A few years ago, most technology firms, as well as most companies, were not as familiar with the benefits of social media sites for creating brand awareness, building a wide network, and creating an online presence to communicate, and engage followers / prospective clients. Now that social media has become more “main stream”, a noticeable [...]

(Used for account hosted at GoDaddy.com) After researching the WordPress forums, and other sources that listed options for changing a domain name or URL, I did not find one that convinced me that there is one method that works in all cases. This is what worked for me.  It was relatively simple and did not [...]

The VCU Mass Communications & Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program presented the results of their social media campaigns for Nonprofits at the VCU Commons Theater on Thursday,7/29/10. I attended, took notes, and published an article on the event.  Here are the article highlights: VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University), located in Richmond, VA, was honored as one [...]

Shortly after I began using Twitter, I became aware of many of the Twitter tools available -Twhirl, TweetDeck, and HootSuite. I used all of these on occasion, but eventually settled on HootSuite as my social media dashboard of choice. The ‘Send Later’ option was always a plus and made it very easy to schedule tweets [...]

Everyone should understand a few “best practice” guidelines so that they can maximize their brand awareness and establish a positive online presence. With all the social media sites that are available now, and as a growing number of people discover and use them, the result may be the tendency to share too much information, too [...]