Archive: January2012

Pinterest for business

Pinterest is a digital bulletin board to group and share visually-interesting images. Think of Pinterest like a visually-oriented Twitter, with focus on the act similar to re-tweeting: re-pinning. Users create boards based on themes (women’s clothing, baby items, travel) and “pin” any online image to the board accordingly. Upon selecting an item to add to

Facebook: how to tag status updates, from ’30 Second Social’

Facebook status update tagging is a simple way to extend the reach of your content to other users. Tags place your content on other users pages and profiles (in addition to your own) and include them in the conversation. In this episode of “30 Second Social,” Amy Guth explains how to tag other users on

Twitter: how to use ‘MT’ and ‘via’ from ’30 Second Social’

On Twitter, a “retweet” is a way for you to share another user’s tweet with your followers, and is commonly referenced as simply “RT.” Two other methods– “MT,” or modified tweet” and “via”– exist for sharing another user’s content with your followers. In this episode of “30 Second Social,” Scott Kleinberg explains these two easy

Twitter: Search engine optimization with Twitter bio keywords from ’30 Second Social’

On Twitter, one easy and proven way to boost search engine optimization is to write a proper bio. When edited correctly with keywords up front, Twitter SEO is greatly improved. In this episode of “30 Second Social,” Amy Guth explains how easy this is. Twitter: Search engine optimization with Twitter bio keywords

Levi’s showcases Instagram’s focus on business

Levi’s, the jean company, is casting an ad campaign using the hot photo sharing app Instagram. It’s asking potential stars to upload their photos with the hashtag #IAMLEVIS. So far, more than 1,200 photos have been tagged, giving Levi’s plenty to work with. “The new Levi’s collection was designed with you in mind. And we

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