Twitter has decided they don't want incur the cost to continue to provide the API necessary for Social Share plug-in developers to include a "count" of how many times your blog was posted on Twitter. The official pull date was November 20th. This article starts with the sad story of how and when … [Read more...]
Social Marketing
Linda Sherman is a social marketing strategist and trainer. Social Marketing posts on Ask Linda Sherman include tips, initial reactions to social media platform changes and commentary too long to fit on Twitter. Linda also writes on this topic on BoomerTechTalk.com, LindaSherman.me, and KauaiMarketing.com.
Getting Your Newsletter Shared on Social Media
Building an opted in email list is an important goal for your current and future marketing health. Making it easy for your current recipients to share your newsletter in a variety of ways is a methodology you should not overlook. You probably already have "forward email" at the bottom of your … [Read more...]
Hilarious Article Defining Selfies
Former FastCompany and current Maxim editor Jason Feifer hit a home run submitting an opinion piece for The New York Times on selfies. He was inspired by the misuse of the word "selfie" by the press. As Jason runs through what is and what is not a selfie, he will have you laughing out loud. … [Read more...]
Why I am Switching to a SiteGround Server Host
Which is the best server host is a recurring topic of discussion in my WordPress user groups. For some time, Host Gator was a popular host. Then WPEngine. At the moment, the darling host of many people I know is SiteGround. I have been trying them out with several clients for the past six … [Read more...]
Twitter Group DM
My first reaction to hearing about Twitter Group direct messages was negative. "Have a private conversation with anyone on Twitter, even a friend of a friend." Sounds like a motivation to begin culling who you follow on Twitter. On the other hand I can see possibilities. Learning more about the … [Read more...]
Darkroom Free App Removed from iTunes – No Longer Needed for iPhone
On the BlogChat Twitter Chat June 29, 2014, our topic was OpenMic and I was talking about photographs. I recommended the FREE Darkroom iPhone app which I have put at least 100 people on over the years I have used it. Please note the host of BlogChat is Mack Collier. The free Darkroom app did … [Read more...]
Tweets Only Default on 2014 Twitter Redesign
Many people putting @names at the beginning of their tweets realize these do not go into the Twitter "newsfeed". For years many have been putting a dot in front of the @name at the front of a tweet like this: .@name to make sure that it did go into the feed. Just in case, you weren't aware that … [Read more...]
Facebook Embedded Posts
Have you tried out Facebook Embedded Posts yet? You can see it demonstrated here. I'm glad that Facebook added this functionality. I plan to use it with the article I am writing about image attribution for Facebook. It will also be useful for website "hand-outs" for my social media for business … [Read more...]
How To Use Twitter Hashtags
I should write about how to use Twitter Hashtags. For the time being I am reporting on a list.ly that disappeared. I just imported this post from Posterous and discovered that it was blank except for my description: "A very useful list curated by my friend Nick Kellett and reported on in … [Read more...]
Include Website and Social Profile Links on Your Facebook Profile About Page
Social Media Tip of the Day On your Facebook personal profile About page (TimeLine) or Info page (if not yet on Timeline) Use the Contact box to list your other social profiles and websites. No matter how many you list, Facebook will only display six of them. However, you may find it … [Read more...]
