It’s time to look at how the Royal Wedding will be covered in the social media world, and what tools you can use to enjoy the pre-wedding timeframe even more (especially if, like me, your personal invitation got lost in the mail).
Paying a high price for social media gaffes.
“Just because you have a forum to say something, doesn’t mean you should.” It’s been a bad week for some people in the social media world… people who said and posted content that perhaps they now regret.
Niche Profile: Social Media for Residential Communities
This week, I began working a residential community. I discovered something mystifying: few residential communities are effectively using social media.
3 Steps to Create a Consistent Social Footprint
So you’ve decided to bite the bullet and have your company enter the social media world. As a social media manager, one of my best practices is to create a consistent social footprint for my clients.
Death, Taxes and Facebook’s Newest Changes… oh my!
A special Friday blog post: Two things in life that are constant: death and taxes. Perhaps they should add “Facebook changes” to this list. What do these changes mean for you and your page?
Putting His Foot in it… Kenneth Cole’s Ill-fitting Tweet.
My advice to those who use social media to advertise their products is to create a litmus test before posting anything. It can help avoid PR disasters.
SixDegrees.org Badge… Using Social Media for Good.
As you’ve perused my website, you may have noticed a little box down in the sidebar called “SixDegrees.org”. This is my way of attempting to use social media for good.
Brace yourself for the straight truth… orthodontists should use social media!
Today, I’m meeting with an orthodontist, presenting all the reasons why social media is such a natural fit for his practice. The more I explored the orthodontic field, however, I realized this is an industry that could truly build a loyal fanbase by using social media. Here’s why.
8 Ways Facebook Maintained My Sanity During Snowpocalypse 2011
Periodically, people gripe that Facebook is boring… after all, who cares about people’s boring status updates? However, having just survived Atlanta’s worst winter snowstorm in years (which kept our kids home from school for a week!), I found my friends’ Facebook status updates to be invaluable. Here’s why.
Social Media and Snowmageddon 2010
If you were stuck in an airport, what could you have done (beyond calling family, friends or even the airlines) to get information as to your next move? Yet again, social media could have come to the rescue. Here are some survival tips.
Does social media make us lonelier?
Recently, one of my clients sent me an article, which poses this question… does social media actually make us lonelier? As we head into the holiday season, a time which is called the “most wonderful time of the year” and yet consistently is cited as a period when people truly feel lonely, I decided to ponder this question.
Etiquette for Social Media… Courtesy of Project Runway.
Image by ge'shmally via Flickr The season finale for Project Runway Season 8 was a "hot mess", with two of the regular judges (Michael Kors and Nina Garcia) squaring off against Heidi Klum (the producer) and guest judge Jessica Simpson. During the debate over who should win, the following exchange took place. The line ...
Are you crazy if you don’t use social media?
You are the least credible person to be talking about your company. If you’re the least credible, then who is the most? Your customers! Social media is all about companies giving customers the opportunity to engage in conversations with each other and the company.
Don’t leave your brand’s reputation in the intern’s hands.
For a generation of executives trying to figure out social media, many have turned to the millennials to help them make sense of what may seem to be confusing technology. But in many cases, don’t be surprised when you get what you pay (or don’t pay) for.