4 Steps To Avoid A Social Media Nightmare

Social Media Dream or Nightmare?

There’s an old Japanese proverb that says, “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” As you begin your journey with social media are you having a pleasant dream or a nightmare? Follow these 4 steps to ensure that your social media campaigns are the stuff of dreams and not another [...]

Weekend Update – Oct9

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Happy Social Media Saturday! Listed below are links to interesting things I found on the web this week: cool tools, great blog articles, memorable Tweets – anything that sticks out to me and I think is worth sharing. I encourage you to check them out for yourself. Blog Post: How To Create Your Own Twitter Background [...]

7 Reasons Why iLove Mailchimp

Email marketing is not dead! There’s even a website devoted to the topic. If you’re not doing email marketing, or have stopped doing it, you are missing a very important spoke in your marketing hub. I’ve been doing email marketing for a few years now and am very happy with a our email marketing provider. [...]

We Want You(r Help In Deciding The 501 People To Follow On Twitter)

We Want You To Help With Our Twitter List

We really do want your help in deciding the 501 people that anyone working in an independent school should follow on Twitter. Let me explain – I’m a contributing blogger for edSocialmedia.com where I wrote a post listing the 101 people that you should follow on Twitter. The positive response, coupled with the great additions [...]

Weekend Update – Oct2

Happy Social Media Saturday! Listed below are links to interesting things I found on the web this week: cool tools, great blog articles, memorable Tweets – anything that sticks out to me and I think is worth sharing. I encourage you to check them out for yourself. Blog Post: 25 Ways To Measure Social Media [...]

4 Ways To Extend Your Brand With Twitter

Twitter

OK – I’ll admit it. During my first few months using Twitter I didn’t really “get it.” I started to follow a few people and I quickly realized that I didn’t care what they ate for breakfast. Thankfully, Twitter has come along way in a short time and I’ve come to understand it’s power to [...]

Is Facebook The New Internet?

I have a secret to share? I’m a huge fan of the X-Files. As a result, I’ve learned that conspiracy theories do exist and I think I’ve uncovered one. Let me offer a little background and clarification first though – according to Wikipedia: the internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that…carries a vast [...]

Weekend Update – Sept25

Happy Social Media Saturday! I hope you’ve had a great cup of coffee already. Listed below are links to interesting things I found on the web this week: cool tools, great blog articles, memorable Tweets – anything that sticks out to me and I think is worth sharing. I encourage you to check them out [...]

Book Review: Inbound Marketing: Getting Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs

The original inbound marketers, the Grateful Dead, began their song “Althea“: I told Althea I was feeling lost Lacking in some direction Althea told me upon some scrutiny My back might need some protection. I wonder if the Grateful Dead’s inspiration for those lyrics were the people responsible for marketing at independent school’s during the [...]