3,000 More Twitter Followers with SocialBro

Over the past couple of months I have been using a tool to help me reach more followers on Twitter. As you know, one way to get more followers is to follow relevant people who are active on the site. But if you do this manually you can literally spend all day to follow some new people. Twitter allows you to follow 1000 new people a day, that would take […]

The 3 Best Tools for Curating Content

I’ve written about curating content before. It’s a great way to show your followers you care more about them and less about getting traffic for yourself. It’s also a great way to get more traffic for yourself because as you share more, people are more likely to click to visit your website. Even though I’ve discussed Bufferapp and Feedly before, unless you’ve already used one of these tools you might […]

Day In the Life- Social Media Manager and Her Tools

I hate the term social media manager. Anyone who has gotten 100 friends on Facebook seems to feel comfortable with calling themselves one, and it’s a very far cry from the actual work social media involves. So today I want to share with you, what it’s like to be a social media manager for a day, it isn’t for the faint of heart. Good morning! It’s time to check Email. […]

Planning Your Content Calendar with WordPress and Trello

I have been attending a lot of Twitter chats lately, and this Monday night I attended one by Social Solution Collective about planning your content calendar. I have recently joined their blog as a contributing author and they are an amazing set of women. You can see their Twitter profile here: @Collectivess From the chat (#collectivechat) many of us shared tools, ideas and blog posts that we found helpful in […]

9 Reasons I’m Going to Social Media Success Summit and You Should Too!

In October Social Media Examiner will again be holding their annual Social Media Success Summit. It is a fully ONLINE event that features 45 of the most notable experts in social media, and I can’t wait to go. I attended last year and loved it for these reasons: Tons of talks (webinars) about topics I cared about: Facebook Twitter Youtube Blogging Google+ Video Linkedin Pinterest Relationships Strategy Crisis Management Customer […]

10 Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media Automation

You could spend all day on social media, working on getting more exposure for your brand. But, then you wouldn’t have time to work on your actual business, so you need to find a happy medium. Automation, though criticized for being impersonal, is one way you can save a lot of time with social media, and still reach your goals. You must be careful though, and remember that people use […]

What Is Sprout Social? My Favorite Social Media Software

What Is Sprout Social? My Favorite Social Media Software

Being in social media, means I have a LOT of options when it comes to social media software. There are programs that have all kinds of features, and I would love to try them all, but you, you don’t have time for that, so I want to tell you about one I just started using, and plan to use for quite awhile. What is Sprout Social? Sprout Social is a […]