Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail

Let me tell you how I came to the title of this post. I was looking at different cuts of meat at Puregold with my daughter when we noticed the attendants not-so silently arguing about something written on a white sheet of paper. The sheet contained the proverb “Failing to Plan is...

When Eagerness is a BAD Thing: Facebook Marketing Gone Wild

WARNING:  This post contains adult material.   I felt it necessary to warn you, my dear readers, that this is not the usual post that you will read here. Admittedly, I’m not always a rain of sunshine when I write posts or make comments in Facebook. But I don’t seek out to...

Hottest Social Media Tips From PubCon 2011

PubCon, the highly-esteemed search and social media conference and expo, was held  November 7 – 10, 2011 at the Las Vegas Convention Center South Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada. I wish I was there but I’m not so I must content myself with blog posts covering the event. So here I...

Pacquiao Knocks Out Marquez in Social Media

Nope. Sorry guys, it didn’t happen. The world-famous Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao didn’t even win over the judges unanimously. Instead, the People’s Champ defeated Juan Manuel Marquez by a controversial majority decision, 114-114, 116-112, 115-113.   But outside...

Top 3 Twitter Apps for Monitoring Your Brand on Twitter

Twitter and other social networks present a challenge for businesses of all sizes. Why? People talk about the products and services they get on Twitter. They rant. They rave. And with the volume of tweets sent out daily, it’s a challenge  to monitor what’s being Tweeted about...

How to Allow People to Subscribe to You in Facebook

Every time Facebook rolls out  changes, there’s bound to be a lot of buzz of around it.  But one update that caught my fancy now and which I find truly interesting is the Subscribe button. Personally, I haven’t seen anyone who has activated this new Facebook feature...

9 Beautiful Coffee-Themed Social Media Icons

My latest project as a webmaster is a coffee directory for a Hawaiian trading company. I added some social media icons to the site.  It was tough choosing what icons to use because there’s a lot of really cute coffee icons out there.  I finally settled on iced coffee icons by...

Here’s How You Can Buffer Your Tweets

In my post about social media enhancement, I mentioned that it’s always better to share links in Twitter. But that does not mean that you can flood your stream with link after link after link. It’s still better to really engage with people whether your in Twitter, Facebook, or...

Don’t Let Others Steal Your Identity

When I was  social media newbie, I had the eagerness of a young pup. I signed up for social media sites like a thirsty puppy lapping a bowl of milk: voraciously. And when you let such a strong impulse get the better of you, you tend to think about immediate gratification/satisfaction and...

HOT!!! Arkli, Your Social Media Campaign Manager

Twice today I’ve come up across Arkli, another app for managing social media campaigns. The first instance is a fellow virtual online assistant updating her Facebook status via Arkli. The next is an email from Erin Blaskie about this new social campaign manager.  Since she is...