http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:46:28 -0700 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:39:09 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m9d29-How-to-stop-Twitter-Spam-with-just-one-click?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner If you are anything like me, you despise Twitter Spam and unwanted solicitations. Hey, Twitter is FREE so what can you do about it? Report them! Here's how using two of the most popular twitter clients Seesmic Desktop and TweetDeck. http:... Twitter Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:39:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m9d29-How-to-stop-Twitter-Spam-with-just-one-click?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Why-do-you-follow-people-on-Twitter?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner The tale of 3 different lists - In August, the real estate search company, Roost.com (based in SF) began posting a monthly series "Roost’s 50 RE People You Should Follow on Twitter" . We can safely guess that Derek Overbey (the mai... Twitter Social Media Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:06:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Why-do-you-follow-people-on-Twitter?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m9d15-How-do-you-Respond?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner One of the greatest values of Social Media is that you are able to easily put out content on many different channels.  For instance, you’ll find me on my blog, on Twitter, on Facebook (on my personal profile a... Social Media Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:33:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m9d15-How-do-you-Respond?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m8d17-How-to-TEXT-while-driving?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner DON'T !! Plain and simple, just don’t do it. In California it’s illegal and has been since January 1, 2009. The new Wireless Communications Device Law (effective January 1, 2009) makes it an infraction to write, send, or read tex... Social Media Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:17:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m8d17-How-to-TEXT-while-driving?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m8d14-The-Speed-of-Social-Media?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner The exponential growth of social media has been well documented. Sometimes it takes a visual to get the point across.Big and Small Business is scrambling to get on the Social Media Bandwagon. No matter if it’s Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or ... Social Media Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:21:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m8d14-The-Speed-of-Social-Media?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m7d28-New-Facebook-Fans-or-Old-Facebook-Friends?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner You’re a small business owner and have been on Facebook for a little while and now that you have a wonderful new Facebook Business Page, suddenly you have questions. How does this new Business Page effect your Peeps?Congratulations! You&rsquo... Facebook Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:00:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m7d28-New-Facebook-Fans-or-Old-Facebook-Friends?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Yes-you-can-change-your-Facebook-Username?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner Breaking news! From http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/07/change-facebook-username/ When Facebook first released the username tool a few weeks ago, they said that you better like the username that you select because you’ll never be able to change ... Facebook Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:10:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Yes-you-can-change-your-Facebook-Username?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Zappos-and-Amazon-sitting-in-a-tree?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner Image by ShashiBellamkonda via Flickr If you haven’t already heard, “Amazon.com buys Zappos.com” Ok, maybe it’s better to describe it as “acquired” as it’s apparently a stock deal.I met Tony Hsieh, CEO of ... Social Media Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:35:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Zappos-and-Amazon-sitting-in-a-tree?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m7d15-4-ways-to-add-content-to-your-Facebook-Page?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner  There’s a couple of different ways to add content to the wall of your Facebook Business Page. While I am a big fan of Business Pages, I am also highly critical of Pages that offer nothing compelling or engaging to the Fans. Part of your e... Facebook Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:09:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m7d15-4-ways-to-add-content-to-your-Facebook-Page?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Understanding-Facebooks-Vanity-URLs-Profiles-Groups-and-Pages?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner Here is everything you need to know as a Professional about Facebook’s Vanity URLs, Profiles, Groups, and Pages. First a little info on Facebook.  What started as a way for College Kids to stay connected has evolved into one of the fastest... Facebook Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:28:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Understanding-Facebooks-Vanity-URLs-Profiles-Groups-and-Pages?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d28-Why-your-small-business-needs-a-Facebook-Page?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner It won’t be anything like the land rush of the first Facebook URL frenzy but starting Sunday Night June 28th at 9:00 PM the gates are open for all. Facebook was pretty smart in the way they released custom URLs.   You see, most anyone... Facebook Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:58:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d28-Why-your-small-business-needs-a-Facebook-Page?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d27-What-is-FollowFriday?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner  As you check in with Twitter on a Friday you might notice tweets packed to the brim with replies.  At the end of the tweet you might notice a hashtag #FollowFriday.   In essence the sender of that tweet is putting the twits ment... Twitter Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:40:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d27-What-is-FollowFriday?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d24-Theres-something-fishy-about-Mary?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner Mary Steadman from San Jose, CA that is.  According to her site,  http://www.marylifeblog.com/ she fell on some hard times and lost her job.  The good news is that she has since turned it all around. In her own words… My name ... Google Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:08:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d24-Theres-something-fishy-about-Mary?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Is-Google-Voice-ready-to-launch?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner Here’s what we do know…  Google has recently secured one million phone numbers! Here’s what we don’t know…  When they are going to launch. What’s Google Voice? To put it in  Lord of the Rings ter... Google Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:28:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Is-Google-Voice-ready-to-launch?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d22-The-Craigslist-of-Service?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner Image via Wikipedia First Lady Michelle Obama is in San Francisco today calling on Americans to make this a "summer of service". She’ll be giving the keynote address at a conference on volunteerism at the Moscone Center which is a ... Social Media Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:24:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d22-The-Craigslist-of-Service?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d20-Whats-with-all-the-Green-on-Twitter?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner If you are on twitter you've probably noticed quite a few people with green avatars. You might have also have seen the trending hashtag topic #iranelectionhttp://twitter.com/#search?q=%23IranelectionThe green avatars on Twitter are in support an... Twitter Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:00:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d20-Whats-with-all-the-Green-on-Twitter?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Start-your-day-with-Alltop?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner Image via CrunchBase Alltop is a site that collects All the Top ics from All the Top blogs* and puts them in easy categories.  (now you can see where the name comes from).  Haven’t heard of Alltop?  Maybe you have heard of one... Social Media Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:48:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Start-your-day-with-Alltop?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d18-11-things-you-didnt-know-Google-could-do?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner I happened to notice yesterday that there’s a new link under the normally sparse search page.I’m not sure how long it’s been there. My home page is set for iGoogle and it does not show there. By clicking on this link you’ll b... Search Engine Comparisons Google Search Engines Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:27:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d18-11-things-you-didnt-know-Google-could-do?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Have-a-Vanity-Facebook-URL-Do-you-still-need-the-old-one?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner The initial Facebook land rush is now behind us. More than 500,000 vanity usernames were registered within the first 15 minutes. Additionally more than 3 million people registered their Facebook usernames in the first 12 hours after the land rush beg... Facebook Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:28:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Have-a-Vanity-Facebook-URL-Do-you-still-need-the-old-one?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Do-you-really-need-a-vanity-Facebook-account?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner The hype is out there.  The buzz is building.  My alarm clock is set. Very soon you’ll be able to change your existing Facebook profile URL from something that looks like this: To something that looks like this: Is this really impo... Facebook Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:34:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13527-SF-Social-Media-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Do-you-really-need-a-vanity-Facebook-account?cid=exrss-SF-Social-Media-Examiner