Image via Wikipedia Social media can be extremely overwhelming, especially if you’re of the old school business thinking. You’re happy if you can manage your email account, but all these technologies seem a little daunting to master. You wouldn’t jump into a business without a plan, that would be crazy. Spending some real deep thought [...]

Image via Wikipedia Social media has graduated from a fad to a mainstream industry. It’s not only recommended, it’s becoming a necessity. If you’re a business, and you’re not actively engaging in a social media outreach program of one form or another, then you will soon lose out to your competition. Think of it in [...]

Image via CrunchBase Facebook and social media truly can change lives! Anyone who’s ever been on an organ donation list knows how disheartening it is, and how long it can take to find a donor who matches all the criteria necessary for a successful organ transfer. If you, or someone you love is on a [...]

Image via Wikipedia Increased use of Facebook means…what? Sypholis on the rise? Facebook is all the craze. Everybody’s doing it. Facebook’s more popular than google now. However, according to British health authorities there may be a link between Facebook and a rise in Syphilis outbreaks according to the daily telegraph. Apparently Syphilis has increased as [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Does your Social Skillset end w/ Facebook? When you really look at facebook, and all it can do – it reminds me in many ways of an online dating site back in the day, before I was married. Facebook has photo albums, chat capabilities, profiles, really it’s a glorified [...]

Think Social Media Doesn’t Matter? Think again! A New Study by Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate Research found that consumers are twice as likely to make purchases from brands that they follow on facebook(51% more likely to buy) or twitter(67% more likely to buy). (via Econsultancy Blog) Still think social media is over-rated and over-hyped? [...]

Image via CrunchBase According to Hitwise (via TechCrunch ), Facebook has now surpassed Google as the most visited website on the internet. When I read this I got a bit overly excited, not that I’m a huge Facebook fan, but that Google can be challenged. A part of me hates the big guy and always [...]