Tag Archives: social media

Has Google Reader Gone Real-Time?

readerA post this morning on my Hawaii travel website Beat of Hawaii, took less than a minute to feed to Google Reader. That’s a first.  Let alone the fact that it’s a Wednesday, mid-day, a time when Google…

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Still Afraid of Social Media?

social media fearIf you’re skeptical about Social Media, you aren’t the only one.  Here are some of the common knee-jerk reactions I’ve heard.

1.  It’s a big waste of my employees’ time.

Well, if marketing is a waste of your…

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Social Media Guidelines For Your Company

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Does your company have a written Social Media policy?

Social media brings opportunities for people in your company to represent you online, with and without your knowledge.  Having a policy in place is the best way to be proactive…

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Best Days of the Week for Social Media

Achieve the greatest traction for your writing by saving the most important Social Media updates for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, in that order. Post lighter and/or less critical updates on Monday and Friday.

The importance of Tuesday has been coroborated.

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Don’t Be A Social Media Dropout

dropout2It’s all about relationship, trust and hard work.

These are the golden rules that exist in social media participation and remain at the top of my list.

Over Labor Day weekend, I started reviewing the people and businesses I follow…

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From Firefox To Chrome: This Is Why

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Yesterday was the day I simply could not stand Firefox (3.52) any longer!

Firefox has been crashing daily since the latest 3.5.2 upgrade.  Using it has also been getting terribly slow-going over time.  It started taking more and more…

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