On October 4, 2012, Facebook announced a major milestone: they hit 1 Billion (that’s 1,000,000,000!) active users. The funny thing is they did it in a very low-key way, simply having a post from Mark Zuckerberg on their online Newsroom: This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month. If…
“Social media is a waste of time.” This is something I hear at least once a week. However, this time, I was surprised, as the person who said it is the Director of Marketing for his company and he was teaching a seminar on how to become a consultant. At one point, I asked a…
On my radio program on Mile Hi Radio, I talked with Elizabeth Suárez, about dealing with conflicts on social media. Elizabeth is a conflict resolution specialist and we had a great discussion about how to “behave” (for lack of a better word!) on social media. Of course, everyone is fully entitled to use social media…
Meet Ken and Marisa, Barbie’s friends. Ken and Marisa represent my target demographic. (OK, I know they’re a little young…use your imagination!) When not posing for photo shoots, they stand next to my computer monitor, so I see them with virtually every word that I type. Sound a bit strange? I got this idea when…
Several months ago, I wrote a blog post giving tips on how to expand your network using social media. Specifically, I talked about how to expand to another area, as I was moving from Denver to Atlanta and needed to make new contacts. Twitter and Facebook were useful, but I gained the most…and best…new contacts…
