When NOT to Post on Social Media Platforms When NOT to Post on Social Media Platforms? Timing, as you might expect, is everything when it comes to posting on social media platforms. After all, if you, say, tweet when your audience is sleeping, they won’t see your tweet. It’ll be lost in the mountain of […]
How Social Media Can Ruin Your Life Social Media can really do it to you. Oh. My. God. You did WHAT???!?!?!? Quick, lemme tweet it! No, I’ll take a picture and upload it to Instagram. And I can’t forget to blog it! This kind of gaffe deserves a Facebook post, too! Really? So you know […]
… And Facebook for All — Company Pages Company pages have become spots you put together on Facebook to support a business (not the same as a fan page). However, like everything else on Facebook, these pages and their settings do evolve, and they’ve gotten simpler these days. Currently, the following features are available: Change Background […]
Facebook versus Forums What hath Facebook wrought? Facebook versus Forums smackdown! Facebook, as anyone not living on a desert island knows, is a juggernaut of massive proportions. It is the 800 pound gorilla of the Internet. And it is rapidly changing our interpersonal interactions, both on and offline. So one of those areas is in the […]
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook is a bit too cleverly named, but the premise is an interesting one. Essentially, what Gary Vaynerchuk is saying is, little bits of content and engagement which reach your potential customers are the setup for the big finish (which is not really […]
CLUMPS of SEO Huh? CLUMPS is an ugly acronym and I apologize profusely for that. But if you want to build and promote a website and improve your SEO (Search Engine Optimization), you should think in CLUMPS. What are CLUMPS? I will explain. Content C stands for Content, and Content is King. Don’t believe me? Try looking […]
It’s rather Zen, I suppose, to seek a balance here.
But how do you get it?
Promoting Writing With Social Media Promoting Writing is important! So let’s say you’re an amateur writer. You know you should be promoting writing with social media. But how do you get started? Not to worry; I’ve got you covered, whether you’re looking to sell your work or just get your unsellable fanfiction noticed. My Background […]
… And Facebook for All – All the Rest of It What’s the rest of it? There are really only two areas that I haven’t delved into: Groups and Notes (and keep in mind, FB changes constantly, so these could go away). Groups Groups: a lot more self-explanatory than you might expect. They are, of […]
A Look at Podcasting Podcasting can get you to a wider audience. It’s a different medium from what you might be used to. And it offers practice and the opportunity to polish some skills that you, the writer, might not have realized you needed, such as thinking on your feet and being an interview subject. […]