Real friends vs Facebook friends
“Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.” I consider myself fortunate to have real friends. No, I haven’t needed any bodies moved lately (though the day is young.) Even though I have a lot of online connections/acquaintances/colleagues I only have a few real friends online. What’s the real definition? Reciprocity. Real friends: [...]
April 28, 2011
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Tags: Facebook, Facebook friends, real friends · Posted in: Facebook
Is Twitter your red-headed stepchild?
I mean that social media-wise, of course. Everyone who uses social media has a favorite place to hang out. If I had to name my favorite “child” it would probably be facebook, just because it’s kinda in my face more than the others and I have a lot of friends there. I regard LinkedIn as [...]
April 13, 2011
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Tags: Facebook, LinkedIn, red-headed stepchild, social media, Twitter · Posted in: Social media marketing
Facebook got your tongue?
Now that you’re promoting your book on social media, what the heck do you say? Nobody really tells you how to do this part. So how do you ease your way into this brave new world where you’re expected to be totally transparent and share your innermost thoughts? My answer is to reuse content that [...]
April 6, 2011
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Tags: content marketing, Facebook, reusing your content, social media marketing · Posted in: Social media marketing
Words really do matter
Choose your words well. The speed of words on social media sites is truly astounding. Post your message on Facebook and it’s exposed to hundreds and maybe thousands of eyeballs. All of those eyeballs can weigh in on what you’ve written. Their friends, in turn, see the debate. And like the old kiddie game of [...]
January 14, 2011
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Tags: blood libel, Facebook, Gossip, Sarah Palin, Tuscon shootings, violent rhetoric · Posted in: Facebook, Writing
Social Media Marketing: It’s not about you
You can usually tell a newbie on Facebook or Twitter by how often every day they make a pitch about their book or their business. Something really heavy-handed like: “Looking for that special birthday gift? Buy my book!” That deafening silence you hear is everybody ignoring your pitch. There’s a few things wrong with selling [...]
February 9, 2010
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Tags: Facebook, How not to act on Facebook and Twitter, social media marketing, Twitter · Posted in: Facebook, Marketing, social networking
Why I lurk on social networking sites
It’s been estimated that over 93% of people lurk on social networking sites; not participating, just listening to the 7% who are actually taking part in the conversation. I confess to occasionally lurking myself. I’m really a social person. But sometimes when I’m on Facebook or Twitter I just don’t feel like chatting. So, I lurk. [...]
December 8, 2009
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Tags: Facebook, lurking, social network sites, Twitter · Posted in: Facebook, social networking, Twitter
Cool ways to promote on Facebook that’s not really promoting
I know a lot of authors on Facebook, but not too many are taking advantage of fan pages, where you can promote your business or service or book. One of the dilemmas of Facebook is deciding whether you want to focus on personal relationships – family and friends – or friend everyone you can who’s [...]
June 29, 2009
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Tags: book promotion, Facebook, getting publicity, Marketing, online marketing, online promotion, promotion · Posted in: Marketing, social networking
Are we there yet?
Summer always brings back fond memories of childhood summer vacations. Mom, Dad, and the three kids would pile into the loaded car, hit the road, and drive. And drive. And drive. It wasn’t until years later that I realized the purpose of a road trip was to actually periodically get out of the car and [...]
June 15, 2009
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Tags: All about blogging, Facebook, social networking, Twitter · Posted in: All about blogging, social networking
Unfriending on Facebook
It began innocently enough. A friend request on Facebook. I saw we had some friends in common, though I didn’t know this person. Why not? I thought, and hit the button to confirm them as a friend. Then it started. The constant requests to join groups. The multiple invitations to events. The barrage of emails. [...]
May 18, 2009
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Tags: Facebook, Marketing, social marketing, unfriending · Posted in: Marketing, social networking
Social networking: everything old is new again
I was talking to a collegue today about a class we’re teaching on how to do social networking. In the course of the conversation it occured to me that the supposedly “radical” ideas behind promoting your business by participating on sites like Facebook aren’t all that new or radical. Here’s the basic tenets of social [...]
February 26, 2009
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Tags: Facebook, kindergarten report card, social networking · Posted in: social networking
