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Sep 14

Different social network, different content

This guest post is brought to you by Charlie Davidson, a UK-based blogger focused on internet technology and sharing thoughts on films and novels.

I’m often asked about social networks and the relationship between them. Peop5185124330 bb4fe307bb m Different social network, different contentle ask how they fit together and what’s the best way to sync your accounts together –allowing one update to be shared through multiple social network sites. I myself have tied Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn together; surely one update is easier than three, right?

 

While in theory it makes sense, this isn’t always a good tactic. While on Facebook, I recently saw a friend’s comment that made me chuckle, and gives a perfect explanation as to why.

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Sep 08

New Facebook Feature: Recommending Places

By Kelsey Jones

fb recommendation thumb New Facebook Feature: Recommending PlacesIn an attempt to catch onto the online review craze (that includes bigwig websites like Yelp.com and UrbanSpoon) Facebook’s latest feature for Pages is the ability for users to recommend a page to others. This recommendation appears on their news feed and contains a direct link to the page itself.

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Sep 01

Do You Need a Break From Social Media?

By Kelsey Jones

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I found this image by googling "obsessed social media". Creepy.

How many times do you check your Facebook every day? What about Twitter? Even though The Social Robot mainly focuses on social media and writing, it doesn’t mean that we advocate that it should take over anyone’s lives.

Social media in moderation is really key, mainly because moderation usually equals better quality. When immersed in something as draining and time consuming as social media can be, more isn’t always better. I would much rather follow a Twitter account that has 3 hilarious or interesting tweets a day that one that re-tweets 50 tweets by other users, even if they are interesting. RTs can be interesting, but it’s important to make it your own. And to do that, it takes time and attention that doing it 24/7 just can’t provide.

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Aug 26

The Importance of Targeting on Facebook Ads

By Kelsey Jones

A few days ago, this ad showed up on the advertising sidebar of my Facebook:

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This is hilarious to me because I’m married, which I also mention in my Facebook profile. When Facebook advertisers set up their campaigns, they can target their ads to certain profile demographics on Facebook, based on the information in each user’s profile. Areas include location, age, gender, education, etc.

It also includes dating status, which beardedmate.com should have focused on when setting up their campaign.

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Aug 08

Leaving your Social Media Footprint

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by Bethaney Wallace

Now more than ever it is becoming apparent that once something is on the internet, it stays there. While many of you might say that’s been obvious for some time now, the popularization of social media has streamlined the process of making internet content permanent. For example, say, ten years ago, you wrote a drunken email you wish you could erase, or a poorly-made ad campaign was posted online. Yes, these things were hard to get rid of, forever stuck in the metaphorical corners of search engines. BUT, it’s rare anyone would find them unless they were really looking. Perhaps a thorough employer or stalker-ish ex, but the average Pat searching for your work would only find what you wanted them to. And, assuming the recipient of said unfortunate email was kind enough to dispose of it, it was gone for good.

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