InboxQ: New Hootsuite Application – Tutorial
For those of you that have ever taken my Social Media Management and Monitoring webinars, training classes or one-on-one sessions, you know I am a huge Hootsuite fan. I highly recommend it for anyone that is looking to manage more than one social media profile. It offers a ‘one stop
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Scheduling and Sending in Constant Contact – Tutorial
No, you aren’t going crazy – Constant Contact has changed how you schedule and send materials and yes, it IS a bit confusing. Here is a quick tutorial on scheduling and sending in Constant Contact: Once you have created and saved your issue, click ‘Continue’. It will take you to
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What To Do When You Have Multiple LinkedIn Accounts – Tutorial 1 of 2
Have you ever received a LinkedIn invitation from someone you KNOW you are already connected to? Have you ever logged into your LinkedIn account to find it looks nothing like the one you worked on last week? Have you ever created a new LinkedIn account because you just couldn’t get
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Adding an Email Address to Your LinkedIn Account – Tutorial
I always recommend that you use a business email address as your ‘Primary’ address on LinkedIn. This is the address that will be visible (if your settings allow) to your visitors and is much more professional than having something like ‘Bubblegum66@aol.com’ on your profile.
How to Close Your LinkedIn Account – Tutorial
There are a number of reasons to close your LinkedIn account, almost all related to having multiple accounts. See my other LinkedIn blog posts for those scenarios. Once you are SURE that you want to close it down, and you are SURE that you are in the account that you
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Hashtags on Twitter – How and why to use them – Tutorial
Thank you to Craig Chapman of CBA Empire for this great question: “I am at a tradeshow; everyone is talking about hashtags on Twitter, how can I use them too?” Hashtags, the ‘#’, ‘pound symbol’ or ‘number sign’ key on your keypad, are used to aggregate and follow information on
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The new Facebook Subscribe Feature – Tutorial
Here is the top Facebook question I have been getting this month: “What does it mean to ‘subscribe’ to someone on FB and should I allow this?” Interestingly, if you are a ‘friend’ of someone on FB, you are already ‘subscribed’ to them. You get their updates and they get
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Making the most of your time on LinkedIn – a Checklist
This list was compiled to help you make the most of your time on LinkedIn. Please let me know if you need one-on-one assistance to get started on LinkedIn, to optimize your profile and/or need help creating an effective posting plan.
Facebook Updates are rolling out faster than we can mention them!
In an attempt to keep up with G+, Facebook is rolling out updates almost daily. Whether you use G+ or not, it is all good for Facebook users! For those of you that have not yet seen the updates, click on your ‘update status’ button (see red arrow below) to
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Adding Video to your Constant Contact E-Newsletter – Tutorial
Adding video to an email marketing piece can be a pain, involving taking a screen shot of the video and adding it, with a hot link, to your publication. It can require having screen shot editing software and a bit of tech savvy. But Constant Contact has a tool which
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