May 16, 2012

Facebook’s IPO is scheduled to hit the market Friday. It has been a long time coming; the Palo Alto based tech social networking site has eluded Wall Street much longer than tech startups are supposed to.   Now it seems the only reason that they’re taking this step is because they’ve grown too big to keep their financial information private and no...

May 14, 2012

Social networks almost always offer an array of privacy settings and sharing filters, but most privacy features are as different as they are confusing. As soon as you figure out one network, they change the settings or the layout, or you find out that you’ve misunderstood the privacy settings all along.   It’s not enough just to know where the...

May 10, 2012

As a few of you already know, (but most of you probably don’t), I was a featured contributor in technology and autos for Yahoo! prior to turning my attention back to web development and social media full time. Even though I’m not as active as an auto journalist, I still write from time to time, and there are still a couple hundred followers on my Twitter...

May 9, 2012

In order to get the most from Social Media you need to have a plan and know your strategy. Then once you start to implement your strategy you need to make sure that you are doing it the right way.   But how you can do it without spending hours every day?   You can have a look at your website stats in Google Analytics, but again, you need to make sure...

May 7, 2012

For the last couple months, I’ve been the primary developer for a new social network with a unique spin on dating. While I have gained quite a bit of knowledge and experience from this project, I feel like I have also seen the direct results of making the wrong moves when it comes to dealing with users, and specifically site features. Even though there was...

May 4, 2012

You are on LinkedIn, you filled out your profile and connected to your coworkers, but now your account is dormant. There are some conflicting views concerning whether you should connect with people you do not know, or only connect with users you know personally. The power of LinkedIn is in connecting with users that may be able to help you in the future, so most...

May 2, 2012

  According to BostInno, MIT is the most buzzed about university online. Mashable lists it as one of the top 10 social media-savvy universities in the world. Here are eight social media tactics that make social media at MIT so great.   Twitter: hashtags for events Dedicate a specific hashtag for an event. Attendees can share what they find memorable,...

May 1, 2012

Whether it’s your own blog, your client’s website or the Facebook page for the company you work for, it’s not fun getting negative comments. It makes us feel all sorts of emotions from anger, to hurt and even lack of confidence.   I used to watch one person try his best to sabotage a ski resort Facebook page where I live. It was like a train wreck...