No One Can Afford to Ignore Social Media

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

If you’re a regular visitor to this website, you know that we write and podcast often about the impact of social media and why it’s important for you to be involved. Whether you’re an investor, a business owner or just a consumer, social media is an arena that no one can afford to miss out on.

Let’s review 10 facts about social media:

1. Facebook has more than 550 million active users. More than 200 million access Facebook through their mobile devices. And people who use FB on their mobile devices are twice as active as non-mobile users. (more…)

Tweeting Your Own Horn

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Have you been “tweeting” your own horn? If you don’t know what we’re talking about, it’s past time to catch up on the latest social media phenomenon – Twitter.

Twitter offers you the chance to send short messages of 140 characters or less — commonly known as “tweets” — to any other Twitter member who has chosen to “follow” you. You can send the messages from your laptop or desktop – but most users send and receive tweets on their cell phones. (more…)