There I said it. I hereby give you permission not to be on Pinterest. Feel better? Good. I’ll bet that takes a heavy load off your back and saves you gobs and gobs of time. You’re welcome. Here’s my Amazon Wish List, buy me something. Of course we’ve all heard that Pinterest is for …
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I Take Crappy Photos
No really, I do. If I do manage to get a good shot, it was ALL LUCK. Speaking of luck... Lucky for me there is a plugin called PhotoDropper. With it I can do a search for Creative Commons Licensed images that are approved for my type of blog and with a few clicks I can find, insert and give …
How to Set a Featured Image for your Posts
My friend Amy (who writes a most excellent blog at http://www.amycesario.com/ ) asked how to set a Featured Image for her Wordpress Blog Posts. I know Amy is doing a lot of videos these days. Her post may consist entirely of an embedded video with perhaps a few words. Featured Images can be used …
Responsibilities of Blogging: Part 2
As I said in Part 1, Blogging isn’t Rocket Science. A third grader could blog. Take a step back and you’ll notice that the act of blogging consists of three very specific, very different compartments. For lack of better terms I’ll refer to them as Content Creation, Distribution, and Response. …
Things that make me sad…
Generally speaking, I'm a happy guy. Generally speaking, I go about my business looking for positive ways to connect with people. Generally speaking, when I see something that someone is doing wrong (in social media) I'll try to go about my business and just let it …
Facebook Page Timeline Checklist
So Facebook has converted over all your Pages to the Timeline style. Hopefully you were prepared. Just in case, here’s what you should have already done. Update your Profile Image – It’s now a square 125 x 125px image. You’ll need to upload a 180px square for it though. Read: Cover …
Facebook Pages switched to Timeline style
Just a reminder, on March 30th all your Pages will be switched over to Timeline style. To start with, that means you should already have a cover photo up. If you have graphic capabilities, that image will ultimately be 851 x 351px. I’ve been finding that if I create an image exactly 851 …
What to do about those old Facebook Apps
I read a report that 1 in 4 brands have switched over to the new Timeline for Pages. As of right now 8 MILLION Pages have switched. You can switch yours now or you can wait till Facebook forces the switch on March 30th and start playing catch up. It’s called Staying Ahead of the Curve and yeah …
Move your Apps!
With the new Timeline for Pages comes change. I want to specifically talk about the Apps. Remember how you used to have all those custom Apps down the left side column of your Page? They are gone with the new Timeline – well not gone but less visible. Instead, Facebook has allowed us Page …
The Yellow Brick Road of Facebook Ad Campaigns
With the new Timeline for Pages, the only thing that isn't true in this infographic is Setting the Default Landing Tab (no longer an option). There's a lot more to think about, 5 different ad types to run, a/b testing, best images to use, best ad copy, demographics, and so much …
Pinterest Poorly
So… Last week I created a small graphic voicing my opinion on how some people are using Pinterest poorly. Just my opinion, and I'm sticking by it. The graphic got a few shares, a few re-pins, and generally spread around as you might expect. Yay for me! In a seemingly an unrelated post, …
Pre Friday Fun: UninspiredPhotoStock
I was looking for a snarky fun image to upload to my facebook profile. I did a quick google image search for Creative Commons things I could use and was struck by all the really good and inspiring photos coming from sites like iStockPhoto. Since I couldn’t find a ‘boring’ picture of ‘boring’, I was …