Social Media Bootcamp

Social media is powerful. In 2009, Eric Qualman of Socialnomics released a video called Social Media Revolution that dramatically showed the way social media is revolutionizing the way we spend time online, search for and share information, and do business. The 2011 updated video demonstrates that social media is now more pervasive in our personal [...]

Facebook dominates our lives in a number of ways: it is the primary method of communication we use among some of our friends; it has allowed us to reconnect with people from the past; and at times, it serves as a great tool for procrastination. But Facebook has several useful implications for your business and [...]

Every year, new words and phrases are added to the dictionary and each new list of words is reflective of the times in which we live. The Oxford University Press recently announced its new additions to the dictionary. If there needed to be more evidence that social media is on the rise, the OUP just [...]

Happy Friday! To end the week, take a look at three of the most interesting and compelling social media-related stories from around the web. Feel free to comment with your thoughts, or links to any other social media news you’ve found! One Imagine not having access to any social media sites for a whole week: [...]

A report released on August 27 by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project makes one thing clear: young people aren’t the only ones using social media anymore. While young people still dominate social media use, their growth has slowed in recent years compared to the giant leaps of growth seen among Internet [...]

Do you want to learn more about social media? Are you looking to give it a try, for business or personal use? Take a look at these helpful social media links. No matter how much you know about social media, they’ll help you discover how to use it more effectively. Mashable’s 26 Essential Social Media [...]

Kelli has a great blog called PRos Training. She recently posted an entry listing a bunch of her favorite posts that people have found helpful. Thanks Kelli for pulling this together in an easy to sort through format! She offers great tips on: Blogging Twittering Linkedin And more…

I’m a fan of Social Media Today, and get a ton of great information from very informed bloggers. A recent blog entry I wanted to share is from Eric Schwartzman. He wrote a short, but sweet overview about how to generate leads on SlideShare.  Eric offers four tips: Get personal Visual essays work bet Serve [...]

This video has fast become viral – not unlike social media itself. It was developed by Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business. My only wish is that they’d slow down the video – some of the statements fly by so quickly they’re difficult to read, [...]