Top 20 Tweets in November
photo by robert couse-baker Going postal over the letters to Santa program. The secret behind a truly great brand. Chicken soup in the cold remedies aisle. A look at why Twitter followers without...
View ArticleStorytelling Through Social Media
If every picture tells a story (don’t it?), imagine what you can accomplish through social media. The introduction of social media to traditional storytelling has huge implications for the...
View Article50 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits
Chad Norman compiled this excellent overview of tactics you can immediately implement to give your social media efforts greater form and function. My only caution is that you not simply begin working...
View ArticleTop 20 Tweets in December
photo by ausiegall As you might expect at the end of the year AND decade, lists were among the most popular tweets in December. No New Year’s resolution lists, though … guess everyone’s saving those...
View ArticleMy 7 Social Media Resolutions
photo by dvidshub I usually don’t engage in the whole self-delusional New Year’s resolutions routine that we’re encouraged to torment ourselves with each year. If I see one more article on how I...
View ArticleLooking in the Social Media Mirror
photo by lollyknit I had planned to write about the importance of putting your best social media foot forward by being what I think of as your “true best self” when using online social networks. But...
View ArticleHow Social Media Can Improve Your Love Life
photo by vernalanemgmt Sorry if that sounds like a cheap come-on, but I was intrigued by research I recently came across on how physical beauty involves more than good looks. Three studies conducted...
View ArticleGiving Is the Currency of Social Media
photo by creativecommoners One of my favorite books on writing is Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. In it, Anne Lamott writes: Annie Dillard has said that day by day you have to...
View ArticleTransforming the Way Nonprofits Communicate
Farra Trompeter at Big Duck has put together a pretty nifty, content-rich overview of how nonprofits can use social media to rethink the ways in which they communicate with their stakeholders and...
View ArticleAll I Really Need to Know About Social Media I Learned in Kindergarten
photo by ejhogbin Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’re sorry when you hurt...
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