In another fruitless search for quality social media curriculum offered by the colleges and universities that we trust to educate tomorrow’s workforce, I came across an interesting list. While not an assessment of programs or courses offered on social media, this list, created by StudentAdvisor.com, looks at which school are most effectively using social media to recruit students and…
Are you ready for some football? Ready or not this year’s Super Bowl could be the most social event yet. It may not be the ritual you’re used to but the social media buzz has gotten louder and louder for the most epic game day in America. Twitter, Facebook and Google+ are taking advantage of social media…
It’s a good question and today’s infographic is a great look at exactly what people are using Google+. 63% of Google+ is still made of male users and 83% of the network is still considered inactive. Check out the infographic, but remember why it doesn’t really matter how many users it has or how active…
Etiquette is as important on social networks as it is at interviews and fancy dinners. You don’t wear cut-off jeans to formal events or chew with your mouth open at a business dinner, so don’t do the equivalent by forgetting your twitter manners! There are certain things that you can’t get away with on Twitter. Twittequette is an…
If you have been wandering aimlessly around Google Plus wondering what all these oddly named things are, that’s good because today’s social media vocabulary is here to help out. Here are 5 Google Plus related vocab words to get familiar with! Circles: The first thing you will notice when you start with Google+ are the circles. These…
A term web people might use to describe a site is sticky. It sounds a little strange, but it’s actually a huge measure of a website’s success. The stickier the better. The measure of a websites ‘stickiness’ can be found in the page views per visitor; the more pages a person goes to on the site, the…
The number of people who access the web on a smartphone is rapidly increasing. Mobile users want content at their fingertips, that they can access anytime, anywhere. Developing a mobile friendly site means creating a site that’s elastic enough to display nicely on whatever device your end user is viewing it on. Website owners are…
For as comfortable as many people are using social networks, clicking the ‘I Agree’ button flippantly, and uploading content of all different kinds, it is always good to have a reminder of the how new this stuff really is and how much lawyering has gone on behind the scenes to make it all possible. Organizations are still…
If you intend to use Facebook tools and applications to generate more sales for your business, then you need to make an effort to get the attention of your customers on Facebook and turn them into super fans. Remember, a super fan is that one unique and very important customer who not only purchases your…
Tom over at Odd Dog Media put up a great breakdown of how to decide which is better for you, AdWords or Organic SEO and since…you know, we’re kinda into that sorta thing, we thought it would be helpful for all of you to take a look at as well. Which path are you taking?…