Social Media Trends

Here's the best PR tip I've read today. It's a must do for social media marketing. It's number six of a list of ways to improve your PR skills in this informative article / tutorial.  Be sure to read the whole article by Peter Economy:  9 Ways to Do PR Like a Pro inc.com/peter-economy/ 6. Be social for an hour each day If you're going to engage with customers, prospects, and reporters on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, and other social media, then dedicate at least an hour in your day for social time. Post timely and thoughtful content, acknowledge comments and be responsive to questions. Start conversations with your content and social posts rather than just broadcasting your opinions.

LinkedIn is a first rate site providing free social media marketing. I first started using LinkedIn a few years ago, but only recently began to visit the site with some frequency, join groups and read articles. One of the reasons I became more involved  is because I downloaded their app to my phone which is quite convenient. I have found it to be a great networking site, especially if you're looking for a job. However, even though I've been hanging around LinkedIn for quite a while, I haven't had as many profile views as I would have liked. How to improve your profile on LinkedIn is the topic of an article I came across today. After reading this article, I am determined to focus more time on developing my profile to its full potential. By the way - if you're a blogger or enjoy writing, you can submit your articles on LinkedIn. Feel free to connect with me:   http://www.linkedin.com/in/sandracobb LinkedIn is a great way to make new friends, especially friend...

During the last year I gave up three domain names. I had become so overwhelmed with the upkeep that I simply stopped keeping up altogether. But it's a new year and I have new inspirations, aspirations and ambitions. One of the areas that is of interest to me right now is the .mobi top level domain. The .mobi domain is for optimizing websites for use on mobile devices. It's been around for years, but it seems to me that not nearly enough people have taken advantage of it. So, I have decided to develop at least one .mobi site, mostly to satisfy my own curiosity. But, who knows? It may turn out to be a worthy investment of my time. We shall see. Creating a Mobile Website I found the following article full of tips for creating and tweaking .mobi websites. It was written in August of 2013, so it's still a useful gathering of data. I hope you find some useful information in it. Creating Mobile Websites:  Prepare Your Business for the Mobile Takeover   The to...

How to determine if what you're reading online is information from a legitimate and reliable information or news provider. M any people think it's a waste of time to acquire news online. They assume that all websites are liars and live by the warning " reader beware ." W hat a shame. L earning if that tempting link enticing you to click for further information is actually a valid, reliable, trustworthy information provider, is a fairly simple process. To verify a legitimate news provider, all one has to do is simply look at the URL of the link to the "rest of the story."  You can do this by holding your mouse pointer over the linking text, and then divert your look to the bottom left hand corner of your browser window, which SHOULD display the URL of the link. If the top doman level is CNN, TIME, CBS, ABC, as in CNN.com, MSNBC.com, Reuters, AP (Associated Press), etc., then you can be reasonably assured that this is a legitimate sto...