Social Media

No wonder why I am always online…

Wow. This is a lot of content. How many of these Social Media sites are you on? How many hours a day are you working on these? Looking at this just gives me a migraine…                             Graphic courtesy of Buddy Media

Introducing….Tammi Jacobsen: Social Media Marketeer and Jedi Knight

Who are you and what do you do? First and foremost I am a dog owner. My wonderful dog Gracie has been my inspiration for a lot of who I am and what I do personally and professionally. I am a small business advisor and social media speaker for the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network and an educator at heart. I am caring and enthusiastic in helping others to learn and succeed. My mission is to experience life through love and teaching others.   What will you be teaching at the Geek Girl Conference this year? Marketing Strategies Using….

Introducing….Kaitlyn Pintarich: Social Media Community Manager and Legend of Zelda Zealot

Who are you and what do you do? My name is Kaitlyn I’m an insurance professional (boring), the Vice President and Marketing Director/Community Manager for Berry Insurance (getting better), and one-half of the mother-son blogging dynamic duo at http://www.ItsLearningTime.com (AWESOME). I spend much of my professional time teaching local businesses about the power of social media marketing and in my spare time, I work with my 14-month old son to share our lessons learned as we navigate life as a new family.   What will you be teaching at Geek Girl Conference this year? Social Media Primer, Using Video Marketing….

Introducing: Catherine Weber…Social Media Maven and Power Tool Junkie

Who are you and what do you do? Catherine Weber, Geek Girl #12, I am so many things it is difficult to figure out how to start. I am an entrepreneur, passionate social media consultant and teacher. I am also an artist, a wife and mother and storyteller. That should do it for now. If you see me at the end of the day during boot camp I might tell you that I am a huge proponent of foot massage and back rubs.   What will you be teaching at Geek Girl Tech Conference this year? Social media strategy for….

Introducing: Tricia White…Pinterest Freak and Closet Crochet Addict

Who are you and what do you do? My name is Tricia White and I am a Senior Business Advisor with the MA Small Business Development Center. We offer free (Yes! FREE) technical business assistance to small businesses in business plan creation, financial projections and analysis, marketing and strategic planning. All of our advisors have specialties within our positions, and mine is branding, marketing and social media. I have a fairly technical background along with an art degree. I do pretty well with Adobe products, blog platforms (WordPress, Blogger, Typepad, Tumblr), Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Pinterest, Google+, Google Tools, SEO….

Letter from Mark Zuckerberg…

Mark Zuckerberg in his own words in the Facebook S-1 filing today with the SEC…The Hacker Way…. Facebook was not originally created to be a company. It was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the world more open and connected.  We think it’s important that everyone who invests in Facebook understands what this mission means to us, how we make decisions and why we do the things we do. I will try to outline our approach in this letter.  At Facebook, we’re inspired by technologies that have revolutionized how people spread and consume information. We often talk….

How to Add Managers to Google+ Brand Pages

Google+ recently started Brand Pages for businesses, similar to Facebook Pages. And since the only way one could access a Google+ Brand Page in the beginning was through a personal Gmail account. But, not anymore! Google+ has opened the ability for up to 50 managers working on your Brand Page at any time. The ability to do this may be kind of hidden at first, but is is relatively easy to do and takes only a couple of minutes. Here is how you can add Managers, and delete them as well: Go to your Google+ account. On the left side….