Socialnomics
Growing Customers Means Growing Relationships
Using Facebook to build trust and friendships with your clientele
Whether you’re the head of a multi-national conglomerate or a stay-at-home mom with a small knitting business, you’re probably aware that Facebook has become an excellent means of promoting your business. But that doesn̵… Read the rest
How to Use Pinterest to Highlight Your Company
Sometimes companies appear to be all about business – an all work, no play scenario. By now, most people know that customer engagement is a key factor in customer retention, and not allowing your company’s personality to show can be detrimental to its success.
Showing off the heart of the company is simple – document the “less corporate” things by putt… Read the rest
The 5 Habits of Teenagers on Social Media Today
When it comes to social media there are tons of flavors ranging from the “generic” Facebook to the eclectic Vine and Snapchat. Teenagers are notorious for being experimental and checking out new things, and not just following the norm. When it comes to social media, it’s not much different.
1. My Mom’s on Facebook: Nowadays with t… Read the rest
Lawyers Making Their Case for Social Media
Social media can be a source of supporting evidence for law practices, especially in family law and worker’s comp cases.
But as well as learning to trawl Facebook for incriminating photos and status updates, lawyers are turning to social media to promote their services to customers.
One recent study by LexisNexis discovered that more than three-qu… Read the rest
Is Social Media the New Online Education?
Studying your way through a 4-year college degree used to be a clear path to jobs, success, income and more. To graduates, having a college degree was the essential tool for career advancement.
But more recently, those notions are coming under fire. Recruiters and business owners alike are seeing young social media talents finding ways into jobs and career… Read the rest
How smartly to recover social media typo
Researchers warn that social media networking sites may affect your life by causing psychotic episodes, as a result of a tiny typo. Internet access becomes increasingly widespread, so has typos for which one can face a harsh public scrutiny. An erratum is possible in any case; one has to learn from it. However, a good professional is one who responds to a give… Read the rest

TED Talk | My Digital Stamp by Erik Qualman
TEDx Nashville took place on May 6, 2013. Erik Qualman got the opportunity to speak at this event, and spoke about leaving a digital stamp. He started by reflecting on a quote he had just heard by Maya Angelou, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”. He arg… Read the rest
Twitter hacks: How smartly to avoid them
You might be surprised to know that Twitter currently has fifty million users active every day. But these days, people’s Twitter account has been getting hacked regularly. And, not once, but also twice every month! But, don’t worry. Don’t be that vulnerable to let others attack you. So, here are some tips to avoid your Twitter account from getting hacked.
Pi… Read the rest
Social Media and My Electric Company
Have you noticed anything new on your electric company’s website lately?
Perhaps a link to their Twitter or Facebook account? Utility companies have begun to use social media in an effort to connect with their customers. Has your electricity supplier joined into the social networking phenomenon?
Why They Join In
Electric companies use social medi… Read the rest
Which Social Media Tool is Best for My Small Business?
Social media marketing is a vast landscape.
When you decide it’s time you started making better use of social media to promote your small business, it’s easy to get distracted for hours looking at all the different social networks and wondering:
‘Which of these should I be using?’
Let’s break this down and look at the big networks one at a time.
Do I Need to Be on T… Read the rest





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