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S(t)weet Tip: How To Find The URL of Your Tweet

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Dorien

S(t)weet Tip: How To Find The URL of Your Tweet for easy sharing. Continue reading →

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Want Social Media Engagement? R-E-A-C-T!

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Dorien

Want Engagement?  R-E-A-C-T!
 
In preparing for a speaking engagement at CreateSouth, I stumbled upon this acronym as I was preparing a PowerPoint slide about engagement.  When I say ‘stumbled upon’ I do not mean ‘that social media platform’, but really…as I [...]

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Back To School – Educating in Technology & Social Media

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Dorien

BACK TO SCHOOL – EDUCATING IN TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA
I’m throwing some words out here to see if you can date yourself:
Slate ‘n Chalk
Ink Blotter
IPad
Spiral Notebook
IBM Notebook
Black Board
Dry Erase Board
SMART Board
Study Guide
Floppy Disk
Flash Drive
Which words reminded you of your school [...]

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5 Tips: Get More Comments on Your Blog

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Dorien

5 TIPS: GET MORE COMMENTS ON YOUR BLOG
When you started your blog, did you consider the following:

Who would read your blog?
Who would search for your blog posts?
Who would comment on your blog posts?
How you would drive traffic to your blog?

Ideally, [...]

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Can Government Shutdown Social Media?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Dorien

CAN GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN SOCIAL MEDIA?
This morning an interesting article came out by Business Insider via author Adam Tayler.  It was titled: “The UK Is Considering Shutting Down Twitter, Social Media After Huge Riots.”  Read it here.
Social Media is everywhere.
After reading [...]

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How To Get A Facebook Vanity URL

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Dorien

HOW TO GET A FACEBOOK VANITY URL
You must know what a Vanity Licence Plate is.  Did you know you can get a Facebook Vanity URL for your profile and Fan Page, much the same way?  The Facebook Vanity URL is [...]

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How to Turn Off Facebook Facial Recognition

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Dorien

How To Turn Off Facebook Facial Recognition
A woman in Connecticut got her identity stolen recently because of a feature on Facebook.  It’s called ‘Facial Recognition’ and it allows Facebook to recognize you in your friends’ pictures so they can [...]

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Bishop of London Teaches Business 101 or How To Play Nice The Royal Way

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Dorien

The Royal Wedding; who did not see it?
Voluntarily, enthusiastically or by default, the scenes of the happy couple could not be avoided today, April 29, 2001.
If you ‘sat’ through the ceremony, you’d have seen a few distinct ceremonies and several [...]

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7 Twitter Rookie Tips for the ‘Tweet-Challenged’

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Dorien

The first time I heard about Twitter was when my kids watched a teen TV show and Twitter was mentioned.  The second time was when Ashton Kutcher, ‘won some kind of Tweet-tournament’.  I now know that he challenged CNN to a Twitter [...]

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