Daily Dose – Social Media Tip of the Day – How to reach influential people One of the most fantastic pros about social media is that influential people are easier to reach than ever before. By influential, I don’t mean huge celebrities like Lady Gaga or Oprah Winfrey. I mean influential people in your industry. You know those people. People with …
Daily Dose – #ThankfulThursday
Daily Dose – Social Media Tip of the Day – #ThankfulThursday It’s #ThankfulThursday! Despite the hashtag in front of it, this weekly event is not limited to Twitter. Use your social media channels every Thursday to show your gratitude towards your most active and engaged followers and fans. Thank people for following, for sharing, for reading, for commenting. Thank them for just being …
Daily Dose – Making a list, checking it twice
Daily Dose – Social Media Tip of the Day – Making a list, checking it twice “If I follow a lot of people on Twitter how will I keep up with everything that I find important? It all gets lost in my overwhelming Twitter feed!” Does this sound familiar? I’ve thought it too. One of my goals for 2012 is to …
Daily Dose – I Will Follow You (Maybe)
Daily Dose – Social Media Tip of the Day – I Will Follow You (Maybe) “I want more Twitter followers.” OK. That is a valid desire, especially given the recent lawsuit that valued a Twitter follower at $2.50 per month. So, I retort, how many people are you following on Twitter? Unless you are Conan O’Brien (or another major celebrity), you can’t get …
Daily Dose – When should you post?
Daily Dose – Social Media Tip of the Day – When should you post? “What is the best time of day to post to social media sites?” The answer to this question (and to so many other questions related to social media) is – IT DEPENDS. With that said, my informal method for posting content is: If the content requires reading, …
Daily Dose – Work for a cause
For today I thought I would simply share a great photo I found on Pinterest. (BTW isn’t Pinterest awesome?!) Enjoy, and have a great Saturday!
Daily Dose – Embrace the change
Daily Dose – Social Media Tip of the Day – Embrace the change Facebook Timeline is coming. (Cue the music from Jaws…) You can run and you can hide (as in, delete your Facebook profile). But, if you are a Facebook user, you won’t be able to avoid it. In a post on it’s blog Tuesday, the company announced that the up-to-now …
Daily Dose – Party of +1
Daily Dose – Social Media Tip of the Day – Try out Google+ Most people I talk to just assume that Google+ is “Google’s answer to Facebook“. Not so. From the articles I have read, as well as conversations I’ve had with social media afficionados, I’ve found that Google+ is being used for different reasons than Facebook and Twitter. A December …
Daily Dose – Use Pinterest in your marketing plan
Daily Dose – Social Media Tip of the Day – Use Pinterest in your marketing plan Yesterday’s post introduced you to the fastest growing social networking site, Pinterest. Now that you’ve checked it out, requested an invite and signed up, I will share just a few ways you can use Pinterest to promote your business or nonprofit. 1) Share infographics on …