Archive | Social Media

23 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

You Can Now Change Your Facebook Username Now!

When Facebook first rolled out custom usernames, we cautioned that much like a bad tattoo, you wouldn’t be able to undo them. That didn’t stop some people from registering ridiculous names or clearly trademarked terms that might be funny today but not good long-term choices.
However, it now appears that Facebook has updated their policy, perhaps after being inundated [...]

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21 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

6 Key Facebook Strategies for University and College Administrators

While Facebook got its start on college campuses in the US, today it’s truly become a global phenomenon. Over 250 million people around the world use the site each month. Nevertheless, four years later, many university and college administrators are using Facebook to keep in touch with core constituencies: current students, prospective students, alumni, and fans. [...]

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20 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Does Congress Need its Own Social Network?

Politicians have been taking to social media of late, from tweeting governators to YouTube Presidents. But for the thousands of staffers that work on Capitol Hill for members of Congress, social media is about a lot more than PR – they actually need to get things done. However, they’ve been fairly limited in this respect to-date, as [...]

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20 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Wow thats a lot of facebook sharing!

How do you know which social sites are most popular? Aside from looking at the raw traffic numbers, a good indicator is data about which sites are seeing the most content shared on them.
Among the companies with access to tons of this type of data is AddToAny, makers of one the most popular widgets that lets [...]

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14 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Social Media Isn’t For Every Small Business

Social media gets a lot of attention these days. And it should — because it is a potentially important aspect of many businesses. Notice I didn’t say every business. As with many things in the business world, if you are talking about how a practice or discipline relates to the SMB, you have to treat [...]

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