Category Archives: Social Media

Front Row Tickets to Rush

This past week was a great week for me. Two weeks ago, I signed up online at the FM Station 96.1 The Brew.  The station was giving away front row tickets to Rush.  Then it happened, I started receiving text messages from connections on Facebook, some I knew, others I just knew online. All of ...

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Creative Writing

My son asked me about taking an elective in 9th grade instead of study hall. I told him to find something interesting.  He later told me that he wanted to take "Creative Writing". I thought, hmm sounds interesting. It  should be a good learning experience for writing better. Tonight, I attended "Back To School Night" to ...

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Google TV

Watch this video! - Its 2 minutes long.  Think of the possibilities... http://www.google.com/tv/ Sign-up for the updates TV will never be the same. Best News - It's coming this fall!

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Facebook Company Page

How many of you regularly visit Facebook Company Web Pages?  You may have received an invitation and answered the question whether you "Like" it or not. I have to tell you that I do not visit Company Fan Pages that often either. A lot of it has to do with the way  Facebook is setup. Everyone ...

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New Twitter ID

With this new site, I have added a new Twitter Id  @Words2Action . I really want this site to just be a site for random postings on different topics. Best way to follow is on twitter or via rss or email. I think you will like this site and the information contained on it. I also plan ...

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Facebook Announcement regarding new location application

Today is the day at 4.30pm that Facebook is supposedly going to tell all of us about geo-location functionality coming to Facebook.  This could be quite a big dea or not. Twitter has geolocation, but I don't find it to be a deal breaker. Foursquare is a cool application, but its all about location. Facebook with ...

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Social Media Policy

Some type of policy statement needs to be enacted.  However, is it any different than email. How have we lived with email all these years? A new article in the Chicago Tribune sheds some light on this issue. Facebook and Schools - I used to teach. ...

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LinkedIn – Some tips to try

Have you seen all of the neat things you can do on LinkedIn? Here are a few... Twitter Updates in LinkedIn - You can follow people in Linkedin. You can create a list of your LinkedIn Connections. Also checkout the company profile.  Everytime you make an update it goes out to your followers.  In return, you receive ...

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Great Answers to the latest tips on LinkedIn

Thank you so much to all of you who have sent comments to my question on LinkedIn. What is the best tip for using LinkedIn to gain new business? Its an open-ended question and it was designed this way to solicit a lot of feedback. Check out the answers. Great Answers from some die-hard LinkedIn Users. Thanks ...

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Twitter | What I have learned

What have you learned with your experience on twitter? I have learned so much personally and professionally. Here is my summary! 1) Don't worry about numbers of followers and following... Auto follow isn't the way for me 2) Stay connected with people following you...Talk to people directly 3) Dont post just to post all the time. 4) Anyone who posts 10 ...

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