Learning to streamline

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Many business professionals begin their habits early in college. From the first time they pick up a Franklin Covey planner or buy their first mousepad made of detachable pieces of notepaper, they’ve developed an organizational routine they’ll carry through to the business world. For many of … [Read more...]

Chronicling Your Life on Facebook: The New Timeline Profile

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If you are on Facebook you have a new profile, or you will be getting it soon. The new profile design is being rolled out and is currently a voluntary update. Though like all Facebook updates, the volunteer will be turned to voluntold quickly. So what is the breakdown of the new profile? Well it is … [Read more...]

The Washington Post Launches a Social News Reader on Facebook

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Amidst all the changes on Facebook, the Washington Post decided to throw their hat in the ring and launch their new social reader app. Facebook has become a primary source for peoples news. But it is not the news sites that are the source, it is their friends. Many people look on their newsfeed to … [Read more...]

If One Thing Stays the Same, it’s That Facebook Changes

Some things never change. Of course that thing is not Facebook. I am sure you gave already noticed that Facebook is making changes again. Well what you have seen isn't even the half of it. -profile changes -subscriptions -newfeed -birthdays -email notifications -auto listing I will be going on to … [Read more...]

Facebook adds Circles?

Google Plus vs. Facebook

The competitive edge that Google+ had over Facebook was circles. It is a form of micro-sharing. Basically you can share updates with a subset of your friends instead of all your friends. This kind of micro-sharing is what makes people feel that Google+ has better privacy control than Facebook.  … [Read more...]

Got a Troll? Tips for responding to comments?

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The more active your Facebook page gets the more comments and wall posts you are likely to get.  The big question is: how to reply? Always reply! Unless the comment is just a quick "Thank you", you should pretty much always respond. This does not mean that you have to write a full reply, … [Read more...]

Help yourself on Facebook: Facebook Support Links

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Sometimes we have problems with Facebook that goes beyond a troll on your site or not being able to find your friends profile.  Here are a list of links to help you take care of some of the more basic and complex problems. Typical Problem I think my account got hacked/phished Reporting … [Read more...]

Get to 1st, 2nd & 3rd base on Twitter

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Have you gotten to third base on Twitter? I bet you have and you don't even know it. Marketing has three levels: primary, secondary and tertiary. Each one has a specific audience and means something different to your analytics. But if you don't understand these levels, you might be misunderstanding … [Read more...]

Catalyst

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With the American economy mired in the mud and fears of a double-dip recession looming, the professional world, it seems, has stagnated.  These can be worrisome times for businesses, as comparisons to the Great Depression are being regularly drawn.  However, a lot has changed since the last time … [Read more...]

Places is Dead. Long Live Foursquare

Facebook Places

Facebook tried and failed in gaining market share in the geolocating social networking. But the people have spoken and no one is using Facebook Places. In the next round of updates to the mobile app, Facebook will be eliminating the location check in feature. Roughly only 6% of the Facebook … [Read more...]