In case you didn’t get the memo, social media is not a fad and will be here for the long haul. Since sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Google+ are a part of our daily lives, CEO’s are now being expected to participate in social engagements. The benefits of social media are no longer…
You may have heard that the new Facebook Timeline is rolling out for everyone now. If you don’t want to wait, follow the link! Activate your Timeline. Once you do it, Facebook gives you 7 days to edit your Facebook life’s history before it gets published. (Good choice) Have fun surfing through your first Facebook…
OddDog has a way with SEO, so when they told us about Open Site Explorer, a tool built by SEOmoz, we listened carefully. Getting links to drive the rank of the pages on your site is a must. But, all links are not created equal, some links have higher value than others. This means if…
The other day I was Facebook chatting a friend from the full message view, not the little chat bar down at the bottom, and something there creeped me out big time! It’s small, but if you notice the little location arrow right there next to the date, you may be in for a surprise. Hover…
If you’re a business without a fan page, get on your horse! If you’re a business with a fan page make sure you jump on the opportunity to get a nice looking URL courtesy of Facebook. It’s quick and easy and makes finding your fan page so much easier. You no longer need to have…
Meet the VideoJug sock puppet and take a quick journey with him as he takes us through a great How To video on finding a job using social media. It’s a great quick look for some quick things you can do to make your profiles look a little better and start identifying jobs you would…
Last week we wrote about how to go about getting a Google Plus page for your business. If you weren’t convinced to get one, check this out. You have to get one! 1. Google Plus doesn’t need Facebook type member numbers to win right now, not even close. Why? Your network dictates a huge…
Just recently, Google Plus added a place for businesses to create pages. Now, just like on Facebook and LinkedIn, there is a dedicated place to add a company page and connect with your fans and community. The process is simpler than pages on any of the other major networks, but we found it to be…
This Friday we have a really interesting look at how social networking happens in China. With internet security being what it is in China, many of the social networking sites that we use here in the U.S. aren’t allowed. This has allowed other sites to become very popular to a great many people in a…
It’s hard to know what the long-term effects of social media will be, especially on younger generations that will grow up plugged into Facebook as soon as they can type. What we can look at though, are some short-term effects, not all of which are negative. In fact, some great articles over at PsychCentral point…