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7 Scary Social Media Tales for Halloween

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on October 31, 2011

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Since today is Halloween, I thought it would be interesting to go back in time to discover 7 memorable scary moments in social media. Chrysler’s Twitter account accidentally drops the F-Bomb. The happy ending here is that the account gained more followers. Kenneth Cole’s Tweet to promote his fashion line causes angry reactions.  The Woman [...]

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Still not using Facebook? It may cost you a job.

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on August 15, 2011

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Tory Johnson of Women for Hire and frequent Good Morning America contributor “hit it” right on the head. Like it or not, Social Media is here to stay and Facebook (with Google Plus accelerating) is leading the pack. As we said earlier, more recruiters are using Facebook & other social media to look for candidates.  [...]

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Job Recruiters Turn to Facebook to Find Candidates

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on August 10, 2011

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via online.wsj.com Need another reason to modify your Facebook privacy settings? Seems like recruiters are looking to Facebook for potential candidates. Learn what you can do to keep you Facebook profile page job search friendly.

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Should you stay or Should you Go Google+

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on July 19, 2011

Folks all around the sphere have declared their independence from Facebook and are going to Google+. However, before you decided to delete your Facebook account completely, here are a few questions to consider. Does everyone of your Facebook contacts have a Google+ account? Probably not. Facebook has made it difficult to export contacts into Google+. [...]

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My “friends” and “Family” are not really using Google+ yet. If those streams start getting traction, well, then we can talk about Facebook’s existential threats. via battellemedia.com I think this sums up perfectly where I’m at with Google+.

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What’s on my Facebook Wishlist?

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on June 23, 2011

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  As an administrator for some Facebook pages, I wish there was some way to present a default admin avatar for each page that not necessarily the one from my Facebook profile. For example, I have a page that’s not so personal and a page that is all professional that I administrate. I don’t want [...]

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Friends Talking too much on Facebook? Hide Them.

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on June 21, 2011

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I’m really “Liking” the “Hide all” option in Facebook today, especially when folks get a bit too loquacious. If you change your mind and/or your friend(s) calm down, you can always scroll down to “Edit Options.” and “X” them off the naughty list.

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How Your Business Should Reply to Comments on Facebook Pages

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on June 1, 2011

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via insidefacebook.com Interesting ways to deal with comments on Facebook whether your a business or not.

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Control who sees others’ tagged photos of you on Facebook

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on May 6, 2011

Special events come and go. Unfortunately we are in the age of Facebook, photos can be easily uploaded  and  tagged and then folks like  relatives in another part of the county  who also are on Facebook are suddenly asking questions. Now with the new photo carousel, this is even more apparent. Luckily, no one has [...]

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How to Promote your new Facebook Page

by Stephanie M. Cockerl on March 11, 2011

Congratulations,  you just created your first Facebook page. The bubble wrap is barely off when it hits you. You  go to Facebook.com/username to find out that you can’t claim the username of your dreams until you have 25 “likes”. Now only if the “Likes” will come. All you have is the long URL.  What to [...]