• SocialMediaMeltdown

    How do you deal with or avoid social media meltdowns?

    Earlier this week, Shelby and I read with great interest “The Most Epic Brand Meltdown On Facebook Ever.” When we were able to pick ourselves up off the floor after rolling around in fits ouf laughter, we decided it would be an awesome topic for tonight’s chat. Our focus tonight will be on social media…
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    Scheduling social media posts maybe isn’t so evil

    How many times a week do you ask or are asked phrases such as “What time is it?” or “What are you doing on the 15th?” Dates and times, clocks and calendars. Let’s face it; probably about 95 percent of our lives are dictated by schedules whether we like it or not. Our focus this…
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    Do you ever grow tired of social media?

    Do you ever grow tired of social media? Do you ever open up your Twitter app, read through your stream, get annoyed and just close the app immediately? Are you sick of seeing inspirational quotes and postcards, Grumpy Cat photos and game invites on your Facebook page? Have you ever gone dark on social media…
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    Where is the line between content creation and advertising?

    Every day, we are inundated with information through books, television and – of course – online. Some of this information is simple content creation for the sole purpose of entertainment or education. Seemingly much more of this information comes in the form of advertising and marketing. But where do you draw the line between content…
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    When the cloud fails you …

    So many of us conduct our business in the cloud these days. Therefore, we’ve come to depend upon it heavily and, when it fails us, we find ourselves frustrated and struggling to find workarounds to get the job done. Whether it’s a cell phone or general internet outage or a broken social media network, these…
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    Is social media your water cooler?

    Our friend Chris Brogan often refers to social media as “his water cooler.” As two kids who work from our respective home offices, we know what he means. What we are exploring in tonight’s #shehechat is whether or not folks with different work arrangements share that same sentiment for social media. Shelby, for example, is…
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  • CentralWisconsinSocialMediaConf

    Central Wisconsin Social Media Conference takeaways

    Whenever we attend or speak at a conference, we like to share our takeaways with the #shehechat community. During an event we share our experiences over social media, and then afterwards we like to also provide a more in-depth analysis. This week, Jim and I spoke at the Central Wisconsin Social Media Conference on the…
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    Fun with video: Curtis Silver Interview

    At the beginning of the year, Shelby and I set out to do more with video. The following video with Curtis Silver was actually filmed in January when we visited the great state of Florida on a business trip. Since then, we also shot some short video interviews at the SheStreams conference we spoke at…
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May
16

How do you deal with or avoid social media meltdowns?

SocialMediaMeltdown

Earlier this week, Shelby and I read with great interest “The Most Epic Brand Meltdown On Facebook Ever.” When we were able to pick ourselves up off the floor after rolling around in fits ouf laughter, we decided it would be an awesome topic for tonight’s chat. Our focus tonight will be on social media…
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May
07

Scheduling social media posts maybe isn’t so evil

image of scheduling social media posts

How many times a week do you ask or are asked phrases such as “What time is it?” or “What are you doing on the 15th?” Dates and times, clocks and calendars. Let’s face it; probably about 95 percent of our lives are dictated by schedules whether we like it or not. Our focus this…
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May
02

Do you ever grow tired of social media?

Image of Going Dark

Do you ever grow tired of social media? Do you ever open up your Twitter app, read through your stream, get annoyed and just close the app immediately? Are you sick of seeing inspirational quotes and postcards, Grumpy Cat photos and game invites on your Facebook page? Have you ever gone dark on social media…
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Apr
24

Where is the line between content creation and advertising?

image of dove real beauty sketchs

Every day, we are inundated with information through books, television and – of course – online. Some of this information is simple content creation for the sole purpose of entertainment or education. Seemingly much more of this information comes in the form of advertising and marketing. But where do you draw the line between content…
Read More

Apr
17

When the cloud fails you …

Image of Google Unavailable

So many of us conduct our business in the cloud these days. Therefore, we’ve come to depend upon it heavily and, when it fails us, we find ourselves frustrated and struggling to find workarounds to get the job done. Whether it’s a cell phone or general internet outage or a broken social media network, these…
Read More

Apr
11

Is social media your water cooler?

Image of Water Cooler

Our friend Chris Brogan often refers to social media as “his water cooler.” As two kids who work from our respective home offices, we know what he means. What we are exploring in tonight’s #shehechat is whether or not folks with different work arrangements share that same sentiment for social media. Shelby, for example, is…
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Apr
04

Is public shaming in social media effective?

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Have you ever had a bad experience at a restaurant, during a flight or at a hotel? Sure, we all have. Do we share those nightmares with our friends and family? Of course we do. And how often do we share those stories on our social networks with the general public? This is becoming all…
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