Tweet Follow me on twitter By my friend on Facebook Join me on LinkedIn In the real world, to be comfortable following, being a friend of or joining someone it may require knowing some things about them. Who do they hang around? What do they do? What kind of things do they like to do. Do you have anything in common with them? Well, whether you know it or not, social media is the real [...]

Tweet We’re all smitten with social media. We can talk to people all around the globe, we can grow our businesses, and we can reach out and touch our neighbors without leaving the comfort of home. We chat, we tweet, we post, we blog, we share, we comment, we Skype, we’re up on all the latest social media platforms, and we’re happily and proudly engaged. But have you ever thought about how your social media [...]

Tweet Social media is quickly become a major part of a lot of small businesses marketing and branding game plans and twitter is at the forfront of that. For the busy entrepreneur, simply logging into the Twitter website is not an effective way to make the most out of twitter. In order to expand his or her reach in the social media universe, they must the most of their 8 or more hour workday. The [...]

Tweet Exploring Social Media and CreditLoan.com collaborated on an infographic to illustrate the gap between those that use social media tools and those that do not. What I found interesting was that email still remains the number 1 marketing tool even as social media continues to gain ground amongst large and small companies.

Tweet In times of old “buzz” about the royal weddings was restricted to the words and bell of the town crier. Now with twitter, Facebook and various blogs, buzz can spread much faster and wider. Webtrends put together statistical data that shows how  the royal wedding was talked about across the internet. Surprisingly, The United States held 65% of the chatter while the site of the wedding (UK) only had 20%. Twitter claimed most of [...]

Tweet The Dogg Blogg continues to celebrate Women’s History Month with our blog series that recognizes successful and talented women in the areas of technology, design, and small business planning & consulting. Featured by BlackWeb2.0 as one of the Most Powerful Women on Twitter, Ms Faydra D. Fields (@faydra_deaon) has acquired a pretty strong presence in social media. At a young age she discovered her interest in technology and later her passion to share her [...]

Tweet Five years ago today development of what we know as Twitter began. According to Wikepedia Twitter’s origins lie in a “daylong brainstorming session” that was held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo. While sitting in a park on a children’s slide and eating Mexican food, Jack Dorsey (@jack) introduced the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small group. For some it is hard now to imagine [...]

Tweet Interested in knowing how Americans are spending their St. Patrick’s Day. Lab42 conducted a survey of 405 social network users showing what plans they have on March 17th. (Image courtesy Lab 42)

Tweet Social media in its present form has become such an intricate part of most of our lives it’s hard to imagine a time when it was not as popular. Facebook, twitter and LinkedIn were all birthed from mediums that no longer exist or have taken a back seat. Enjoy this historical account of social media courtesy of  OnlineSchools.org. Via: Online Schools.org

Tweet It goes without saying that social media has become a very intricate part of our business and personal lives. This infographic (Designed by TechKing) compares the numbers of popular social media outlets. Everything You Need to Know About Social Networks by Tech King