tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128787082024-03-07T15:31:04.125-06:00Get Your GLOBAL GLOW OnWant to gain GLOBAL VISIBILITY through platform development? Nikki Woods - The Global Visibility Expert - shares tips and strategies on getting your message to millions plus adds a few random thoughts from a mother's perspective. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308483128179349801noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-51515552006523472952013-07-09T06:44:00.000-06:002013-07-09T06:44:17.833-06:00Social Media Marketing: A Love-Hate Relationship
I
know a lot of people that have a love-hate relationship with social
media. I have one too. Meaning, I love its potential and hate how it’s
frequently abused.
Social media marketing should be about adding value to the digital community by sharing insights, expertise, and opinions.
It shouldn’t be used like an advertising channel.
I see a lot of social media marketing Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308483128179349801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-66475986035180950522013-07-08T05:15:00.000-06:002013-07-08T05:15:01.246-06:00How Much Time Should You Invest in Social Media? One of the questions I get asked most is, “How much, exactly, should a company or business be investing in social media?”
Intersection Consulting, a digital strategy and social media
marketing firm, has created an infographic that gives marketers an
example of what a 40-hour workweek might look like for a company’s
social media management.
Here’s how some of the time is split in this exampleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308483128179349801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-81544387909028799072013-07-05T13:33:00.000-06:002013-07-05T13:33:50.152-06:00 6 Elements of Successful Online CommunitiesThe problem with well-meaning adages like “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child” is that for some, it implies that a group of people can be depended on to identify a particular need, implement a solution, carry it out through completion and follow up periodically to make sure things are going as planned.
People often forget that even within a village, one person usually still bears the brunt of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308483128179349801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-46611118807866514062013-07-03T06:37:00.000-06:002013-07-03T06:37:05.726-06:00Top 10 Reasons Why People Unfollow You On TwitterThis is a post that is well-overdue and I need to get it off of my
chest. I’m very selective with who I follow on Twitter, I don’t want my
feed cluttered with junk that I don’t care about.
The following points are the top 10 reasons why I unfollow people on Twitter:
1) You’re An Egghead
By
“an egghead”, I’m referring to the infamous default Twitter profile
pic, which is is an egg Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308483128179349801noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-43419957359497910422013-07-02T08:48:00.000-06:002013-07-02T08:48:19.388-06:00Passion.Platform.Profit ... Are you ready?We've all been there... when we had a great idea, or something we were passionate about, but that idea or passion never made it out of your mind because you didn't have a platform.
You see, platform matters a lot. You cannot do anything without a solid platform, a foundation, which you can build on.
Having a platform usually means having access to a group or community, having privileges which Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308483128179349801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-10292215699750129372013-07-01T04:38:00.000-06:002013-07-01T04:38:38.692-06:00Blogging for Profit: Back to the BasicsThis infographic project was created to help the average business owner,
or aspiring blogger, understand the ins and outs of blogging. Easy to
understand and full of amazing content, this infographic answers
critical questions like: How often do most businesses blog? Are consumer
buying decisions influenced by blogs? What are the Top Earning Blogs
and how do they create revenue? It also Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308483128179349801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-52320910764655135312013-06-28T04:35:00.002-06:002013-06-28T04:35:52.281-06:003 Ways to Turn Your Facebook Page Into an Epic Sales Machine
I’m
sure you’ve heard the tale of the “Elephant and the Blind Men.” It’s a simple story of six blind men being
led to an elephant and describing their encounters.
The first one touched the
leg and said the elephant is pillar, the second touched his tail and said the
elephant is a rope, the third the branch of a tree after touching his trunk,
the fourth thought the elephant was a fan Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308483128179349801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-82234464853962029742013-06-25T07:04:00.001-06:002013-07-04T06:23:48.077-06:00Why Your Personal Branding Strategy is Failing You - And How to Fix it in 20 Minutes!
How many times have you driven down the road depending solely on your GPS only to make a wrong turn. You’re immediately warned by the voice on the system that she is recalculating and that you need to go in a different direction.
If your goal is to take your personal brand global, there are some things you should and shouldn’t be doing.
You already know how Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308483128179349801noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-82546108449860511222013-06-21T05:40:00.000-06:002013-06-22T10:08:37.555-06:00If The Social Media Platform Fits….
I once over heard an 8-year-old boy shopping for shoes with
his mom. When the salesman came out with
a bright blue pair of running shoes in his size, he looked up at him and asked,
“are they fast?”
Choosing the social media platform that’s best for you is
almost like deciding on a pair of athletic shoes. Before making a purchase we
have to decide whether they’ll be used for walking, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-91692635534490599392013-06-19T04:51:00.000-06:002013-06-19T04:52:07.761-06:00President Barak Obama, Tracey Edmonds and Social Media By The Numbers
In 2008, the Obama
Presidential Campaign made history in more ways than one. Not only was he the
first African American to be elected president, he also was the first
presidential candidate to shrewdly use social media as part of his campaign
strategy.
Back then, using Twitter and
Facebook was thinking outside of the box. By 2012, there were lots more media
tools and Pew Research showed Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-65730384576262082572013-06-17T08:16:00.000-06:002013-06-17T12:21:02.230-06:00MYSPACE: Don't Call It A Comeback ...
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dads who aren’t expecting anything from their kids and spouses have
already begun. Well, let me say for the record, I’m not wit’ them. I
look forward, not only to honoring my daddy and all the millions of good
ones like him, but to use this forum to tell the haters it’s time to
stop.
I am a huge Daddy’s Girl and I’m not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-32594272398969391902013-06-14T04:36:00.000-06:002013-06-14T04:36:49.603-06:00Students, Job Seekers and Social Media Guidelines!<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-50614021506618839382013-06-13T04:25:00.004-06:002013-06-13T04:31:29.768-06:00Facebook Finally Gets Clickable Hashtag
Social media's beloved hashtag is finally coming to Facebook.
While many users are already using hashtags on the site, they served no purpose until Wednesday, when Facebook announced in a blog post that they will be clickable and searchable.
"When you click on a hashtag in
Facebook, you'll see a feed of what other people and Pages are saying
about that event or topic," wrote Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-26382138420217298282013-06-12T07:33:00.002-06:002013-06-12T07:36:22.415-06:007 Keys To Turning Online Hook Ups Into Long-Term Love!
Upwards
of 40 million people are looking for love via the internet so it surprises me that I still run
across single people wanting to be in relationships but are leery about dating online.
If you’re
one of those, this news might change your mind.
A new study
finds that, not only do one in three Americans meet their spouses online BUT those
marriages are more satisfying and less Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-30375331868455421772013-06-11T13:18:00.002-06:002013-06-11T13:18:59.726-06:00Man or Child: Which One Are You in Bed With?Somewhere God and Mother Nature are cracking up. I mean, a day
doesn’t go by without us getting another piece of evidence that proves
just how challenging it is to maintain a successful male/female
relationship. As black women, the numbers already are working against
us if we’re hoping to find a single, black man.
And now this:
New research commissioned by Nickelodeon UK to markUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-18624248065129880272013-06-10T10:58:00.000-06:002013-06-10T12:19:55.851-06:00It’s Not your Grandmother’s Pound Sign: How to Use Hashtags in Social Media
In 2010, the same
year that “BFF” and “viral” were added to the Oxford English Dictionary,
“hashtag” joined the fray of digital-related words that have become part
of our everyday vocabulary.
But of them all including “LMAO,”
“unfriend” and “social networking,” “hashtag” may be the most misunderstood.
#Confusing
What’s a
Hashtag?
Simply put, a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-85363047792678503102013-06-07T07:21:00.000-06:002013-06-07T07:21:20.293-06:00Are You Riding On The Social Media Bandwagon?
Okay, so what do X- Rays, the telephone and the Mickey Mouse all have in common?
They were all at one time thought to be fads that would never last. We laugh now but some of us are turning our backs on social media because we think it’s a passing thing.
I remember as a child hearing an elderly person say, “I know all I need to know, and I don’t want to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-63743672155154266062013-06-05T06:18:00.002-06:002013-06-05T06:24:16.318-06:00What’s Your Social Media Sweet Spot?
Not sure when or how it happened but I somehow ended up in my parent’s living room
charged with the challenge of getting my 75 year old mother social media savvy.
She has a book to promote. And I want to remain a part of the family.
**Enter selfish plug on behalf of my mama here: PRAYERS FROM THE HEART is available for purchase.
But of course my mother had questions.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-78247172714885564382013-06-04T15:31:00.000-06:002013-06-04T15:31:07.156-06:00Michael Douglas: It Goes Deeper Than You ThinkSo, this week, Michael Douglas
had tongues wagging over his alleged statement that his throat cancer
was caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) transmitted during oral
sex.
Thanks, Michael Douglas. No really, I’m not being sarcastic.
Thanks.
Because the one good thing from this story was that it brought to the
forefront the importance of getting checked for the HP virus which isUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-70030408981117142282013-06-03T08:36:00.000-06:002013-06-10T12:26:31.518-06:00Build Your Platform. They Will Come.
You’re busy.
I’m busy. The world is busy. And the internet is on OVERDRIVE.
BUT we still
have something to say, passions to pursue, remarkable products to introduce and
great creative works that are going to add amazing value to other people’s
lives.
How do you get
them seen? How do you get your voice heard? How does your message get to the
millions on the other side of the computer whoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-73469336940578583422013-05-28T19:28:00.001-06:002013-05-28T19:28:35.374-06:00All That Glitters Isn’t Always Gold: Trinidad James Admits to Rapping Negative Lyrics Just to Sell RecordsHe’s the new thing right now.
His name is Trinidad James and he hails from
Atlanta. He’s only been rapping for a couple of years and already has a
song in the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
He burst on to the scene with the single, “All Gold Everything” in
which he raps, “Popped a molly, I’m Sweating (whoo!)” and then proceeds
to repeat himself over and over again.
For those Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-59522521032382503932013-05-24T10:29:00.001-06:002013-05-24T10:31:09.815-06:00Kelly was Jealous of Beyoncé: Anybody Mad?Last week, singer Kelly Rowland made headlines with a confession that she was, at one time jealous of Beyonce. Actually, it wasn’t a true admission but a sentiment implied through the lyrics of her new single, “Dirty Laundry.”
“She was up, I was down No lie, I feel good for her but what do I do now? Forget the records, off the record I was goin’ through some bulls**t Post-Survivor, she on fireUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-1063996208938941802013-05-15T03:52:00.001-06:002013-05-15T03:53:11.437-06:00It’s No Longer Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood … it’s Mr. Ramsey’s
The Cleveland hostage situation has sparked a lot of conversation
about who’s actually living next door … and what you know about them.
When I was growing up, we knew every single person that lived on
Hinsdale Court and we were very involved in each other’s lives. In fact,
more often than not my neighbors knew more about what was going on in
my life than I did … in a good way. I was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12878708.post-22399301417524204602013-05-09T05:30:00.001-06:002013-05-09T05:35:37.753-06:00A Love Letter to My SonsWhen my son turned 11 a few months ago, I decided to write him a love
letter. It seemed to be a pivotal time for him. He was going through
some growing pains and his self-confidence and self-worth seemed a bit
shaky. I wanted to have a written record of my commitment to him
and my unconditional love for him. I also wanted him to know I am proud
of him – not because of what he’s Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0