Yesterday Twitter announced updates to its family of mobile apps. The updates covered in this post are… Twitter Two-Step Verification Social Search Photo Galleries Twitter Lists If you are in fear that your Twitter account will be hacked, you now can enroll in login verification and approve login requests directly from your mobile app. Login […]
Read More →Facebook announced today that they will be more transparent with their Edgerank formula. Instead of jumping right into the changes, let’s learn about what Edgerank is. What is Facebook Edgerank? Facebook Edgerank is an unofficially named Facebook algorithm that determines which stories are shown on your timeline. Not every post from all your friends and the pages […]
Read More →The social media training program will train either a Social Media & Marketing Intern or a staff member how to use social media effectively to enhance Hillel’s mission. Why should you sign up? . Learn to engage your audience with social media . Give a student or staff professional development . Provide leadership opportunities […]
Read More →Up until recently, I have been anti-Facebook Hashtag. Facebook was late to the hashtag game and I thought that they didn’t have any relevance on Facebook. For those who are unfamiliar, hashtags are ways to group conversations online. Adding the # symbol in front of a word or phrase makes it clickable. Hashtag functionality is […]
Read More →Do you want to engage your fans with a social media contest? This post will highlight ideas others have already used. Facebook was purposely excluded from this list as it falls into another category because of their strict guidelines. See Also: How to run a legal Facebook Photo Contest 1. Vine Although Instagram introduced video […]
Read More →Facebook recently announced that you will be able to embed Facebook posts on websites and blogs. Twitter already allows for this functionality. “When embedded, posts can include pictures, videos, hashtags and other content. People can also like and share the post directly from the embed.” The functionality isn’t widely available yet, but I am very […]
Read More →Happy Saturday! Next week I am presenting with former colleagues at a social media break out session for at Hillel’s yearly staff conference. Hillel’s stated mission is “to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world”. I worked for Hillel for two years as […]
Read More →I posted on my Facebook Page and asked what the next Big Social Network is going to be. One of my fans said Potluck. I did some research and found an article from Mashable that included a link to post all about Potluck. It is described in a blog post as… “A house party […]
Read More →An update to Instagram this week now allows you to embed photos and videos on your website. You can tell that it is embedded, not only because of the filter, but because of the Instagram logo and link to my profile on Instagram. Keep reading to see how to do it. When viewing an […]
Read More →This morning I went to post a link to a blog post about a Food Truck and I noticed something interesting about posting on Facebook. Facebook normally automatically populates a thumbnail for you, drawing on text and photos from the article or link. What if you don’t like the photo? At the end of this […]
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