Archive | social media
01
Jun

8 People to Avoid in Social Networking Sites

They say the Internet is a microcosm of humanity. After all, it’s populated by the same people who populate the streets, only under the veiled anonymity of a computer screen. Does this bring out the worst in us? I don’t like to think so. And yet sometimes the type of people we do encounter on [...]

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02
Apr

Confessions of a Cyber Stalker

Oh, I tell you. This story is a perfect recipe for stalking. But we are all stalkers, anyway, thanks to the Internet. If I tell my women friends of what I have been doing lately, they will pretend to freak out. I bet that in one form or another they have done something similar. Some [...]

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02
Mar

My “Other” Profession

I confess that my bachelor’s degree is about as far from marketing or social media as could be. You see, I am a development education graduate. To teach world history and economics is actually my second job. While I am (hopefully) an expert on the emerging trend of social media, getting a spot to teach [...]

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14
Feb

Using Social Media for Community Empowerment

Yesterday, I was so bored out of my skull when I wandered into that weird area of Youtube again. The area with the “Faces of Death”, police shooutouts and muggings caught on camera. For some places in America, the response would be“Yes, we have a law and order problem, but it’s a fun, exciting place [...]

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04
Nov

There’s an App For That

Mobile media is growing big with tablets, smart phones, and other portable devices becoming more popular to the consumer. There are many software applications or ‘apps’ that allow the mobile user to do nearly everything. There are apps for turning your phone into a flashlight, an online shopping cart, or a mobile game center, etc. [...]

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07
Oct

Simple Social Branding Mistakes to Avoid

There have been a lot of articles written about how to use social media in order to promote a company’s product or service. A lot of businesses think that using social media marketing is the fastest way to get rich. However, most of these firms make social branding mistakes that imperil their reputation. Before anything [...]

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07
Oct

3 Social Media Heroes

Social media is exploding – turning “every day” people into celebrities, and celebrities into mega celebrities. Are you, or is your company, taking advantage of the social media frenzy? In this article we’ll cover 3 of the most popular social media heroes online today. Social Media Hero #1 – Leo Laporte. Leo Laporte is a [...]

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19
Sep

You need social media

Many businesses have become accustomed to using social media marketing to spread the word about their goods and products they have for sale. On the whole, social media is simply the practice of designing contents that persuade internet users to visit a company’s web page or website. With correctly implemented social media marketing strategies the [...]

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15
Aug

The drawbacks of social media

The internet has exploded with all kinds of new ways for us to interact. One of the most popular ones is through social networking. It seems like nearly everyone has an online profile that they can go to in order to connect with others and check up on their friends. This is not to say [...]

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