Surprise and Delight

Surprise and Delight

I love surprises: when my husband brings home a mocha for me, a handwritten letter in the mail from a friend, a friend stopping by unannounced. One of the best social media related surprises ever happened on the morning of my most recent birthday. My cell phone rang...
Get to Know Someone New

Get to Know Someone New

Involvement in social media is all about relationships. Social media is about relationships. The short answer to the question “Why social media?” is relationships. When you participate in social media, you create an opportunity for buidling and...
Three Tips about Organizing Online Contacts

Three Tips about Organizing Online Contacts

This week, I shared four tips about organizing online contacts. If you are seeking to grow your influence online, you likely want to build your network of fans, friends, and followers. But how do you keep them all organized and filter out important information from...
Are your Circles Organized

Are your Circles Organized

When I joined Google+, I fully intended to add people to circles in a organized and orderly way, so I would be able to communicate with them easily about pertinent topics and filter my stream effectively to read updates by topic. It worked at first. I diligently spent...