Is Social Media Killing Personal Relationships?
Is the bite-sized world of social media leading to bite-sized and unsubstantial personal relationships? This was a question I asked myself recently when looking at some of...
Cruel Tricks Social Networks Play
Most social networks bite the hands that feed them on a regular basis. For some reason, they do not appreciate the power users who share the most...
You’re a Social Media Whatsit? – An Overabundance of Social Media Job Titles
Social media buzzwords are all around us -- Web 2.0, engagement, community, conversation, influencers, and countless others. But have you realized how much social media buzzwords have...
The Mental Workings of Social Media, and Its effect on YOU
There are plenty of people out there today that use social media to its fullest. They want to learn about the world and the people in it,...
Social MEdia: Are YOU Selfless or Part of the ME Generation?
Social Media parallels life so it reflects the same human vices we exhibit in the physical:
I love this cartoon because it shows the ME is every Social...
The Value of Private Conversations
Sometimes it feels as though online privacy is a thing of the past. And while years in the PR world made me well aware of the value...
Best Practices For Engaging Your Social Media Profiles
2010 brought on a year of social media marketing for companies of all types around the world. As we enter into 2011, social media marketing is expected...
5 Things to Keep Off Social Networking Profiles (If You’ll Ever be Job Hunting...
There are a lot of people out there in the job market looking for work right now. And HR representatives have long since started looking to social...
The Social Media Lifecycle
I don't make it a big secret that I'm not a fan of Facebook. Yet I don't let the hype about the site get me down too...
How G+ Conversations Are Affecting Blog Traffic
Google Plus has created a big splash in the social media scene. What is less obvious is that it may be impacting your blog traffic in ways...