Last week I started with the idea of giving a shout out to 6 different people I think you might want to follow on Google plus. For those of you new to this, think of it as my Follow Friday only for Google Plus instead of Twitter. Got it? This week I’m adding Circle Suggestions to the …
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How to get away with Murder using the new Facebook Timeline
Some where, at some time, I know someone is going to try this. Not being the sharpest tools in the shed, murderers and thieves might actually think this is going to work. (It won’t. But I know you’ll try it anyway) Yes, the title and subject are there just for the intrigue. In reality, I …
How to block Spotify in your news stream
One of the new cool things about the new facebook is the real time sharing of music. There’s a number of different apps out there but it seems the #1 in use is Spotify. I have a beta account, I like it but new people who sign up with it are also required to attach it to their profile. That also …
Sharing your Google Plus Circles – meh.
It's Battle of the Public Lists! We've got Twitter, Facebook and now G+ that can all share lists (or circles) publicly. I certainly don’t want to share all my circles. I have some pretty down and dirty ones. Yet there are some I would be very happy to share and I'm interested to see how the …
It’s CIRCLE Saturday!
It's SHOUT OUT Saturday and here's a few of the peeps I think you should circle up. +Stephanie L Davis - she's a mega poster here. That means lot's of volume, some really good shares, some funny shares, but all pure STEPH. She's good people! +Patrick Healy - He's into the tech, into the what …
Mastering Lists and Circles
Nothing changes faster than social media. Just as soon as you get used to something it changes. That happened again this week with Facebook. They introduced new auto populating Lists, a new dashboard newsfeed scroller, a new main content section for the newsfeed and they are rolling out a "timeline" …
Why I Don’t Like Groupon (yet)
Maybe it's just the barking, old man in me (wary of hype and suspicious of structures built on sand); perhaps even traces of envy, maybe because I don't use it, or I just don't like how the Founder, in my opinion, tries too hard to be eccentric. I don't know, but from a professional and personal …
How to Disable the new Facebook Scroller
So you don’t like the new Facebook Dashboard, or the Newsfeed and the new Scroller keeps pulling you away from what you want to see. Change is inevitable and in social media – it happens very quickly. So quit crying Cupcake, let’s all man up a little and deal with the new Facebook, ok? Besides, …
REPOST: The Truth of REBarCamp
Originally posted almost a year ago, I revisited this post as I was packing and heading for yet another REBarCamp and guess what? I found it STILL to be relevant. Very relevant. REPOST: Truth be told, I’m a Junkie. No, not heroin or meth. My drug of choice is the REBarCamp movement. And …
Cybersquating Facebook Style
I was one of those that knew early on that Facebook had dropped the 25 LIKE requirement for Vanity URLs. I purposely didn’t tweet it, didn’t write about it, didn’t mention it. I started out thinking that My reasoning? Cyber squatting. With the new rule, anyone can create a page and …
“Welcome to My Facebook Page’
Full disclosure: I build custom applications( Apps) that create the default landing tabs for Facebook Pages I have a gallery of Custom Built Facebook Pages. What’s a default landing tab? If you have a Facebook Page, you can designate the first tab a new visitor sees when your page loads. This …
BREAKING: Facebook now has SUBSCRIBE
For your profile. This is big as it addresses the 5,000 friend limit for Profiles. from the FB Blog: Until now, it hasn't been easy to choose exactly what you see in your News Feed. Maybe you don't want to see every time your brother plays a game on Facebook, for example. Or maybe you'd like to …
Your Twitter Account is sending out bad DMs
I’ve seen quite a few people lately who have had their twitter account ‘hacked’ and it’s now sending out spam dm messages. Things like you would never say, like “lmao...omg i am laughing so hard at this pic of you u i just found” with a link. If I click on that link it’ll start the ball …
Facebook’s new List suggestions
I’m happy Facebook came up with a way to encourage more people to put their friends in lists. If you know me, you know I’m a HUGE pusher of LISTS. Lists are the key to making Facebook work for you. From the Facebook Blog: To make lists incredibly easy and even more useful, we're announcing …
Something look wierd?
Don't worry... I'm just playing with changing themes this week. meh. …
Google Plus vs. Facebook?
I just saw that Inman was looking for submissions for the 2012 conference in NY so I submitted what I thought was pertinent info to today's real estate agent. Google Plus vs Facebook, which should agents focus more on and why? A quick rundown of the pros and cons for each as well as exploring …
The lighter side of Real Estate
Sometimes in business we tend to keep it a little too real. We’re afraid to let our personal side show to those watching our professional side. I completely understand as I teach and coach others on how to properly manage their various social media accounts in an effort to do just that. …
Facebook goes a little G+
You might notice a new look to your posts on Facebook these days - it's an update they made that allows you to better understand who can see what you are about to post. For those of you using Google Plus, it might look a little familiar. Starting on the left under my message are a series of …
Social Media as a tool – but for what?
I saw an interesting comment on a Facebook stream the other day... Someone posed the following question... Serious question: if everyone is doing social media, is it still relevant? Back in the late 90's, having a website put you ahead of the pack. In the early 2000's, not really ahead of the …
How to use Google Plus like Twitter
Step One - plus this post => Yet another how to post on using Google Plus. They say Google Plus is like Twitter and it kind of is. If you are new to G+ here's a quick run down on how to use G+ in the same way you would with twitter. In this particular case, I wanted to mention …