Tag Archives: Business

Social Media’s Return to Relationships

It appears the social space is making a U-turn in it’s course for adventure and exploration. It appears that the direction social engagement is heading is a new, yet back to it’s roots direction. As with everything there are those … Continue reading

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Social Media in Gettysburg, Pa Poses Contrasting Strategies

Living in the Gettysburg/Adams County Pa area and working in the social media field one might think would be a challenge. When you think about social media, you usually think about the hustle and bustle of the urban area‘s, with … Continue reading

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Tips on Choosing a Social Media Manager

Thinking about hiring a Social Media manager? With all the buzz surrounding all things Social Media, it is no wonder there are so many social media  “experts” and “guru’s” invading the social media space. For someone like myself who works … Continue reading

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Strategy, Consistency & Flexibility: Why Most Small Businesses Fail with Social Media

How often have I heard this phrase from small business owners, “I can take care of the social media work myself?” …So often I hear from small businesses owners that they are not really looking for someone to manage their … Continue reading

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The Social Studmuffin #3 01/23 by Gettysburg Gerry | Blog Talk Radio

This week The Social Studmuffin  had a blast talking with Carried Keenan, Community Manger for Thill Logistics. Topics included Twitter, Google Hangouts and a variety of Social Media platforms tools and techniques. Carrie utilizes a unique, and creative approach to … Continue reading

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Social Media Fail: Not Being Social with your own Client

One of the biggest Social Media fails that I see regularly is a social media manager not being “social” with the very client he/she is working with. In almost all of my initial meetings with perspective clients I hear about the … Continue reading

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A Collection of Do’s & Don’ts That Hopefully Will Make Your Journey Smoother

  This past year has been a big one for me personally. Lots of challenges, lots of hurdles, lots of lessons learned. I wanted to take a moment and share some obstacles and successes that I encountered and experienced this … Continue reading

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Scheduling is Not the Enemy, Not Engaging is…

Scheduling is Not the Enemy, Not Engaging is… The other day I read a great post by Martha Giffen regarding completing social media tasks in 7 minutes a day by use of scheduling your posts. In 7 minutes a day,  sound ridiculous, … Continue reading

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Social Media and It’s Effects on Our Cultural and Geographical Boundaries

Social media and the power to transcend cultural and/or geographical boundaries in our world. Not only has the advent of social media changed “how” we communicate, it has greatly changed “who” we communicate with. When I first started this social media journey years … Continue reading

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Is Social Media the Kerosene of our Times

Is Social Media the kerosene of our times? The other evening I was watching a show on the history channel about “The Men Who Built America” and it was interesting to learn the role that Kerosene played in the building … Continue reading

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