I don’t know if this is just a blogger thing, or if it’s happening to everyone, but lately, social media seems to be just a constant barrage of unwanted sales pitches and even more unwanted pervy messages. I think Instagram and Linked In are the worst for unwanted sales pitches and Instagram is definitely the … [Read more…]
It’s that time of year again – the onslaught of the dreaded gift guides. Everywhere we turn, there’s another one, but it doesn’t stop anyone from writing one, myself included. Every year I try to do something a bit different to the standard men, women and children’s gift guides. This year, I thought I would … [Read more…]
I’ve had my Facebook page for around eighteen months now. For the first seventeen months, I updated it with my blog posts and the occasional quote and that was pretty much it. I had a link to it on my blog and I tweeted that I had it, but I did no active promotion of … [Read more…]
Today’s post is a guest post about using Google Plus to maximise your advertising for your business (remember your blog is a business, even if you aren’t currently monetizing it, these strategies can be used to promote your posts too). The post is from Sheena Mathieson, a content writer who currently runs her own online … [Read more…]
Presumably, if a child is old enough to have a social media profile, they are old enough to understand the dangers of potentially being groomed. If your daughter has a Facebook profile, you’ve talked to her about it. Warned her not to engage in conversation with people she doesn’t know. That the 14 year old … [Read more…]
LinkedIn market themselves as a social network for professionals to connect with other people in their industry, industry leaders and potential recruiters. To me, it doesn’t match that description at all. If it did, I think it could be brilliant. Unfortunately, I think the people who run it are more interested in having a lot … [Read more…]
Klout is a weird one. I think it can be kind of fun if you don’t take it too seriously. While not a social media platform itself, it measures your influence across other social media platforms. If you haven’t used Klout before, here is a link to my profile if you want to see how it … [Read more…]
Pinterest is another social network I have only joined recently. Well actually, I tell a lie. I joined ages ago, I just didn’t actually use it. I didn’t follow anyone and I didn’t pin a single thing. When I decided to start actively using Pinterest, I just changed my name on that profile to my … [Read more…]
What can you say about Twitter? With no facts whatsoever to back this up, I would say it’s the most popular social network of them all. Twitter is fast paced, fun and engaging. When I first started my blog, I stupidly thought I would write posts and people would magically know they existed. Wrong – … [Read more…]
Instagram is one of those sites that everyone is always talking about to the point that it feels like not having an IG account is social suicide. Still, I managed to resist until recently. It’s honestly not a social network I thought I would be for me. I’m not really into photography. Obviously I take … [Read more…]