In my last Faith and Business 101 article, I touched on the importance of affordable advertising and how social media is the best free advertising you can get! Last week we talked about Facebook, this week we're going to focus on a very popular social media craze--Twitter. Even if you don't have a Twitter account I'm sure you've heard of it. Even mega businesses, and of course celebrities, are realizing the high value of Twitter and jumping on the bandwagon. I found it interesting to find that even things like the Coast Guard have official twitter pages. Any savvy small business owner will realize the enormous potential of twitter and start tweeting! As it is a huge craze right now you can find countless tutorials on proper twitter etiquette and decoding twitter language like like hastags, tweets, tweeps, retweet, follow friday, etc. I will be the first to admit that I'm not all that crazy about Twitter. Personally I like Facebook a whole lot more, *but* I currently have over … [Read more...]
Faith and Business 101: Stop Making These 5 Blogging Mistakes
Everyone who has ever blogged has made mistakes one time or another, but we always pull up our big girl panties, learn from it, fix it and move on. If you find you're making these 5 blogging mistakes, don't put it off any longer. Fix them--pronto! 5 Blogging Mistakes to Avoid Turning off comments What are you afraid of? Someone is going to tell you you're stupid for writing that? That's no excuse because you can moderate your comments. You can delete them or mark them as spam. If you think turning off comments will save you work, you're wrong. It's a mistake. Blogs are social and people like to interact on them. If you allow people to share your content, then allow your readers to share their opinions.This is the world we live in...people want to talk, share and have social interaction. If you prevent them from doing this, you may find yourself losing valuable readers. Not responding to comments No one wants to see a blog post with no comments so when you get one or several, take … [Read more...]
Important Tips For Using Facebook Securely
Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites today. Many inexperienced and experienced users alike can be thrown for a loop because of their constant changes or additions of new features. When this happens, replacing old features with new features can change or compromise your existing security and privacy settings. Facebook isn't all that forthcoming with information and many times someone is more likely to hear it from their friends or another news source about the changes. Forsake not Wisdom, and she will keep, defend, and protect you; love her, and she will guard you. The beginning of Wisdom is: get Wisdom! For skillful and godly Wisdom is the principal thing. And with all you have gotten, get understanding. - Proverbs 4:6-7 (amplified) We need to make sure that we use wisdom and take the time to teach our children how to be wise as well. Including how to use the Internet safely. Please take the time to teach these tips to the teenagers and younger ones in your … [Read more...]
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