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A 42+1 Social Business Screencast on Social Media with Tim Burrows of the Toronto Police

A 42+1 Social Business Screencast on Social Media with Tim Burrows of the Toronto Police. Big thanks to Robert Lavigne for having me on his inaugural broadcast for 42+1 Social Business Screencast. We used a Google+ Hangout to facilitate this.  

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Foursquare, don’t believe everything you see.

Foursquare can be an effective resource to place in your social media tool box.  It has some great functionality for our needs.  Yes, you can become a mayor or get deals based on ‘checking-in’ at a location, but there really … Continue reading

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Social

What do the 7 deadly sins have to do with social media? PLENTY!  The difference is you commit these sins in social media you risk going to reputation purgatory…in real life, you go to, well…let’s not talk about religious beliefs here. Wrath Unless you … Continue reading

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Inspired Etiquette Thoughts

I loved reading this news paper article the other day, “Don’t check me in: Etiquette in social media.” I agree with the author completely on every point she made.  It’s worth looking at the importance of what she is saying … Continue reading

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Direct Message Spam / Phishing Hacks

This has been a topic that has been discussed since the Internet was born.  As long as there have been accounts, Internet / intranet sites and stored data, people have been hacking into them for various reasons. In the social … Continue reading

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Take your time with Facebooks TimeLine

As many of you probably know by now, Timeline is here.  What’s TimeLine you ask?  Well, great question.  Timeline is the evolution of Facebook.  Your present profile will be replaced by Timeline.  You can ask for it now, you can … Continue reading

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