If you are looking at Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or any other social network and are scratching your head as to how the type of content that is displaying in your feeds got there, you may want to begin rethinking how you are using your social networks. If you are looking for quality (boy, I sure hope you are) then you need to start saying “no” or not adding people back. Sure, adding everyone who followed you anywhere on the web seemed like the right thing to do back in 2007, but that is now so two thousand and late. You will always need to take emotions into account when people add you and if you don’t…

You’ve seen it, the way other people are able to get social interactions left, right and center. Almost like people are sitting there waiting for them to post something, anything, then BAM, before your very eyes they have a bunch of likes or retweets or anything that signifies they approve. You may ask yourself often just how do they do it, you post frequently, trying your hardest and think you are posting pretty clever stuff, yet to get just  one single “like” is like pulling teeth from a walrus. It truly does not have to be this difficult; you can easily get responses to posts by finding what…

Okay, so perhaps the title sounds a little negative and normally I don’t like going to the Darkside, unless there are jelly doughnuts. However, I feel as though social sites like Facebook, Twitter and now even Google+ have people making the sites feel negative, or perhaps it is just the way it makes me feel, but there has got to be others out there that feel somewhat like I do. I am talking about the “like if you agree” or “please retweet this” posts; just typing them here makes my stomach turn. I get that social signals are rising and sites like Empire Avenue, Klout, PeerIndex and Kred all make…

Have you noticed the increase of pictures on Social Networks as of late? Google+ users have pretty much been doing this since the social network was still closed to the public. However, Facebook users have taken the picture sharing up a notch since that is what many people seem to be sharing these days. I am not complaining, in fact I personally part-take in posting pictures since learning that pictures that are directly uploaded to the site are preferred by the Facebook algorithm, more so than links. In fact this states true for anything that is organically added to the site like a status update or…

Some employers may be wondering if their employees are using social media at work and/or if they should be allowed to use it. There are businesses that encourage their workers to use their personal accounts on social networks during working hours, due to wanting their employees to have an online presence. However, there are some companies who would prefer that their staff does not do this and often ban them from doing it while at work. This infographic from Visual.ly comes to us via Auburn Nissan and explores “Social Media in the Workplace”. Click to enlarge. Hat Tips: Indianapolis Ford…

Social media is a realm that is open to men and women of every race and nationality (other than in the nations where they’re blocked, of course). There are a handful of networks that are geared towards one sex or the other, but for the most part men are perfectly welcome on Pinterest and women are encouraged to join Reddit. They just don’t, at least not very often. As this graphic shows, Pinterest is 82% women while Reddit is 82% men. Even the “equal” social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn show large degrees of separation with women dominating the two former and men controlling the latter….

For the last few months, I have been asked on and off why I didn’t have a TECHi presence on Google+. There are many reasons: our focus on our Facebook page, our ever-growing Twitter presence, the lack of tools that integrate directly with Google+, and, of course, time (or lack thereof) all played a role. It’s not that we haven’t paid attention to Google+; on the contrary, we’ve been very active on it through our author accounts and through encouraging people to share on the social network. Now, the reasons to get on outweigh the reasons to stay off. Google+ is not only growing, but its importance from…

During the last ten years, social networks have evolved from simple communication hubs to veritable agents of change; galvanizing thousands of people over political discourse, creating and changing industries, and all in all, transforming people’s lives. Just couple of years back, many people dismissed Facebook as a place for kids to share their rants/pictures. Today, more than 600 million users worldwide are active on this website. Approximately 200 million people are active on twitter, another 100 million use LinkedIn. None of these social networks even excited at the beginning…

When I heard that Google had put out their first Google+ television commercial, I was both impressed and a little excited. “Finally,” I thought, “they’re going to make a push to bring Google+ into mainstream consciousness.” I watched the commercial and immediately facepalmed. Despite clear indications from users and bloggers that Google+ Circles is a nice feature but not the thing that would separate it from Facebook, Google continues to highlight it as something special. “Sharing but like real life.” That’s the message. It’s very Applesque in styling and concept. It’s even delivered in…

Since its launch in late June, Google+ has attracted 25 million unique global visitors. That ascent has far outpaced the growth of MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook, prompting many observers to wonder if Google’s new social network will eventually overtake Facebook in popularity. Although the unique visitor count slowed at the end of July, the network’s global adoption of has been steadier. The biggest growth for Google+ has been seen in the United States, followed by India and Canada. “Visitors is technically what ComScore reports,” explained ComScore analyst Andrew Lipsman. “If someone…