The social media phenomenon is unbelievable and scary all at the same time. I really thought after Facebook and Twitter - what else could there be? But, now there's Periscope! ...and I'm sure there's many others that I don't know about yet. And, if I'm being honest, I spend far too much time on social media. I actually made the comment the other day that I could be pretty good at social media if I just spend MORE time on it! What in the world am I thinking?? If I spent more time on social media, I would have to...
4 Surprising Reasons Every Leader Should Be On Social Media
I remember the days when MySpace first came out. Since I was out of the target market age for this new invention, I had never heard of it before a 21 year old college student showed it to me. I, like many others in my demographic, did not buy in right away. I remember thinking it was neat, but that it really held no value for me. But, I signed up for an account anyway. And that's pretty much where it stopped. I had a username, a password, and a short bio about myself. I didn't take it any further....
Why I Made The Switch From Hootsuite to Buffer
When I first started blogging in October 2013, I knew that social media was important. I would manually type in my tweets and my Facebook posts each time a new blog post would come out. I know, it was like I was living in the early 1800's. Manually typing my tweets and posts?? That's crazy, you must be saying to yourself right now. But, wait just a minute before you pass judgement on me... Soon after my blog launched, I found out that there was a way to schedule your tweets and posts through a wonderful product called Hootsuite. This...