I am fully aware of using social media for blogging and for businesses! With over 29,000 Twitter followers at @KelliBMiller on Twitter and regularly scheduled twitter parties, I understand the value. However, I do tend to occasionally over-spend my time there, Facebook, Pinterest, and on G+. LOL! If there’s one thing that has stood out in […]
Teach Your Teens Online Personal Safety
My boys have their own computers – in my opinion, it is a part of the times. However, they have rules and consequences to not following those rules! In some ways, the internet is safer than “real life” socializing – after all, your teen is not outside on the street after dark; he or she […]
Blogging Basics: Do Social Networking Your Way
Over the last 10 posts, I’ve shared a lot of suggestions for your approach to social networking. I hope that some of have been useful to you and I even hope that you’ve decided to completely disregard some of them. If there’s one key takeaway I’d like people to get from all this rambling on […]
Blogging Basics: Four Unexpected Benefits of Social Networking
We started out this blog series talking about how it’s a truly social web out there. No one can argue that. People are flocking to Facebook (a billion active monthly users) and are spending a large portion of their Internet time on social networks. Because of this, the experts tell us, as business owners, we […]
Blogging Basics: 3 Productivity Boosting Approaches and Tools
Earlier in this blog post series, we talked about how each social network is just a little bit different and our approach to each one should be carefully crafted. At the time, I cautioned against simply using social media integration tools to broadcast the same thing across your social networks. I stand by that advice […]
Blogging Basics: Your Roadmap to Social Networking
Over the past couple of posts, we’ve been working on helping you understand your target audience and find your unique positioning when it comes to social media. These are crucial first steps to becoming a social media success and once you have those items a bit clearer in your mind, you’re ready to start experimenting […]
Blogging Basics: Growing Your Highly Targeted Social Media Following
We’ve all seen pages on Facebook with thousands…even millions of followers. We’ve seen the same with Twitter and other social networks. It may seem a little overwhelming if you’re starting with a small following and it may feel like you’re just not going to get anywhere if you don’t have a huge following. But the […]
Blogging Basics: Managing Your Social Networking Time Effectively
Social media is one of the most important business communication developments in a long time, but it’s also one of the biggest sources of distraction and is often a time suck for otherwise productive business owners. Learning to manage your own social networking time will help you leverage all those great benefits and help you […]
