How to Write a White Paper That Gets Noticed (and Acted Upon)
For the past few years, I’ve been working hard to increase my writing skills. It started when I got more into blogging/social media and increased as I took on freelance…
How Not to Tweet
Business and individuals have posted content on social media sites, only to regret it. In some cases, immediately. Only recently, SMC member Melissa Pont posted a great article about social…
The Times Are Changing – But Are You?
Here are some interesting facts that I’ve come across regarding the internet:More than half of the world’s population was born after the creation of the internet. That number will only…
3 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy
As personal privacy online has become a bigger issue to many people, here are three quick things that you can do to help protect your privacy when using social media…
How Social Media Helps Political Reform
Crowds celebrate the release of Wael Ghuneim in Egypt. [Photo]Social Media can be an extremely powerful tool to help a cause, including political reform. University of Illinois at Urbana professor…
Pros & Cons of Ghostwritten Content
Do you write your own social media content or ask someone to create it for you?There are advantages and disadvantages to both options. Which is best? I can’t answer that…
Forget About Social Media Marketing
At a social media seminar that I took earlier this year, the speaker started off by saying that there is no place for social media marketing. That certainly got our…
Cyberbullying: The Dark Side of Social Media
Like many parts of our lives, there are both good and bad aspects to social media. Cyberbullying is definitely one of the bad aspects of social media. Did you know…
The Lowest Common Denominator in Social Media
When I was in school, my teachers taught me math by always breaking things down to their lowest common denominator. It made things simpler. If you’re using social media in…
Social Media as Suggestion Box
I started thinking about the subject of this article after reading an article in the recent issue of Incentive Magazine. In the article, the author recommends that companies use social…