#UnTrending
Social Media is my life. It’s my business and my personal life. I was thrilled to receive a copy of my dear friend, Vicki McLeod’s book, #UnTrending in the mail last week. Vicki and I have been a source of […]
You Can’t Do It All
Recently, Twitter celebrated its 10th birthday. Facebook is 11, YouTube is 10. Social media is officially a decade old. When I started blogging and using social media in 2007, I did all the things. I blogged, I posted on Facebook […]
Ideal Word Counts for Social Media Posts [Infographic]
You might remember a couple weeks back I was talking about how our attention spans have shrunk to that of a goldfish. Yup, the average attention span is now 8 seconds. We’re considerably less about reading these days, too. If […]
Social Media Predictions for 2016 [Infographic]
Well, here we are at the beginning of another new year. One of the great things about having a career in Social Media is that you’ll never be bored! It’s impossible–things move and change way too fast. But the downside […]
Ideas for Daily Themed Social Media Posts
Coming up with content all the time is hard. If you are on a schedule that looks anything like mine, you’re posting: minimum once daily to Facebook minimum 5 tweets 1 Instagram 5 pins 3x weekly: G+ 3x weekly: LinkedIn […]
Social Media and Disaster
I’ve been struggling with how to begin this post. The world is reeling in the wake of several disasters that happened on Friday the 13th. There were large earthquakes in Mexico and Japan, and suicide bombings in Beruit, Bagdhad, and […]
3 Social Media Marketing Tips for Introverts (Guest Post)
Introverted is the last word anyone would use to describe me, but I talk to people all the time that are, and find social media a challenge because of it. But even introverts need to sell product, find jobs and […]
Social Media and Its Affect on Relationships
There’s an old Chinese curse that goes “May you live in interesting times.” Now, you might wonder, why is that a curse? Who wouldn’t want to live in interesting times? Well, “interesting times” bring with them drama and insecurity. Social […]
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by @garyvee
Book publishing and social media are not always good bedfellows. When I’m teaching I specifically choose not to have a textbook for my course. The main reason for this is because it’s a challenge to find a book that’s actually […]
Using Content to Grow Your Following With @EvanCarmichael
When I was at Sage Summit at the end of July in New Orleans, I met a ton of really cool people. Among them was Evan Carmichael, a guy, who, like me, works in the social media space here in […]