Voice Actor, Comedian
I’m learning more about social networking and social media every day.
Have you ever noticed that I don’t play games or use these gadgets on Facebook? Ever. (ok rarely). Ever wonder why? Here’s what I wonder, “why would someone make a free viral tool or game?” Why would they give away something cool? Why would they give away something so cool that hundreds, thousands, or millions of people would use it? There’s a real reason.
As of March, 2015, Facebook became the equivalent of the world’s largest country with over 1.4 Billion monthly active users. Do they need missionaries there? Continue reading “Missionaries Wanted”
If you follow me on facebook, you’ve probably noticed that I don’t like those pictures of sad-eyed kids or lonely American soldiers. But why not?
Continue reading “Why I Don’t Like Much”
What makes one Facebook page better than another one? Is it the nature or the tone of their content?
Continue reading “Get Personal”
Warning Social Media users – there is a new threat to your personal security and it is being perpetrated on Facebook as well as other social media like Google+, Twitter, and Pinterest. The posted virus can infect Windows and Mac users as well as various distributions of Linux. Put simply, if you’re connected to social media at all, you need to be aware of this problem.
Continue reading “Social Media Warning”
I don’t know about you, but I prefer to navigate through my programs using my keyboard as much as possible. The keyboard shortcuts for Undo (cmd+z) cut (cmd+x) copy (cmd+c) paste (cmd+v) and my favorite “Select All” (cmd+a) are indispensable to my every day work. I also use a few shortcuts in my social media platforms like J (next post) K (last post) and L (like photo – in the lightbox view). I had not explored all the available shortcuts until now.
Continue reading “Social Media Shortcuts”
The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has been governing online advertising on the web and email for years, but as of early March, 2013, the FTC includes governance for social media and mobile technology. How will this effect your employees? Continue reading “Social Media and the FTC”
When a Facebook page has been lying dormant for a time, it’s important to start providing content to engage the audience. Continue reading “Audience Engagement”
So, you say your social media is dead in the water?
You’re getting nowhere?
You don’t even know what to post or when?
Take a few deep breaths and know this one key thing:
It’s never too late.
Continue reading “It’s Never Too Late”
We’ve all head the news that Instagram (recently purchased by Facebook) is updating their Terms of Service (TOS). Continue reading “New Instagram TOS”
Yesterday was December 14, 2012 and I spent a large portion of the day producing content for Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. as commentary and encouragement regarding the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, CT. Continue reading “Content Strategy and the News”
Sometimes, just a few days can produce pretty spectacular results.
Social Network Voice took over posting for one of our clients for one week to cover a staffer’s vacation time. After just a few days, we can already see a dramatic increase in the Total Reach numbers. Continue reading “Quick Wins”
Over the last 20 years of talking to people about their technology, the web (interwebz), and now social networking and social media, I’ve heard the following statement too many times: “Let’s just get started, we can do the strategy thing later.”
Continue reading “Why You Need A Strategy”
I’m in a totally new world for me. I’m building a business.
So, I’m trying to read and listen to everything I can about doing that and the advice is all over the place. I’ve been doing the work, I’m trying to get people to hire me to do for them, for nearly 20 years, so I know what I’m doing on that end. But the business… that nebulous what’sit that lurks in the shadows of success, failure, subsistence, bankruptcy, and notoriety – I feel clueless sometimes. Continue reading “Building a Business”
Today, there are more people on Facebook, than there were on the planet 200 years ago.
Here are the facts about that. Continue reading “1 Billion”
My favorite way to help people connect to your brand is through relational messaging. For some organizations this is difficult, because you have to consistently care about your audience. I mean really, really care. You must provide them with the best answers to their needs, even if it’s not you. That builds trust. That keeps your audience loyal. Continue reading “Relational Messaging”
Let’s talk about your social networking content strategy.The key to any successful venture in social media, social networking and any digital endeavor is relevancy. You’re either providing content relevant to your audience, or you need to figure out what they want and then deliver it. (watch the video) Continue reading “Social Networking Content Strategy”
Are you approaching your social networking circles strategically?
(social networking introverts move along…) Most of us have Facebook friends by now and the Pew Internet & American Life Project estimates we average 229 of them. Continue reading “Your Social Networking Circles”
My friend D’Arcy sent me this blog post about learning English as a second language and using children’s blocks to illustrate the language.
Everything starts out innocently enough:
And moves on to some interesting translations:
Then a little stranger:
Where’s your epidiascope anyway?
After that, it just gets scary.