SoMe & I

If your business/brand has joined the Social Media phenomenon, it is I’m sure, to promote your product/service and interact with your current and future customers, while gaining new ones.

Let’s face it, a single 140 character tweet can be useful and meaningful in regards to promoting your business and staying in touch with your customers.

However, the Federal Court and the ASB (Advertising Standards Bureau) have established legal principles which apply to businesses and their use of Social Media….

And more power to the people it seems, thanks to Social Media and technology in general. It is now within the power of ‘anyone’ to share with the rest of the world…. the good, the bad and the ugly!

A simple video upload to YouTube….

After several request, I’m more than pleased to say that Twitter has made several improvements for “Embedded Tweets”. And for those of you who do include tweets on your site/blog, you will very much appreciate the latest updates….

I personally use both Chrome and Firefox and have taken several steps to guard the privacy of my online travels, on both browsers.

So for those of you interested in protecting yourself against invisible and unwanted tracking, follow these steps….

My heart goes out to celebrities.

I’m sure by now you all know that a statement credited to Morgan Freeman concerning the latest school shooting is a hoax.

The statement is still circulating on social platforms such as Twitter, Google+, Facebook and Instagram even though Freeman’s representative has stated that it is a hoax….

For those of you interested in deleting all of your tweets from your Twitter page, do not bother making a request to twitter or support.

First of all, I’d like to thank Danielle Monique (aka @22DanielleM) for her continues support and input in regards to this blog and its content.

Now for those of you interested in finding a little more about your ‘year on twitter’, simply visit Vizify, sign via twitter and view your content in a graphical representation….

Every brand online is telling a story. Their story. One story that truly represents the brand and its worth. It is a story that, hopefully, will be followed by many.

But who’s telling your story? Is your child, partner or friend representing your brand online? Is your brand as involved as it should be, in achieving the online recognition it deserves? And I ask: are you sure of what is expected from you and your brand online?

As I’ve mentioned before, an online knowledge of technology and tools will benefit you and certainly help you establish your brand and its reputation.You need to….

Even though Twitter has made it possible for us to view conversations between fellow twitter citizens, there are also several tools for tracking conversations with much ease and furthermore, on a single page. For those of you interested, I recommend the following sites….