It happens. Sometimes we connect to people only to find out they clash with our idea of people we want to associate with. Sometimes we connect to people just because they asked - or they connected to us first. Sometimes we connect to people only to find out later that "these are not the …
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Fix My Facebook Fan Page (MyPhillyAlive)
How's this for a series? You have a problem you need fixed on your Facebook Fan Page You ask and I show you how to fix it Only I'm going to do it with video and use it as a blog post. This way, when others have the same issue, they'll be able to fix it themselves too. Let's call it... Fix …
Linkedin Endorsement or Linkedin Recommendation?
Nobody has much free time these days. I'll be lucky if you read down to the second paragraph without skimming. If you see this post in Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin you might just comment there based solely on the title and mini description you see, right? We've all done that. It's what the …
How to Add someone to a Twitter List
I woke up this morning to a tweet from my friend Ken who asked He knows I use LISTS for most all my social media accounts and when it comes to Twitter, I prefer a Twitter Client and in particular I’ve been a big fan of Seesmic for a long time. While I follow 14 thousand people, I certainly …
Channels of Conversation
I recently commented on a blog post where the writer argued that we should all keep the “Share with your Friends” buttons, but ditch the "Follow me on _______" Buttons. Guess what? I COMPLETELY DISAGREE! For the record the two work in polar opposites. Let me use just twitter as an …
21 Reasons I Unfriended Jim Walberg
Jim Walberg is a good friend and like me he is an avid cyclist and fan of the Tour de France. I whole heartily recommend everyone follow him on Facebook. He's one of the warmest human beings you'll ever meet, should you be so lucky. But unlike me, Jim doesn’t record the race on his DVR to …
Facebook Changed My Email!!!!!
I hope all those extra exclamation points added to the drama didn't they? I keep seeing post after post on how Facebook changed all our email addresses to the default @facebook.com ones without our permission. I'll start an online petition as soon as I finish writing this post. #not Truth …
Top 10 Posts: “Best Practice for Facebook Pages”
Mastering Facebook Pages isn't easy. It's a constant struggle. Conditions are never sky blue, they are ever changing. Just when you think you have it, the social network tosses a monkey wrench into the machine. What's over the next rise? We can only guess. And when we do find out we can only …
Timeline for Pages
Change happens… Accept it, adapt to it, and make it work for you. There’s a bunch of misinformation, a bunch of conjecture, and a bunch of guessing going on right now. Here’s what we do know, and of course it’s all subject to change. You can enable the new Timeline on your Page now. You …
Facebook Better: Your Facebook Birthday Greetings SUCK!
One of the best things about having friends in Facebook is the notification that one of your ‘friends’ is having a birthday. I may have forgotten every one of my ‘in real life’ friends birthdays but Facebook has made sure I don’t forget about those that are my ‘online friends’. While that’s a …
Circle Saturday
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 …
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 …