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Are You Playing Hide and Seek Online?

For the last month or so, Facebook has been under fire for their privacy controls, or should I say, lack thereof. They’ve since admitted they ‘made a bunch of mistakes’ and improved their privacy page so that you have better control, but their issues uncovered a bigger question- 

Does privacy exists online? Should it? Read More. 

Facebook is Taking Over the World

Facebook is taking over the world. 

Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating. Facebook is not taking over the world (yet), but it is taking over the internet with their recent changes. Read more.

Ten Things I Learned at Social Fresh (In 140 Characters or Less)

This past week, I attended Social Fresh, a one day event  that brings marketing professionals together to share insight on the evolving world of social media. After spending nearly ten hours listening to top-notch speakers and mingling with marketing professionals from around the country, my mind was buzzing. I left the conference with renewed inspiration in social media... and a notebook full of barely legible notes to be organized. 

Here, I share with you some key bits of advice from the conference, all within Twitter's 140 character limit. Read more.

Be Yourself with Social Media

We’ve heard it since we were little kids. Your mom, your teachers, even Cat Stevens, telling you to be just ‘be you.’ Well, guess what? This little bit of advice doesn’t just apply to the ruthless halls of middle school. Read more.

Facebook Success Story: The Pickle

Susan Boyle. Farmville. Subservient Chicken. Pickle.

That’s right, you can add a pickle to the list of social media-made celebrities. It didn’t dance, sing, or bite someone’s finger. All the pickle did was get more fans than the band Nickelback on Facebook.

The page ‘Can this pickle get more fans than Nickleback?’ launched on February 3, 2010, and in just sixteen days, it met its goal, surpassing Nickelback’s fan page. Right now, the page has more than 1.5 million fans. Read more.

Is Twitter Going Down?

Every one (and their mother) seems to be jumping on the social media bandwagon joining sites like Facebook and Twitter.
RJ Metrics recently released data on Twitter Users and Engagement, and, at first glance, the news isn’t very good. Should we jump ship? Is Twitter going down?  Read more.

What Blogging Can Do For You (And Your Business)

To a lot of people, blogging is a scary concept.
Why would I blog? What would I write about? Who would read it? Will it even help my business?
If you’ve written off blogging as not for your business, here are some reasons you should take a another look.  Read more.

First Impressions on Google Buzz

Google jumped on the social networking bandwagon this week with the launch of Google Buzz, and even though it has only been three days, everyone is already taking sides.
(And by ‘everyone,’ I mean early adopters with Gmail accounts. And by ‘sides,’ I mean sentiments ranging between ‘we’ll see’ and ‘epic fail’).

Where do I fall in that range? Not sure yet. But here are some of my first impressions of Google Buzz: Read more