media […]
Instagram Changes its Terms of Service
As you may be aware, in the spring of this year, Facebook acquired Instagram for a cool $1 Billion. There was a lot of nervousness around this acquisition. FB is a huge company, and they are not just supplying us […]
LinkedIn: New Robust Profiles
LinkedIn is really stepping it up this year. In the summer, they announced a whole new look to the site–a cleaner, sleeker, more modern LinkedIn. Then they added endorsements. Now, they’ve created new user profiles. Again, the profiles are sleeker, […]
G+ Communities
Google +. Hands up, who’s using it? Yeah, that’s what I thought. When I’m teaching my social media classes, I always dedicate some time to Google +. Why not? I’m an avid user of Google’s products–I use Gmail every day, […]
Two New Pinterest Apps
Thank you, Pinterest. You have single-handedly made Christmas shopping a breeze. Guys? Stumped about what to give your wife/partner/girlfriend/main squeeze for Christmas? Check out her boards, and problem solved. Parents, want to share your kid’s Christmas wish list with the […]
The Art of Marketing
Inspiration. New knowledge. Those were the two things I was looking for when I went to The Art of Marketing conference on November 27. I’d been excited about this for weeks. There are those of you out there who will […]
Why I Do What I Do
This is a blog. Duh. Right? Blogs, are, by their very definition, “web logs,” or like a kind of on-line diary. Usually written in the first person, and often they’re personal. Mine, not so much. I’m one of those weird […]
Facebook’s Edgerank: Fearmongering?
With all the hulaballoo that’s been going on these days about Facebook’s Edgerank change as of September 20, I got curious. Had Edgerank really affected my page? Were my fans seeing less of my posts? Wouldn’t it be cool if […]