The 10-Minute Touch Up is a quick, weekly challenge to get you DOING, not just reading about doing. Consider it a way to touch up your blogging just 10 minutes at a time! Challenge: Dig into Twitter analytics to find out what your followers want. Why: To see what gets your followers interacting with you,…
After you’ve been blogging a while, you’ve surely come across things other people do on social that drive you nuts. As someone who’s been in marketing communications for years and years, I have extra Spidey senses when it comes to the way people communicate (which makes me not only hyperaware but also HYPER-PICKY). Sometimes I’m in…
Twitter spammers. They’re annoying, even if the tweets make us laugh sometimes because they are so darn ridiculous. I mean, did someone really post “bad things” about me online? Did they really LOL because they saw me in that video? [insert fishy link here] Yep, spammers are a part of Twitter. There’s no doubt about…
Has your Facebook page been feeling a little neglected? Or did Timeline throw you for a loop? Well I thought it might be good to run through a few ways you can spiffy up your Facebook fan page so it’s just a little more awesome. Before I get to that though, it’s important to knock you…
If you’ve ever been scared of Twitter, confused about Twitter or annoyed with Twitter, this post is for you. If you’re on Twitter and still don’t get it, this post is for you too. Twitter is critical to building relationships with your readers as well as other bloggers (many of which are your readers). It’s…
Facebook’s always changing and just might be the most frustrating social media platform out there! Since my last two 10-minute touch ups dived into analytics of two other platforms, I thought I’d highlight one cool little feature of Facebook Insights that’ll help you “spy” on what others are doing. The 10-Minute Touch Up is a quick, weekly challenge…
When I got the invite for the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, I literally gasped and covered my mouth in disbelief. I was at work at the time; otherwise I probably would have screamed like a teenage girl seeing her heartthrob. Ha! On May 9, my family and I descended into Disney World to experience…
The 10-Minute Touch Up is a quick, weekly challenge to get you DOING, not just reading about doing. Consider it a way to touch up your blogging just 10 minutes at a time! Welcome a Pinterest Board to the Neighborhood Challenge: Repin, like, or comment on pins from the new Pinterest board of someone you follow. Why: Building community…
This post is for the Twitter lovers, the Twitter haters and the Twitter newbies. Out of all the social media platforms, Twitter is definitely the hardest one to figure the hey out. Even so, there are some basic things you should be doing in Twitterland if you want to build a Twitter following. First let me…
Noticed a change lately in the amount of traffic coming from Pinterest? You’re not the only one. For some bloggers, traffic has tanked. For others, it’s dropped a decent bit. Some of you might not have seen much difference at all. (And some may have even seen an increase!) For bloggers who are seeing the changes, here’s…
I use Facebook on a daily basis: for my Community Manager job at Burt’s, my personal profile and this blog’s Facebook fan page. This is Momcomm’s first review and as you know, I’m pretty selective about anything I do on here. But I was asked to review this book and I really couldn’t say no. Why?…
If you haven’t heard, Facebook is changing things up (again!). Starting today January 15, both cover photos and any News Feed ads cannot contain more than 20% text. What does 20% look like? It could look like this (or a whole host of variations): Facebook’s cover photo guidelines have always included things like no URL or no call…
Ever wanted to make finding people to follow on Twitter easier? Well, here ya go. The 10-Minute Touch Up is a quick, weekly challenge to get you DOING, not just reading about doing. Consider it a way to touch up your blogging just 10 minutes at a time! Challenge: Use the free version of Tweepi to find relevant peeps to follow….
This probably doesn’t come as a shocker but about 80% of pins on Pinterest are re-pins. It’s not a shocker because you probably re-pin most of the time! Me too. On the surface, it seems like you never really have to leave Pinterest to find a little inspiration. But the big question is: are you blindly re-pinning? …
I don’t know about you but Pinterest is one of my top sources of traffic. Trust me when I say this: you want to do everything possible to get readers to pin your blog posts to Pinterest! Sure many readers will use their browser’s Pin It bookmarklet or the Pin It button within your social…
EDITED TO ADD: This post is REALLY outdated and Pinterest has come a long way, baby! If you wanna learn tricks to making your pins come up in search, sign up for the Pinning Perfect e-course. Over 45 lessons within 8 units to show you exactly how to skyrocket your referral traffic from Pinterest. Group boards and followers are…
I recently did a Twitter name change double whammy: I deleted one Twitter handle entirely and renamed my older handle to a new name. The Twitter handle @momcommblog is now defunct and @adventuroo got renamed to @MelACulbertson. Doing a Twitter name change sounds simple enough but once you start realizing how many places your Twitter…
While many people are still getting used to the new Facebook timeline for pages, there are some new features to get all happy about. One of them is highlighting. As you know, your timeline is divided into two columns like so. It’s a common complaint of the new format but, hey, it’s here to stay. Highlighting spreads…