On Target: WSJ Article on Adult Usage of Social Sites
Last week I read an article that really caught my eye and wanted to share with you. Over on the WSJ Blog, I read “A Third of Adults Now Post to Sites Like Facebook, Twitter Once a Week“. Here are some quick bullet points as to why I think this article is so important:
- Social [...]
Give Them Something to Talk About
I received a call the other day from a very nice woman from the March of Dimes inviting me to a lunch to learn more about what the March of Dimes does with the hopes that I will get involved in their upcoming fundraiser. She was very honest about the nature of the lunch and [...]
To Follow or Not to Follow
As most of you probably know, my main Twitter account is @bethschillaci, but I also set up @villageworks a long time ago to keep it under my control. While I rarely use my company account, over the holiday break I decided I was going to use it more often in the new year as part [...]
Lost in the Clouds
Today was a bad day for social networks, both Twitter and Facebook were victims of denial of service attacks which caused them to not be available or act inconsistent throughout the day. Quite honestly, you get what you pay for with these services since they are free. Unlike when you host your Web site, you [...]
Why I Like Tweetups
Earlier this week, I attended a Tweetup and while talking about it on Twitter, I got some emails and direct messages from people asking what it was. I thought I would do this post to give you an overview of why I like them so much. There are more structured Tweetups and others are more [...]
Slowing Down the Game
With the NFL draft coming up next week I thought I would put a slight football slant to this post. I know, sports cliches are overused, but this one really scored a touchdown for me. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. As I have been using Twitter, I have tried several tools both out of personal curiosity [...]
No Time or No Goals?
Almost every time I speak to a group or an individual about social media, they interrupt to tell me that there is no way they have time to spend using social media tools, especially Twitter. I read a post over at “It’s Just Gabe” where I left a comment that I thought people felt it [...]
Ten Free Monitoring Tools for Small Business
Every social media strategy has to begin with some research and listening and this research comes in the form of monitoring conversations and your reputation on mainstream news and social media sites. Like other social media tools, there are a lot more than 10 monitoring tools on the market, but I am limiting my post [...]
Ten Twitter Tools for Small Businesses
This second post in my series of 10 and my goal with this list is to point out 10 tools that I feel will help small businesses effectively use Twitter.There are countless sites and applications related to Twitter, so this post is not the end all, be all list. Brain Solis has a great post [...]
How Twitter is Like is Standing in Line at Disney
Honestly, I have not lost my mind, there really are similarities between a trip to Disney and social media. Last week, my family and I were in Disney World for vacation. Usually I don’t pay much attention to how people relate to each other in a situation and location such as Disney, but this time [...]
