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Twitter: How to retweet 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.” In this episode of “30 Second Social,” Scott Kleinberg explains how to retweet. Twitter: How to retweet

Ho! Ho! Ho! — #Ho!

Image: Andreas Rentz / Getty Images We’ll be taking a holiday break here at the 435 Digital blog. To spread a little cheer I’m presenting a few clips from the top 15 holiday  movies of all time as voted by Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye readers. It’s an eclectic collection. But for me, the holidays are

Facebook Timeline demystified

The Chicago Tribune’s Tribune Media Group has been working with CBS-2 Chicago News to help viewers understand changes in various social media platforms. This morning, the Chicago Tribune’s Tracy  Schmidt discussed Facebook’s new Timeline feature and what that means for your Facebook presence. Tracy did an awesome job – she always does. I’d also like

Four destinations for understanding Google+ pages

Things are coming along nicely over at Google+ pages. The Googlers are hard at work adding all kinds of features. and you can read about them on a number of pages. The official Google blog, The official launch page for Google+ Brand Pages. A new resource that could become valuable as it evolves is the 

Get a refresh on Facebook for business

If you’ve just attended Trib U training on how to use Facebook for business you might want to refresh your memory as you build your page by checking out Facebook’s Free Marketing Bootcamp, which started this week and is running for the next two weeks. Facebook’s already hosted  two live streaming sessions and they’ll be