Educating teens on social media use and responsibility is quite the challenge – with the immediacy and constant availability of social media, teens tend to use social media to vent frustration, share conflict, or even sometimes with the intent to harm a classmate’s reputation. Most times, teens don’t have malicious intent – they are […]
Job Seekers: Is The Resume Dead?
Whether you’re just out of college and ready to start your career, or you’re looking for a change, you may have noticed that job seeking is changing. Part of it has to do with technology in general, such as online applications vs. postal mailing of resumes and cover letters, and another has to do […]
Social Media: 1st Amendment Vs. Company Discretion
When it comes to social media, it can get tricky for businesses. When companies utilize social media to engage with customers, they always run the risk (and often deal with) negative comments. Some of it is warranted, and some of it not so much. The tried and true advice has been to not delete […]
Why You are Missing Data in Your Social Media Monitoring Program
Social media moves fast, and users’ posts are getting shorter and shorter, more often just images without much text. Consider the following: 69% of social media posts about a brand, product, service or event do NOT contain the name of the subject being posted More and more images are being posted without text at all […]
A College Student’s Guide To LinkedIn
As the parent of an incoming college student, it’s time to start thinking about the future. Whether you’re in your last year of college or your first, thinking about graduate school or starting a career after four years, it’s important for students to start building their professional online presence. I’m not the only […]