Social Media Account Dilemma: Personal Account vs. Brand Account

Social Media Account Dilemma: Personal Account vs. Brand Account

When creating a social media account, people still get confused if they should use a personal account or a brand account. The social networks where you must have a company profile and where to create: Facebook: http://facebook.com/pages Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/pages/create LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/add/show If you violate these terms of service, your profile can be taken down without notice. [...]

Google changes Search Engine Results – What it means for you

Google changes Search Engine Results – What it means for you

Google has introduced a new feature on search engine results pages called “Search, plus Your World“.  These features may have significant impact on how you view search results and how your website displays for others.

Look at the two images below.  The first is a typic search result for “WordCamp“:
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What has permission to access your social media accounts?

What has permission to access your social media accounts?

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How To Organize Google Plus Circles

How To Organize Google Plus Circles

To get the most focus and value out of Google Plus, organize your circles. The same could be said of Facebook and Twitter lists as well. There are a few approaches to what works best for you, but I’ll share how I get the best use.

What Choices Hold You Back?

What Choices Hold You Back?

I love the start of a new year.  I also love starting new things.  Just… finishing them can be a challenge for me.  At this time of year we have our minds set on a fresh start, a new beginning, or a clean slate from last year and have resolved to make changes that we [...]

Yelp matters more to Local Business Owners now due to Siri

Local business owners need to be watching their presence on Yelp.  Earlier we looked at how small business owners can claim their business page on rating/review/check-in services. For some time Google Places aggregated the reviews on other systems into Google Place Pages.  Google’s Place Pages and their reviews matter in terms of search engine results. [...]

Networking vs. Not Working

Recently I was browsing around Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.  I saw someone in essence yelling “Buy My Stuff!”.  Sigh… I wanted to scream that the user’s method was Not Working rather than Networking. Clearly this violator hasn’t yet mastered the art of networking, offline or online.  I’m certainly of the mindset that before you [...]

I love WordPress

Reasons why I love WordPress to maintain websites: Plugins when a a new social media sharing option arises, like Google+, it is easy to make a site-wide change. customize and tweak functionality of your website without messing up your design ease of use for posting updates Updates Just like your computer needs an update, your [...]

It’s a Long Time to Become an Overnight Success

It’s a Long Time to Become an Overnight Success

What does an overnight success look like to you?  How is it that someone can be rather unknown to many people, and then suddenly part of what everyone is sharing? Last week my Google Plus follower count rose to nearly tie what it’s taken me 4 years to accomplish in Twitter, just a mere 3 [...]

Facebook Confusion – friends, fans, subscribers, groups, and lists

Facebook Confusion – friends, fans, subscribers, groups, and lists

Are you as confused by Facebook as me? I’m not entirely sure on their usability and strategy for the recent changes, but I thought it’d be a good time to break down some of the changes.

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