Social media

  • Spinning a Yarn about Facebook Ads

    Spinning a Yarn about Facebook Ads

    This really isn’t a yarn; it’s a set of serious observations about Facebook ads that should help you get the most out of your Facebook ad investment. It has to do with yarn, though. It might surprise you to learn that I am a knitter — unless we’re friends at Facebook. That’s kind of personal…

  • Florida’s New Social Media Law

    Florida’s New Social Media Law

    There’s a lot of anxiety around, so let’s not add to it. Florida’s new social media law will have no effect on your professional website, your social media management, or your online presence, whether you live in Florida or not.  But it might be a sign of changes to come. There are 100 bills of…

  • Facebook Stars

    Facebook Stars

    Facebook Stars is a monetization program that has been used primarily in the Facebook livestream gaming community. Now, Facebook is expanding and promoting the program as a means of bringing businesses online. This is a goal — or a necessity — for many businesses during the pandemic. Before we talk more about how it works,…

  • 20 Tweets for Healthcare Professionals

    20 Tweets for Healthcare Professionals

    Social media is an integral part of our daily lives. It’s where we get our entertainment, our news, and how we keep up with friends and family. It’s also an effective way for businesses and those who provide goods and services to communicate with their potential customers, clients, and patients — this includes healthcare professionals.…

  • Facebook Ads: Detailed Targeting

    Facebook Ads: Detailed Targeting

    You can set up Facebook ads quickly by boosting a post and specifying very little — a zip code if you’re a local business, for example, or just targeting your followers. But sometimes it’s worth Detailed Targeting. Detailed targeting Detailed Targeting for Facebook ads includes a number of different factors. We’ll examine these in more…

  • Blogging vs. Social Media

    Blogging vs. Social Media

    Blogging used to be social media, back before we had social media. Copyblogger argued that it should continue to be considered part of the social media arsenal for some good reasons — but that was back in 2012. By now, blogging is distinct from social media in some significant ways: Blogging adds value to your…