I’ve been noticing a trend lately. Like most people, whenever someone follows me on Twitter, I get a notification.

Me being the inquisitive person that I am, I usually take a quick look to see if they’re someone I’d like to follow back. Sometimes I follow, sometimes I don’t.  Read more »

Guest post by Richard Chidike

Going by the increasing popularity of social media marketing, it is only wise to say that twitter marketing plan should be included in any viable online marketing plan. Read more »

Guest post by Eric Rea

Have you noticed that the hottest bloggers on the block right now are mom bloggers? I have. Here’s what I’ve learned about mom bloggers that helps them amass huge followings to their blog. They are excellent hosts.

These women throw killer events (have you seen the parties and swag at BlogHer??) both on blog and in real life. Here’s what you can learn from them. Read more »

Guest post by Eric Rea

You might wonder what birds have to do with blogging (besides a reference to a certain blue bird online). You know who gets the worm, right? The early bird. In blogging, as in life, it pays to be the early bird. Read more »

Have you ever grown tired of seeing a flood of @mentions…@mentions “Thanks for the RT!” on Twitter?

I have to say, it’s not the most interesting thing to read.

Even though it’s a nice gesture, it doesn’t always convey the weight of what a retweet really means to me.  It really falls flat in comparison to the real gratitude I feel when I see an RT @mention pop-up on my screen. Read more »

In my post Why Blog?, I created a neat little acronym to describe the word blog.

Although I was being a little silly when I defined BLOG as:

Boldly

Leveraging

Opportunities

Globally

there’s actually a lot of weight in that description. Read more »

Have you ever had this happen to you?

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Guest post by Jennifer Jinright

Bloggers like us are very busy people.

Not only do we have to promote our blogs through social media, guest posting and commenting; we also have to keep up with our lives.

How can we focus our social media efforts to save some time for other important tasks?

Use a Twitter Application like Hootsuite or Tweetdeck. But how do they save you time?

Here are four ways I’ve found they help me. Read more »

Shhh… don’t read this one out loud, it might start a riot. We don’t want to spark a looting spree, now do we?

On top of that, there are gurus who will want to buy me a new pair of shoes – cement shoes – for revealing this secret to getting the most out of social media. Read more »

Today, I’m aiming this post at those readers who have been thinking about starting a blog, but for whatever reason are still dragging their feet.

I can’t believe that there are people who still haven’t accepted the fact that the social dynamics are shifting and that blogging and social media in general has chiseled out a new space to communicate, connect, and build personal and professional relationships. It has reshaped and continues to remove boundaries. Read more »