Measuring Social Influence: Klout

A while back we wrote about how Bing and Google were making the way people share information on the social web an important part of search rankings and page results. You can’t have great SEO without a good social strategy. Social is SEO and SEO is social. This is why it is so important to…

Location Pie: Check-In Market Share

A while back, we talked about how location-based social networks are growing rapidly despite the fact that it may not feel that way. I’ve been giving check-in a little more time lately and using some of the various apps had me curious as to just what the breakdown of services looked like these days. Is…

Make Marketing Fun Again

“Social Media makes marketing fun again!” exclaimed Kelly Batke, (the brunette) and Communications Manager at Faronics Vancouver, BC. Wow Kelly, we can’t agree more! Take a Salty Waffle social media class and learn how you can make marketing fun too!

Social Media Vocabulary: The 5 Top Web Hosting Services

If you tried to visit us earlier today and were greeted by an ugly error message, we’re sorry. We had some hosting related issues and our customer service experience with our provider was less than stellar. Hosting is hugely important and since it’s so appropriate today, our social media vocabulary day will give you the…

The 7 Highly Effective Facebook Habits

You have probably heard of Stephen Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Habits, but did you know there are also 7 Highly Effective Habits for Facebook Success? PsyBlog has a great post that cites different social media studies to determine how to make yourself into the best (or best looking) Facebooker you can…

What Does It Really Mean To ‘Do Social Media’?

“Social media tests the filter that divides inner monologue from disclosure. As our thoughts become words online, they color our avatars and profiles with a glimpse of our personality – who we are online and in the real world. Over time, it is how we put our words into action that establishes our character. And,…

Social Media + Personality = Job Offers

Last night Salty Waffle went to a great LinkedIn Seattle meet up, if you were there it was awesome to meet you! Nicole spoke about social media and one of the things many people learned from it was that social can actually help you find a job! Savvy businesses check out everything you have online…