During a recent consultation with a client, we took a good look at her social networking pages. This person, a very successful internet entrepreneur, chose to delegate a large portion of her social networking to a team. She knew she had to stay visible on sites like Facebook, but for many reasons wasn’t personally attending to it. Together we looked at her pages, and immediately were struck by the sheer dullness of everything. Nothing … [Read more...]
Warholize Your Social Networking Profile Pics
The Warholizer didn’t just strike Viva Visibility! Take a look at a few other folks who added a new “look” to their profile pics this past week! @LouBortone @BlogSquad @TerryZsoloCEO Want to Warholize your photo? Here's the link. Tip: Use any photo editing software to crop your picture, saving the best of the bunch for your headshot. It will show up better in the small spaces allowed in Twitter and other sites. Why do … [Read more...]
Facebook Photos: How to Stand Out and Get Noticed
Listen to the director's cut podcast version here On a recent teleseminar with social networking experts, I shared a handful of my winning strategies for keeping a healthy-high level of online visibility. Because my focus is always on building relationships and connecting in a genuine way, I look for “out-of-the-box” ways to stay memorable. One strategy I use is to frequently upload new photos to Facebook and photo sharing sites like … [Read more...]
How to Look Busy with Social Networking Using Google Alerts and TweetLater
If you're wondering how to stay visible on social networking sites without having to set your alarm at all hours to keep up with it.... then try using Google Alerts and Tweet Later for content ideas and evergreen info you can publish at your own pace. Here's the Viva Visibility secret recipe: 1. Set yourself up for Google Alerts that touch on subject areas you are connected to. Use keywords and keyword phrases to trigger your alerts and … [Read more...]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Teleclass
I recently sent a note out to the participants in my Social Networking class, sharing a bit of a learning curve I found myself on over the past week or so. When I get bitten by the learning bug, I love to encourage others to do the same. I'm sharing this with you because ongoing learning and expansion of our minds creates new brain cells, and heaven knows we could all use some of those. Here’s what happened: After talking with Mary Pat … [Read more...]
Southern California Earthquake on Twitter
This morning I was doing my usual multi-tasking of writing an article while keeping Twitter open to see how the conversations were going. At 11:45 am Pacific Time, the house began to shake, and I knew I was in the middle of an earthquake! It has been a while since I felt one like this, everything in my house shook and I could hear things falling off my shelves. The bathroom cabinet contents ended up on the floor and a pile of CDs now sprawled … [Read more...]
