Kick off Memorial Day weekend with 24 hours at either Walt Disney World or Disneyland! That’s right, from 6am on May 24 to 6am on May 25 you can literally get a full day of Disney magic. The special event will have lots of Monsters U theming since the movie is just one month away [...]
Disney World and Disneyland Open for 24 Hours on May 24!
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Enthuse.me – A New Way to Build Your Personal Brand
Enthuse.me is a lot of things and it doesn’t fit one mold. It’s part social media, part About.me or Flavors.me. Enthuse.me allows you to take the best parts of your social profiles and showcase them in one place. In short, it helps you build your personal brand. I don’t usually pay too much attention to [...]
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5 Reasons Not to Ask for Facebook Likes, Comments, and Shares for Your Giveaways
I still get a lot of traffic on my post about how to run a Facebook giveaway – and a lot of questions. It turns out people don’t like to hear that their giveaways may not be adhering to the Facebook Promotions Guidelines. And that’s OK. No one likes to hear they can’t do something they’ve always [...]
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Instagram Changes Terms of Service — What Will You Do?
I bet you’re seeing a lot of hubbub about Instagram’s updated Terms of Service. Here are the basics you should be concerned about: Instagram can share your username, profile pic, and your pictures. Instagram can also share your actions (Likes, Shares, comments, etc.) with advertisers and they don’t have to pay you. Underage users aren’t [...]
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Keep Your Kids Safe Online
What can you do to protect yourself and your family online? Today I’ve invited Mr. William Pelgrin, founder of Cyber Griffin, Inc., to share his expert tips to help parents keep up with the latest information for keeping their families safe online. As he says, “Parents should be aware that in today’s digital world, it isn’t [...]
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Is Facebook Sharing Your Secret Group Updates? No, I Don’t Think So (Part 2)
Earlier this week I wrote about how I thought Facebook could be sharing your updates in secret groups via widgets on third-party sites. After a little more digging, I’m revising my original hypothesis. I don’t think Facebook is sharing your updates to secret groups; I think this issue has to do with how ABC is [...]
Is Facebook Sharing Updates From Secret Groups?
I received an email today that has me concerned about Facebook, how Facebook shares our information, and what our expectations of privacy are. My friend received a screenshot from another friend that showed her in the Facebook widget on an ABC news page. I went to the URL in the screenshot and found the same [...]
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Use Pictures to Get More Comments on Facebook
When I attended Digtial Summit last week I heard both Jordan Franklin (@jordanfranklin) from Clickable (@clickable) and Matt Peters (@fracked) of Pandemic Labs (@pandemiclabs) speak about how you can use the quirks of the human mind to craft Facebook status updates that are more appealing and may encourage more comments, clicks, Likes, and shares. I [...]
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What Is An Online Community Manager?
Online Community Managers are brand evangelists, leaders, content developers, advocates, analysts, and mediators rolled into one. In what may be my favorite description ever, Deb Ng says that online community managers are similar to moderators in televised debates, “but with more cowbell.” Deb recently wrote Online Community Management For Dummies, and, since I know many [...]
Tips to Get More Shares on Facebook
Facebook engagement can be a tricky thing. If you want high clicks, comments, and shares you should consider what kinds of posts will resonate with your audience, what time of day to post, and what day of week to post. I attended Digtial Summit last week and heard Matt Peters (@fracked) of Pandemic Labs (@pandemiclabs) [...]
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