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#Infographic: The History of the Hashtag

#Infographic: The History of the Hashtag

The hashtag symbol was rarely used in any application other than on a touch tone phone up until it was...

IM Creator, the free code free web builder

IM Creator, the free code free web builder

Until a while back, the idea of a software that would be able to build websites without the use of...

Don’t forget: best apps to help you remember everything

Don’t forget: best apps to help you remember everything

One of the challenges of living in the Information Age is managing all that information. With notices about important dates, meetings...

13 signs that social networking has taken over your life

13 signs that social networking has taken over your life

It’s hard to imagine a life without social networks. I mean, what would we do without access to Facebook and...

Can social media save a life?

Can social media save a life?

In this day and age people use their various social media networks to get their voice out, or even talk...

New app brings Likemind-ed people together

New app brings Likemind-ed people together

A new iOS application is bringing people with common interests together through rather simple and traditional methods. The app Likemind...

The history of social media

The history of social media

Do you remember having to pick up a phone book? When was the last time you licked a stamp? Did...

Why brands are getting it wrong on social media

Why brands are getting it wrong on social media

You’ve created a Facebook page, but have you created a brand? So you’ve created a Facebook page and opened up...

Be thankful about real life on social media

Be thankful about real life on social media

Businesses are starting to get it. They once saw social media as a channel like many others through which they...

How branding posts set up power posts on Facebook

How branding posts set up power posts on Facebook

There are several different ways that businesses go about using Facebook for marketing. Some use it for branding only. Others...

Are you ready for Myspace 3.0?

Are you ready for Myspace 3.0?

The last time anybody had heard about Myspace, it was most likely the punch line of some social media joke....

The art of getting retweets (with addendums)

The art of getting retweets (with addendums)

There really is more art than science when it comes to getting retweeted on Twitter. For individual influencers and organizations...

#Instagram: the savior of small businesses

#Instagram: the savior of small businesses

When a group of people from a business begin to engage in ways of promoting their businesses what are some...

An extremely long but exceptionally useful social media dimensions infographic

An extremely long but exceptionally useful social media dimensions infographic

Some infographics are long for the sake of being long. They take up way too much space to make very...

Use social media to educate consumers… and possibly blow their minds

Use social media to educate consumers… and possibly blow their minds

The days of businesses focusing their efforts on entertaining their fans on social media are behind us... at least they...

4 reasons #socialmedia has most people jumping on the smartphone bandwagon

4 reasons #socialmedia has most people jumping on the smartphone bandwagon

Believe it or not, people are still using flip phones, Motorola Razors, and phones with buttons!… what? But those folks...

Understand the basics of #socialmedia posts on each network

Understand the basics of #socialmedia posts on each network

In my recent exploration of various social media profiles being used by local businesses, I found a disturbing trend. While...

Four types of Facebook posts that businesses can rotate if they must

Four types of Facebook posts that businesses can rotate if they must

There are too many opportunities out there in the world of social media that makes it a bad idea to...

Playing to tomorrow’s customers on social media helps decision makers today

Playing to tomorrow’s customers on social media helps decision makers today

A father and son walked onto a car lot and started looking around. As the salesperson approached, the son, 14-...

Reach versus inaccuracy: should social media be at the forefront during a crisis?

Reach versus inaccuracy: should social media be at the forefront during a crisis?

The use of social media to report events has become a normal occurrence. Any time anything happens that is newsworthy,...