Being Influential in Your Niche Means to Stretch
Building influence goes way beyond building up a high Klout score. A high Klout score is an indicator that you have a strong presence, mostly online and to some degree offline and you are engaging with your network- however it is not the end all. If you really want to...
Twitter Turn Offs
Many people are not sure how to manage their social media effectively as it is not their fault. Many of them just do not have the time, or are they aware of what to do on social media and don't have the knowledge. This goes beyond sharing content that is not...
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words
What Words Would you Use to Describe this Picture? Perhaps beautiful scenery, gorgeous flowers, lovely colors, stunning blue and purple sky, purple paradise, oh and the list goes on, at least a thousand more times. Because people are generally more visual, many are...
Five Hours of Solitude
Here I am in beautiful British Columbia after a five hour flight, and feeling relieved I have the best house/pet sitter taking care of things back home. The plane that we were on was very new and no televisions were installed, however tablets were offered instead if...
My Response to BuzzFeed’s 26 Signs You Work in Social Media
I came across this brilliant blog post written by BuzzFeed's writer, Arielle Calderon, titled 26 Signs You Work In Social Media. Because I do work in social media, I can relate to this very well. So let's go through these 26 signs, and I will add my take on each one...
Are You Overly Obsessed with your Klout Score?
As you know, I am a full believer and supporter of Klout, and I do believe in the idea of scoring your online (and offline) presence since social media is simply a part of life now- and it will become even more prevalent as time goes by. Therefore, if you are dealing...
The Truth About Social Media and Privacy
I have been asked this question by many people. I was also featured in a Facebook chat earlier today for my knowledge in social media, and was asked this question. If you set your Facebook profile or Twitter to private, is it safe to share whatever you please no...
Five Simple Methods to Get Shares
If you want to be influential in your area of interest, you need to dish out good quality content on your social media networks. How do you know if your content is good quality? Not only do you find yourself receiving likes and comments, or what have you- however, if...
Discover How you Can Stand Out From Other Bloggers
Do people keep asking what exactly it is you do and how you are different from others (no matter how many times you explain)? Do prospective customers gasp in shock when you mention your prices yet happily buy the more expensive options offered by your competitors? Do...
Five Critical Blogging Mistakes you Must Avoid
Starting a blog can be an overwhelming experience. Some much to learn. So many things to do. So many things to get right. It?s a wonder any of us survive past the first post, especially if we have the added pressure of seeking a return on investment. To help you on...
I Have Chosen to Not Let it Affect Me
Okay let's take a break from social media blogging just for today. I want to talk about the fact that there are so many things that will get us angry and upset in life, however, it is up to us how we handle and react to it. We can choose to either have a bad day or...
Does Having your Website Rank #1 on Google Guarantee More Sales?
I have worked several years in SEO and understand how valuable it is to have your website rank high in search engines. In fact you will always receive more traffic if your website is ranking high on the first page of Google or Bing. However, does that alone guarantee...
Do you Accept Every Friend Request you Receive?
One way to maintain a strong online presence is to grow your network and connect with new people all of the time. That is how you grow your tribe. Once you are known to be influential online, you will end up with many new Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Google Plus...
How to Make Content Go Viral
Do you frequently share content on your social media platforms and yet you are finding that very few of your followers are liking it, let alone sharing what you put out? If that is the case it is not because they don't like you. It is because your content may not be...
Three Methods to Manage Time Successfully
This post is not going to be about social media, per se. However, whenever I have expressed the importance of having a strong social media presence to business owners and what it involves- their first response is who really has the time ? Exactly! Who does? This is...
The Odds of your Wikipedia Page Sticking is Lower than Before
I have written several books, and have been a guest on many radio stations, been featured on several big blogs- I was even a guest on a local television station several years ago talking about one of my books. I did have a Wikipedia page up about myself and my work...
Making your Social Media Marketing Effective
How Social Media Marketing Can Help You Social media marketing is a highly effective form of internet marketing, which seeks to achieve branding and marketing communication goals through the participation in various social media platforms. The desired outcome of each...
Social Media and Blog Promotion
Many people really fail to understand the main purposes of social media. If you are online more than 75{a0065375a7e2d1c093abc1aba7894b1ad713a40df7f413d8a34d916c8e570350} of the time in a day like more and more people are, you probably have some idea. Social media...