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January 2016

Whataburger’s Meme Play

I am a huge fan of Whataburger! They always seem to have fun with their social. Today, however, they stepped it up! I’m sure you have seen the “Be smart like (insert name).” meme’s going around. The meme’s started to take off last week. I have seen them everywhere. I tried to do one but, all […]

Don’t Be Needy on Social Media

There is one pet peeve I have in social media. It just annoys me! Social Times wrote 5 Annoying Direct Message on Twitter. The number one on the list is my all time favorite, well that one and a combo of number three. Direct messages should be used for a dialog with someone rather than […]

Which Social Sends The Most Traffic

If you are after page views where are you to go? What social media is best in sending organic traffic? Note, this will feature organic rather than paid traffic. I have covered some paid social promotion in the past. This is my experience with clients and personal posting. So what services should you be using? […]

Why You Need to Pay To Play

Gone are the days of organic growth on Facebook. In the early 2010’s you could put up a page and once it gained momentum it would start growing. There seemed to be a tipping point where growth would happen exponentially. Now, it’s a trickle of people who will find your page and the engagement rate […]

Should Twitter Be More Than 140 Characters?

Since it’s inception Twitter has been limited to 140 characters. There have been a few changes to the Tweets over the years. Such as tagging, links and photos that has changed the Twitter feed. Re/Code has reported that Twitter is considering lifting the 140 character limits to Tweets. Is this a good thing or bad? […]

Facebook Releases Live Video and Collages to all

  Facebook has released live video for verified pages earlier this year. Now they have released the service to the masses! Prior you had to be using the Facebook Mentions app. In their current roll out to a small percentage of iPhone users.  You can now broadcast things that are important to you and your family/friends. “To […]

Twitter Updates the Twitter for Mac App

I have used the Twitter for Mac app since its introduction. Then it was called Tweetie. It was available as free or paid app. However, the ads were the most focused and relevant of any service I have ever seen. I clicked about half of the ads served to me and bought a few things […]