A Facebook blogging group that I belong to was having a discussion on how to use hashtags for blogs and businesses. The discussion leader was frustrated with others’ use of hashtags on social networks. She had a hashtag pet peeve when it came to their use in marketing. From her perspective, too many people were using […]
Three Tips to Filtering out the Twitter Noise
Last week I talked to a fellow writer about a problem I was having in my brainstorming process. She gave me a slew of valuable information and reaffirmed the confidence I was starting to lose in myself (which subsequently led me to lose a bit of money in the process but that’s a post for another day). During our […]
Why Facebook is not the final frontier in social media marketing
I’m ready for Christmas. There I said it. I am almost never ready for Christmas but outside of needing to wrap gifts and what I hope will be one final trip shopping this weekend, I am calling this holiday a win. If ever there was cause for rejoicing, this might be it. Christmas also means […]
5 Reasons why I won’t pin your content
I started using Pinterest towards the end of their Beta testing. At first I wasn’t what us industry folks would call a “super user” but I liked the platform quite a bit, mostly because it served as a bookmarking tool for me rather than the inspirational sharing site that it was meant to be. Pinterest has grown […]
8 Reasons not to run your Facebook Profile as a Business Page (Part 2)
Last week I introduced you to the growing number of small businesses that set up a Facebook page as a personal profile in order to promote their business and why you want to avoid running your Facebook profile page as a business page. Today, we’ll take a look at the other reasons I believe running […]
