Facebook unveiled new rules for cover images and photos in sponsored stories in December, and those new rules went into effect on January 15th, 2013. In a nut shell, your images (ads and your timeline cover image) cannot include more than 20% text overlay. The change is an attempt from Facebook to prevent News Feeds [...]
Ever gotten an email claiming that a lost inheritance has surfaced, and that for the small sum of $5,000 you can have it wired into your bank account? Or, gotten the one that your computer has a virus, and if you remove a certain file from your system, the virus will be eradicated – only [...]
People join social networks every day, and many know exactly why they are joining them, and specifically which ones they should join. But unfortunately, too many are joining social networks for the wrong reasons… or for no real reason at all. Are you one of them? Let’s take a look at three reasons to avoid [...]
Facebook Timeline for Business has been around now for a few months. If you didn’t manually upgrade your page, Facebook upgraded it for you at the end of March. Make sure you’ve checked your page – because if you didn’t upgrade your page yourself, then likely you are missing a “cover” image on your page. [...]
At the time of this posting, Facebook reported having over 845 million active users. Approximately half of those monthly users signed on to their account daily. With so many people flocking to Facebook, you would think it would be easy to increase the number of “likes” on your business page, right? Wrong! Building a fanbase [...]
A few months ago it was all you heard about: Google has a new social network. It’s going to be a Facebook killer. We’ll never use the Internet the same way again. Google+ is the future of social networking. We all love a bit of drama, so many of us ran out and set up [...]
Google Plus (Google+ or G+) is the latest social network that people are buzzing about. With the very recent launch of brand pages, businesses are getting even more interested in how to capitalize on the site’s growing popularity. If you’re thinking about joining the world of plusses and circles, here are a few things to get [...]
For many small business owners, taking the plunge into social media can be both exciting and terrifying. There is quite a bit to learn, but of course there is also the excitement of connecting with new people and reaching a larger audience. Where Do You Start? The question we get asked often is which social [...]
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. One of the questions I get asked most often from our clients and prospects is whether or not I can help them automate their blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. They want their social media profiles to be on auto pilot – feeding one to the other so [...]
40 years ago the first email was sent. The email simply said ‘qwertyuiop’, and was sent to the computer sitting next to it. It’s not possible for anyone to have predicted how our world would change after the successful sending of that first message. Today social media is everywhere. Networking sites, gaming sites, entertainment and [...]
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