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100-115 characters: the sweet spot for getting retweets

100-115 characters: the sweet spot for getting retweets

When you want to get some pretty good data on using social media for marketing, one of the best people...

The wrong ways (and right way) to do contests or giveaways on Facebook

The wrong ways (and right way) to do contests or giveaways on Facebook

There's a trend on Facebook that simply won't die. Many business pages continue to offer giveaways, contests, and even "exclusive"...

The art of getting retweets (with addendums)

The art of getting retweets (with addendums)

There really is more art than science when it comes to getting retweeted on Twitter. For individual influencers and organizations...

Reach versus inaccuracy: should social media be at the forefront during a crisis?

Reach versus inaccuracy: should social media be at the forefront during a crisis?

The use of social media to report events has become a normal occurrence. Any time anything happens that is newsworthy,...

App.net: Facebook without the baggage

App.net: Facebook without the baggage

More and more people are deleting their Facebook and Twitter accounts because of all the advertisements that flood the page....

One small step for Twitter, one pretty decent sized leap for spam haters

One small step for Twitter, one pretty decent sized leap for spam haters

If there's one thing that could bring down the whole Twitter empire outside of a catastrophic meltdown of all of...

People care about Facebook privacy, just not enough to do anything about it

People care about Facebook privacy, just not enough to do anything about it

"Damn you, Facebook. I don't like you but everyone I know is on it. If I want to see pictures...

On Twitter, we like to spew vitriol

On Twitter, we like to spew vitriol

The opinions that we express in the real world are often not congruent with what we post on Twitter according...

Don’t upload photos to Pinterest

Don’t upload photos to Pinterest

They say you learn something new every day. I learned something about Pinterest the other day that blew my mind...

3 things businesses need to know about their Twitter strategy

3 things businesses need to know about their Twitter strategy

Twitter is still the most used social network by businesses. This surprises some, but the latest statistics showed that 77%...

The biggest reason parents join Facebook: yep, monitoring their kids

The biggest reason parents join Facebook: yep, monitoring their kids

There's a strange change that has been happening since the dawn of social media and that continues to accelerate every...

If you want to learn how to use Vine, Adam Goldberg is the master

If you want to learn how to use Vine, Adam Goldberg is the master

If it's possible to be a true filmmaker using only the 6-seconds allowed on Twitter's Vine app, actor Adam Goldberg...