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A Note to My Kids on Social Media: I Was Here First

A post entitled, “A Note to Parents: How to be a “cool” parent on Facebook (as written by a kid on Facebook),” was brought to my attention last week and I loved it! Go ahead and read it… I’ll wait here for you… Oh good! You’re back. I loved this article because she hits the nail on the head. There are SO many parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles on Facebook today that actually joined AFTER their kids did (there are also plenty who still haven’t joined but that’s another post), and have really lost their cotton picking minds on what should be common sense. In a word — STOP STALKING YOUR KIDS. That’s not cool.     But… being who I am, I have to offer up the OTHER side of this story which is how kids act on social media sites and what the rules of engagement should be from my perspective. I … read more

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Infographics are FUN!

Yes. They are. Stop arguing. You know you pin them and post them. How about creating one that shows YOUR social media swagger?? Here is mine for Facebook:     create infographics with visual.ly   Go ahead – go do one and link it back to me so I can see what kind of Monster you are

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Things I Love – Day 4: Twitter

In honor of Valentine’s Day being this week, I thought I’d spend some time talking about things I love. It might be a person one day, a thing the next, a place another day. I hope you spend some time this week thinking about the ones that mean the most to you. It doesn’t have to be your partner – it can be the BFFs you’ve had forever. If you know me, you know I’m an avid, voracious and passionate Twitter user. After a pretty funny exchange with one of my new-found blogger friends Suzanne (aka @tangledlou) over at Periphery where she and others expressed some “uncertainty” about Twitter, I promised to do a 101 on it. So, gather up your notebooks, kids.. here we go. I’m going to give you the basic info you need to make Twitter your friend. I’ll agree that Twitter can be a little daunting, so I’ll … read more

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Timehop

When it comes to social media, it takes a lot to wow me. Due to the nature of my business, by the time everyone else is on the bandwagon about something, I’ve typically moved on or it’s become common place for me (think Pinterest). A couple of months ago, I signed up for a service called Timehop and absolutely love it. If you use Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Instagram, you can link any or all of your accounts and every morning Timehop will send you an email and tell you what you were doing on the current date a year ago. It’s like getting a little time capsule delivered to your inbox every day. How cool is that?! For instance, here’s the email that I received today. This time last year, the bestie and I were on a girls weekend in Vieques Island, so these reminders are a little tough … read more

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Social Media Common Sense For Bloggers

As many know, I made a personal commitment to dig back into my personal blog in 2012 and I’m proud to say that, in my opinion, I’ve done a great job. What many of you may not know is that in my 9-5 life, I own a company that specializes in digital and social media marketing. Sometimes it’s really hard to not let that 9-5 world cross into this world and critique the bloggers that I come across. But, I’ve noticed a few things that make me cringe and I thought it would be fitting to let my 9-5 world cross into my personal world in order to offer a few pointers. Many of you know these things but there are enough that I’ve come across that don’t, and I think it’s prudent to point a few things out and offer a little “pick my brain” session TODAY ONLY (that was said in the deep, booming, … read more

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