… 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 […]
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. Getting Started What […]
… And Facebook for All Facebook matters. At least, that’s what Mark Zuckerberg would want us all to think, wish and feel. I can understand that, a desire to make a website about as universal as possible. Once the site stopped being exclusive to collegians, the inevitable business model was to universalize it. And the […]
Social Media Continues its Relentless Pace to Try to Make You Stay Put It’s a relentless pace out there. And much like the holidays accelerate the end of the year, and we suddenly look up on January 7th or so and wonder just what the hell just happened, social media is continuing to not so […]
Why use a screen name? Screen name – good idea, or no? I was inspired by this post in Angela Connor‘s blog. If you don’t know Angela Connor, I urge you to check her out; her blog is extremely insightful and is still one of my favorites. Her ideas make a great deal of sense, […]
… And Facebook for All — Your Home Page Your Home Page. Log into Facebook, and it’s the first thing you see. It’s your Home Page. Here’s what’s in it. NOTE: Facebook constantly A/B tests. Features move around, change, are renamed and resized, or disappear all the time. These are rolled out in stages; your […]
… And Facebook for All — Your Profile Page Part I Your Profile Page Part 1. If you’re a member of Facebook, you’ve seen it dozens, if not hundreds, of times — it’s your Profile Page. There is also a Home Page, but I’ll cover that in the next segment. Right now, let’s just concentrate […]
5 Ways for Charities to use Social Media First of all, here are 5 Ways for Charities to embrace the modern and use social media to help them. Because I still love an older great blog post on five possible uses for social media for charities. While I think these were good ideas (the Twitter Twibbon was one of […]
The Best Lengths for Social Media Posts and More Best Lengths for social posts can seem elusive. What’s right? The fine folks at Buffer and, in particular, Kevan Lee, have done it again and have everything you always wanted to know about social post lengths but were afraid to ask. In my travels online, I […]
… And Facebook for All – Your Account Settings Explained … And Facebook for All – Your Account Settings – in Facebook, how to do you change your account settings? When you pull down on the Account section of Facebook, you see a few choices but they change. Keep in mind that Facebook is continuously testing its […]