Social Media

Facebook Timeline allows everyone’s personal story to unfold from birth to present day.

January 10, 2012

Daddy and me.

If you’re like me, you’re got albums of old photos tucked away showing baby pictures, high school and college graduation, wedding pictures, the birth of your children and other significant events. But nobody other than you ever looks at them — and you only see them once every five or 10 years when you’re cleaning out boxes or moving.

Now there’s an online record of all the important dates in your life — a place where you can [...]

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Free social media magazines debut (with a free downloadable book for entrepreneurs to boot)!

November 4, 2011

It was only a matter of time until somebody turned social media into magazines. A company called Worldmedia has done it, and the distribution model is free and online.

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A scary Facebook story starring YOU … just in time for Halloween!

October 27, 2011

Just when you were getting used to the idea of Facebook having your personal information out there for the world to see comes Take This Lollipop, a hot new Web site that is making the rounds just in time for Halloween.

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Does social media work? It does if you put down the mouse!

October 17, 2011

To make social media work, you have to take it to the next level. Once you’ve made a contact online, you’ve got to go offline. Make an appointment to meet for coffee or lunch.

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How to create your own online newspaper in less than 60 seconds

September 2, 2011

Create multiple topical papers to brand your business with social media.

If you’ve got a Twitter or Facebook account or an RSS feed from a blog or other source, you can create a daily online newspaper/blog on any subject with a few clicks. Not only that, but you never have to touch it again, and it will republish to either or both your Twitter or Facebook accounts.

The site for this is paper.li. There you open a free account and start [...]

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