I recently met with a businessman who wanted to talk about using social media. To be honest, he’d reached his breaking point and told me that he was about to stop blogging and posting on social media. He wasn’t seeing any results and he was getting more and more stressed about “keeping up” with posting…
Longtime readers of my blog know that I typically discuss how to use social media as a business tool to promote yourself and your business. I’m going to deviate a bit from that for this post. While it is a great marketing tool, first and foremost, social media is, well…SOCIAL! Obviously, everyone has their own…
Show of hands…how many of you have posted something online that you probably shouldn’t have? I’m guessing that virtually everyone – including myself – raised their hand! As I’ve said before, social media is a great way for people to get to know each other, and providing a bit of insight into our personal lives…
I was honored to be asked by Mary Wright to contribute to this article, which was published at HR Gazette. It’s original title is: How to Respond to an Inappropriate Request for Access to Personal Social Media (Without Jeopardizing Your Job or Job Opportunity) The Employer’s Issue: “You can’t ask that.” Fourteen states* have…
Every day, business owners give me their reasons for not using social media. Quite often, they say: “What if they say something bad about my business?” I respond: “They may be already. Don’t you want the opportunity to be part of the conversation and try to resolve the issue?” What I don’t say is: “That’s…
