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Digital Marketing Gen-Y Rant Social Media

Embracing Social Tools

My mother shared the following article with me in an email: Professionalism “Less than Desired” in Entry-Level Employees – SURVEY RESULTS. I was surprised by some of the results and disagree with a few statements made on the side.

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How To Plugins Video Post

What Is The Socialize Plugin?

Looks like we’ve hit a bit of a time warp! The original content for this post has been lost to the digital abyss because the service I used to host the video is no longer live (and, well, I may have totally forgotten I had videos there). It’s like losing a sock in the dryer, […]

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Digital Marketing Plugins Social Media WordPress

Socialize Goes 1.0

It has been a long time since I last updated the socialize plugin. I made small updates here and there to fix some of the more common problems people were having but I never got around to making all the enhancements that had been requested. Well here it is, I’ve addressed every issue presented to me in […]

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Rant

What Makes An Expert?

It’s unfair to just write someone off because they use the word expert in their title. I understand there are a lot of people claiming to be experts and they have ultimately tainted the title, but it’s still a fair title.

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Gen-Y Twitter

Why Should College Students Care About Twitter?

Facebook seems to be the king of social media for college students. One could easily argue that the demographics of the service support this. So why should they also care about Twitter?

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Rant

Where's The Line Between Opinion and Judgment?

In today’s social media landscape, the distinction between sharing an opinion and passing judgment has become more crucial than ever. Misunderstandings are common, and someone sharing a personal thought can quickly be labeled as “judgmental.” But where exactly do we draw the line? What separates a thoughtful opinion from a definitive judgment? Understanding this distinction […]

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Social Media

Social Media Monitoring and Measurement Tools

It’s extremely important to monitor and measure your influence in social media however some of the premium tools out there might be a little beyond your financial reach. Good thing there are plenty of free tools you can mix and match to meet your own personal goals.

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Rant Social Media

Why Can't We All Just Get Along?

One problem I see in social media is the lack of transparency behind our thoughts and ideas. It’s completely understandable because we are dealing with small amounts of information of which we need to extrapolate the entire message. You can’t properly gauge the tone of someones voice or even measure their response by any reasonable […]

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Twitter

16 Twitter Analogies To Help You Explain Twitter

I seem to find myself digging for great Twitter analogies when faced with the paradox of explaining Twitter to a friend. You would think that something so simple would be easy to explain, yet somehow people are still dumbfounded by its purpose.

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Social Media

Get Your Hands Dirty

Sometimes you have to go beyond your normal limits and explore unknown social media territory.