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Quality vs Quantity & what to keep in mind when striving for both
If you’ve spent much time in the social media world, you may have noticed 2 different types of accounts – ones with fewer, but high quality fans and followers and ones impressive amounts of less engaged fans and followers. These definitely aren’t the only 2 options, and a combination of both is what everyone wants, but if you find yourself in...
Protect your Social Media accounts from phishing.
This article from Mashable discusses the newest phishing attack making the rounds on Twitter. With metric tools and applications that require logging in to connect with Twitter, it’s increasingly difficult to judge which links are beneficial and which are hacks. A couple of things to keep in mind: 1. If it doesn’t specifically tell you the...
Why social media is not The Breakfast Club (and why cold medicine and blogging might not mix)
If I were a color, it would be orange. I realize that’s an odd thing to say considering this isn’t a Facebook quiz. It all goes back to a leadership survey from college that informed me I had “orange” tendencies. Basically, being orange means I’m outgoing, a little theatrical, competitive, and a natural leader. If you meet me...
Social Media in the Classroom
Social Media Club folks are big supporters of social media in education. On Friday, a Social Media Club member blogged about an event they attended that discussed social media’s use in the classroom. Some interesting things were discussed. Here’s the post. On Friday, Feb 19, I attended the Georgetown University-hosted event,...