10
Aug
Posted by lauraleewalker in Facebook, Funny, social media, Social Networking. 5 Comments

Are you a reckless poker? Do you invite everyone to everything? Are you guilty of over-commenting? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might just be issued a social media citation.
Here are some major social media faux pas’ that I’ve encountered a lot over the last few months.
Excessive activity
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8
Aug
Posted by lauraleewalker in Business, Google+, social media. 7 Comments
Published by Browser MediaHere’s what’s noteworthy about this infographic:
If we look at mere traffic alone, Google Plus doesn’t appear to be doing a bad a job, but dig a little deeper and Google Plus needs to play some serious catch up. If Google Plus continues to perform poorly on key metrics, this could
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6
Aug
Posted by lauraleewalker in Business, Marketing, social media, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, YouTube. 3 Comments

Courtesy of Lisa Ostrowercha
If you want people to see your video, you can’t have it sitting idle on a static website. YouTube is a major social media player. People are very visual and videos seem to capture more engagement from friends and followers than standard text tweets and posts put together. Host your video … Read more
1
Aug
Posted by lauraleewalker in Marketing, Pinterest, social media, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking. 10 Comments

Courtesy of Kristie Lewis
Pinterest has 12 million users, so naturally, you want a piece of the pie, right? Pinterest allows its users to create collages of products, recipes and photos that represent their interests. It’s easy. It’s fun. Some people even say it’s addictive. But how can your company benefit from it?
30
Jul
Posted by lauraleewalker in entertainment, Facebook, social media, Social Networking, Twitter. 2 Comments

Published by ExactTarget
As people all over the world clamor around their TV’s and PC’s to catch a glimpse of the opening ceremonies and route for their home teams to bring in the gold, there is another type of competition related to the Olympics that is well underway. People across the globe are weighing in
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27
Jul
Posted by lauraleewalker in Business, Facebook, Marketing, social media. 2 Comments

This is a useful infographic because it looks at demographics pulled from user profiles that act as indicators of who is likely to interact with your brand via social media, how they choose to do this and why.
A quick way to use this infographic is to determine your target audience based on gender, age
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25
Jul
Posted by lauraleewalker in Blogging, Pinterest, social media, Social Media Marketing. No Comments

Here’s what’s noteworthy about this infographic published by Wow Internet. It promotes great posting hygiene, that’s right. What do you do after you publish a post? Do you bookmark that post on bookmarking sites that work for your subject matter? If no one has ever told you to do this, allow me to be
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23
Jul
Posted by lauraleewalker in Business, Marketing, social media, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Twitter. 5 Comments

Courtesy of Sookie Shuen
1. Hashtags
You should familiarize yourself with this symbol (i.e., #) and make it your friend. Put this hashtag in front of a keyword or your company website and Twitter will convert these hashtagged words into searchable keywords. What does this mean for you? Anyone searching for something can find all … Read more