When it comes to speed and reach, social media has word of mouth and many other forms of communication beat. That’s why it is an idea tool for business and other organizations like community policing. Social media can help make our communities safer and more successful. As the creator of the Crime Stoppers Facebook "Leave [...]
Are you concerned about your online privacy and keeping your business safe online? Online privacy and security have become a major focus for business online activity today. What you do right now matters whether you live in Halifax, Dartmouth, Truro or elsewhere. You are not bullet proof. Cover Credit: PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION BY JOE ZEFF DESIGN [...]
Social media can be used to make our communities safer and more successful. Remember that crime not only costs the victim, it also costs our communities and local businesses in one way or another. Preventing crime can help reduce the drain on society. The Crime Stoppers Facebook "Leave A tip" tab is making a difference [...]
If you don't make your post a "Top Story" on Facebook, chances are that no one will see your post in their Facebook News Feed. You will be wasting your time. If you are doing this for business, this makes it even worse. What makes a Top Story on Facebook? Pictures and videos - they help create top [...]
Like everything else, you need to clean up your social media to make sure that you are building a great community of people around you. There is house cleaning and then there is social media cleaning. To monitor my Twitter follows, I use a website called Crowdfire App to keep my Twitter as vibrant as [...]
Social media setup can take a bit to get up and running. But once you are done, then you have to figure out what you are going to post on your social media. Here's a few ideas. I generally like to share lots of photos on social media. Here is one I took just a [...]
If they don’t know about you, they can’t hire or buy from you. If you are not top of mind with people, they won’t hire or buy from you. Either way, it’s a sad ending. In the process of Know, Like and Trust, you need to create business visibility and maintain it for the life [...]
This old saying is still true today...a picture is truly worth a thousand words on social media. People love to view and share pictures with their friends. There is nothing like a picture to connect people together. People can identify better with you when they see you in a place or situation they may have [...]
All opportunity does not comes to you on social media as a work request. Sometimes it comes hidden as a request for you to give. Don't let opportunity pass by without some form of careful consideration. A friend of mine, Steve Peifer, runs a series of computer labs in Kenya for kids. Steve works hard to [...]
Your Facebook Profile is not searched by Google; but your Facebook Page is. Make sure you take advantage of this for showing up in Search. Making sure that you use the keywords you want to show up for on Google is important to your Facebook Page ranking well. Not sure what words you should use. [...]