Tag Archives: Facebook
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Top 10 Facebook Mistakes People Make
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Maja in Facebook, Social MediaWe all have a love/hate relationship with Facebook, and similarly to driving we all assume we are the best at our Facebook posts and have major pet-peeves with others. Here are some of the major mistakes Facebook users make: 10. Posting a reply to someone else on their own wall. 9. Being on Facebook [...]
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Facebook Lingo
Posted on April 27, 2012 by Maja in Facebook, Social MediaFacebook has introduced us to a whole new vocabulary since it’s initial launch, from newsfeed, to wall posts, to “friends” who may not really be friends, profiles, pages, and so many more. Now, as Facebook continues to evolve it also evolves our vocabulary; here’s a few new terms you may have been hearing lately. [...]
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Top 5 Online Marketing Mistakes Realtors Make
Posted on April 11, 2012 by Maja in Real Estate, Social MediaPhone books are becoming obsolete, newspapers are moving online due to low readership, people are spending more time on Facebook then on Google, You Tube is now the second largest search engine. There is a major shift in our society, the way we shop for products and services is moving online. Your Real Estate [...]
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How to Tweet Like a UFC Fighter
Posted on April 3, 2012 by Maja in Facebook, Social Media, TwitterI’m lucky enough to have a local UFC fighter as a client, it provides me with very unique challenges and opportunities within social media marketing. So when a couple local politicians campaigning in Alberta’s 2012 election asked for some input on their social media strategy, I applied what we’ve been using with our fighter [...]
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Popularity Contest
Posted on March 29, 2012 by Maja in Facebook, Social Media, TwitterOne of the easiest things to do when involved in social media is focusing on the number of your Followers, Friends, Fans, etc. It feels like a popularity contest, a metric of your social media success. But is quality better then quantity? Following someone on Twitter can be viewed as very impersonal, people follow [...]
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Time Travel
Posted on March 16, 2012 by Maja in Facebook, Social Media, TwitterThe other evening, and by evening I mean late at night when I am smartest to work, I noticed my Facebook news feed being overtaken by a certain individual “checking in” to a variety of places. I’m all for moderated “check ins” whether via Facebook or Four Square, but this person was checking into everywhere! [...]
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But I’m Smartest at Night
Posted on February 26, 2012 by Maja in Random RantI’ve never been a morning person, so the entire 9-5 workday was always lost on me. And just by seeing some of my friends activity on Facebook and Twitter late into the night, I know there are a lot of people that can attest to that as well. In total honesty, I am smartest [...]
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Facebook – The Basics
Posted on February 21, 2012 by Maja in Facebook, Social MediaWith over 845 million active monthly users and more people spending time on Facebook versus Google, Facebook at the top of the social ladder. It single handedly revolutionized social networking when it was publicly launched in September 2006 (prior to that membership was restricted to University students, and eventually high school students). Social Impact With [...]
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Identity Crisis
Posted on February 8, 2012 by Maja in Social MediaA social media presence does mean that your ‘avatar’ needs to be visible on all your platforms. Although the word originates from Hinduism, the meaning when used for the computer world is “an icon or figure representing a particular person in computer games, Internet forums, etc.” Simply, an ‘avatar’ is your profile picture that [...]
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