Facebook Reactions are Coming Have you ever read a post on someone’s Facebook page and it’s sad? They’ve either had a death of a family member or pet or they are just going through a tough time and need some support? You want to hit the “Like” button but it just doesn’t feel right, but
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New This Week in Social Media Does it seem like every week there is something new happening in social media, especially on Facebook? This week is rather exciting in the Facebook realm. New buttons and functions are being tested and the new design of the Facebook Timeline is rolling out to fan pages. We’re all
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When To Tweet on Twitter The traffic on Twitter is twice as fast as on any other social media platform. That being said knowing when to tweet and when not to tweet will help you reach your target audience. The best times to tweet are between 1 pm and 3 pm as traffic builds after
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Best and Worst Times to Post On Facebook Facebook is in the first place people think of when you mention social media and for good reason. As of the end of January 2014, there were approximately 1.23 billion users on Facebook which makes it the #1 social platform. Since this is where everyone seems
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When are the best times to “Pin” on Pinterest? Are you confused about when the best times are to post and pin on your social media accounts? Our next couple of blog posts will cover the best times to post to the different social media platforms. In this blog post, we will cover the
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Simplifying the “To Do” List I am a “To Do” List kind of gal. They are all over the place; on my desk, in my pocket and in the car. They can be on a sticky note, piece of scratch paper or napkin. Some are numbered, some have bullet points, all are in various
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Twitter Tip: The #1 Mistake We’ve All Made on Twitter There is one common mistake that we have all made on Twitter. We all use to think that if we just put the @ sign before the person we were tweeting, that everyone we followed and he followed would see the tweet. In actuality,
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What is a #Hashtag? What is a #hashtag? A hashtag is a short link proceeded by the (#) sign. A hashtag can be a single word or multiple words. They do not like spaces, so when writing a multiple word hashtag, run the words together (#Chicagofire). If you want to differentiate the words,
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Donuts Perfectly Summarize Social Media The above chart shows how Homer Simpson’s favorite food, donuts, can perfectly summarize social media. I’m a visual learner and like any other human am drawn to bright colorful things so this seems to do the trick for me. I chose this chart (Courtesy of Jeff Hester) because
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