Not Everyone Follows the Same Rules on Twitter
Posted by Kathy Colaiacovo on January 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment
In all my social media training sessions… I always add in a slide or talk about how Twitter is really a place where you can make Connections, but should not have any expectations on how other people will network with you. It is something I teach primarily because everyone has different reasons for being ‘on Twitter’. [...]
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Courtesy is a Must when Networking with People
Posted by Kathy Colaiacovo on July 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Many people have heard me extol the benefits of helping others when networking online. If you see something askew or out of place and a simple tweet or DM on Twitter or a note on Facebook can help the other person out. Do it. Your reward will be the good feeling you have, and sometimes [...]
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Social Media Habits for the New Year
Posted by Kathy Colaiacovo on January 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A Top Ten list of Habits to adopt to improve your efficiency with social media marketing.
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Facebook Pages will change if you use Boxes
Posted by Kathy Colaiacovo on August 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Last October I posted a note about the upcoming changes happening to Facebook Pages; specifically the Boxes tabs and the width of tabs in general. In essence, Facebook is removing boxes altogether and Tabs will lose some width. Back then it was going to happen in a “few weeks or months”, but the time has [...]
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Which Social Media Network should your Business use?
Posted by Kathy Colaiacovo on August 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
What factors to look at when choosing your social media network – Do you use Twitter, Facebook, Linked In or all or only one or two. This blog post has some tips to help you decide.
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Simple Steps to Stay Safe Online
Posted by Kathy Colaiacovo on February 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment
On February 2nd, Twitter put out a status note about a concern they discovered and the biggest message coming from this is: Password Security. Digging into one issue brought up a discovery that many people are still using duplicate or similar passwords on various sites. Security of social networks tends to be taken lightly as [...]
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The #1 Tip to a successful Facebook Fanpage
Posted by Kathy Colaiacovo on January 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Facebook Fanpages for business are the most-requested service right now with our company and for two main reasons: They are great at helping build your business’s online presence and assist with SEO (Search engine Optimization) as fanpages do get indexed by search engines. They are complicated to create for most business owners it makes more [...]
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How Social should you be?
Posted by Kathy Colaiacovo on January 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Social Media networking can be a great boon to your business, but one thing many people need to always keep in mind is that what you say/do online IS your online presence and it is important – if you are networking for your business – to remain professional. I’m not saying you cannot have a [...]
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Tweetdeck does it again!
Posted by Kathy Colaiacovo on November 30, 2009 · 2 Comments
There are several Twitter Management systems out there – Hootsuite, Seesmic and Tweetdeck – which is my preferred system and today’s update confirmed my belief in them as the leader in their field. Today’s release of Version 0.32 has seen them add some fabulous features to help you manage ALL your networks. Linked In integration [...]
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Update to Facebook changes for Boxes
Posted by Kathy Colaiacovo on November 16, 2009 · 4 Comments
Here’s an update on the boxes changes that will be happening on Facebook in the upcoming months. According to the developers at Facebook, this is what will happen to any Static FBML boxes. If you created a tab using Static FBML, then that tab will remain. If you created a profile box using profile.set FBML [...]
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