Category Archives: Tips

Please like me, follow me, subscribe to me…STOP IT!!

On a pretty much daily basis the requests for people to follow, like, subscribe, etc show up in multiple feeds across social media platforms. I don’t have a problem with these when you give me a reason to do it. … Continue reading

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The New Look Option For Your Twitter Presentation

In case you haven’t heard, Twitter did a little tweaking on the way you present yourself to the rest of the world! You can now add a header to your profile or just keep it the old way.  The new … Continue reading

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Facebook Notifications… do you use them?

I took a little time off work recently which included no Blackberry while I was off.  Yes, I was in heaven without it.  When I returned to work, I opened my email and I was floored by the number of … Continue reading

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5 Things to do to improve your Twitter experience

This isn’t going to be a long drawn out post full of theory and reasoning why you should do these 5 things… just straightforward simple things that you can do in the next 25 minutes to improve your Twitter experience. … Continue reading

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Fact checking… you just gotta do it!

I was looking at the Facebook the other day and saw a story that caught my eye.  It was about an abduction of a child from my hometown, so naturally I was interested in what was happening and if I … Continue reading

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Overcoming Information Overload

Just take a look at the Twitter stream, Facebook news feed, YouTube uploads, Blog posts for a couple of minutes and you’ll see that in a very short period of time, regardless of the platform, an incredible amount of information … Continue reading

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Engagement / Investigation #CopChat ep. 4

“Oops, I better watch what I tweet. @CityPolice just followed me!” We’ve seen that tweet more than a couple of times. It’s almost always done in jest, but there’s a grain of truth to it.  Judges have reminded us, along … Continue reading

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The best social media users really suck

To best social users really suck…sorry but it needs to be said. The more I see the cream rising to the top, the more obvious it is that the best people in the world of anything really suck! Honestly, the … Continue reading

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10 Tips to get ReTweeted

Being ReTweeted (RT) is one of the best compliments that you can be paid on Twitter.  The ultimate goal of every one of your tweets should be to have your message shared.  Remember, if you are putting the value of … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday

A couple of weeks ago I posed a challenge on Twitter and ended up writing about it.  The idea was for a 24 hour period, you could only say positive things on Twitter.  No sharing negative information, no negative thoughts…just … Continue reading

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