Author: Erin Ryan

Erin Ryan

+Erin Ryan is a writer for various Social Media, Automotive & Tech blogs and currently works within the Social Media Industry. Erin has a keen understanding of the power of Social Media for business and fervently stays up-to-date. Creator and head editor of Socialeyezer, a social media news, cyberculture and geek guide She enjoys finding the latest in social media, tech and geek culture. Erin often expresses her thoughts and opinions on TheErinRyan A Personal Approach to Social Media. Connect on Erin Ryan's Social Networks through her About.me Profile.

DIY cabinet knobs using your photos and Ghost Nest

DIY cabinet knobs using your photos and Ghost Nest

Personalization is what brings true character to any room, the accents we choose to accentuate furniture pieces is what differentiates it from the warehouse. We choose other people’s creative touches to transform a room into the style that represents us best. …

One billion active users are now on Facebook

One billion active users are now on Facebook

Today marks a historical day for those in the Social Media Industry and for those who use Social Media as the day has come that there are now officially one billion active users on the social networking platform known as Facebook. …

1: Face Watches: Uses your time to change the world

1: Face Watches: Uses your time to change the world

We all need to know what time it is, with our hectic schedules, busy weeks and lifestyles, but many need so much more, like cancer prevention, aids treatment and water. The western world has been fortunate enough to have necessities as well as luxuries, sometimes we get so wrapped up in our own lives that we forget about other lives that surround us, ones that aren’t on Facebook or Twitter, ones that may have never seen or heard of a computer, let alone a watch. …

Take time to be human

Take time to be human

We are not well oiled machines, although we would like to pretend endlessly to not show imperfections for proof that to err is to be human. We work hard and play hard, spending many hours on gadgets, computers and of course gaming. We are always tinkering with the latest technologies and spend very little time getting true R&R. Loving technology is a wonderful passion to have and remaining informed is brilliant, we just simply need reminders to lift our heads up and breathe in some fresh air. …

Turn your Facebook status updates into something fun

Turn your Facebook status updates into something fun

Everywhere you look on Facebook it seems as though status updates are being brought to you by some sort of tool, whether it is Hootsuite, Seesmic, Buffer or another social tool to help you stay organized. Although it is helpful it can often look boring, and sometimes you need to add a little entertainment for the watchful eyes. …

Your old friend MySpace could be your newest social place

Your old friend MySpace could be your newest social place

Justin Timberlake may have played in the movie “The Social Network”, however in real life he has taken on a new role by investing in another Social Network, one we are all too familiar with, MySpace. You may remember MySpace as an unorganized cluttered space where music auto-played and glitter covered the pages that you had no idea where to start. Now MySpace is getting revamped and reorganized for you to be able to discover what is happening on the site. …

The Country with the Most Active Twitter Users is a Country that Blocks Twitter

The Country with the Most Active Twitter Users is a Country that Blocks Twitter

Since July of 2009, Twitter has been one of the 2600 websites that the People’s Republic of China have blocked as a part of the Country’s policy of Internet Censorship, something we are trying hard to fight and avoid the threat of here in North America. However, despite its policy, to a September 2012 GlobalWebIndex report shows that China tops the charts with 35.5 million active users; active users are determined by making an action on the site at least once in a monthly period. Although it is blocked, there may be certain times during the day where the policy may be lifted; however it is more likely…

Facebook Offers goes global

Facebook Offers goes global

As a Facebook fanatic, I thoroughly enjoy seeing new features arrive on Facebook that has a dual purpose, one that humanizes a business and makes a customer smile and BAM, Facebook Offers does just that. We wrote about Facebook Offers when it first rolled out, letting you know that it was coming and now, it has arrived. Facebook Business pages should start seeing the ability for Facebook Offers on their Pages this week, the stipulation is you must have 400 “likes” or more for the feature to be enabled. However, many business pages have surpassed that number and therefore we will be seeing a whole…

The new Stumbleupon is LIVE (Beta)

The new Stumbleupon is LIVE (Beta)

As we shared about StumbleUpon updating their iOS app for the iPhone, we can now gladly say that the site has been designed in a similar format. Some of its new changes include new tools and features to help you organize and share your likes more easily. This is exciting news for us who enjoy discovering new sites and interests, since they are now looking to take a more humanized approach with this latest relaunch. StumbleUpon’s main objective is to enable its users to have profiles that show their SU identity, making it clearer to showcase content and for you to be able to connect easier with others…

How to keep communication flowing in the workforce

How to keep communication flowing in the workforce

Communication itself is imperative to understanding each other, it keeps us from isolation and provides us a way outside our own minds, but why is communication within a business so important? This seems obvious, yet many businesses still make the mistake of not listening to co-workers or ideas from employees, the key ingredients to a company is understanding what is going on within that company. It seems as though many businesses are still ignorant to ensuring that information regarding what is happening at the company in every department is valuable knowledge to the entire company. Some…

A 9-year old creates an Arcade made of boxes

A 9-year old creates an Arcade made of boxes

Every now and then you come across a spark of magic. Children propose the best types of magic since their minds are fresh with imagination and when their creativity ignites it can be powerful.  As with Caine’s story, a 9-year old who loved arcades so much that he decided to create his very own in his dad’s auto body shop, cleverly designed out of boxes. …

StumbleUpon makes their app for Apple Devices more personable

StumbleUpon makes their app for Apple Devices more personable

This week StumbleUpon has made extraordinary changes to its app for the iPhone and iPad, enabling users the ability to discover and stumble easier than ever before. Their main objective is to make the app more personable for users to have a more personalized experience. …

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