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11Dec 2009 by Peter Lang 4 Comments

Digital Abuse – What is it? & How do you prevent it?

Saftey Online
Online Safety series I read a great article on the Facebook Blog today that I know will be useful to share. It begins with: Casi Lumbra, 17, is an advisory board member for MTV's A Thin Line campaign, which launched today to help teens stop the spread of digital abuse. She's also a member of WiredSafety.org's Teenangels, a group of teens trained in all aspects of online safety, privacy and security. While people on Facebook may never encounter digital abuse, they still need to be able to spot it and stop it. We asked Casi to share her perspective as a teenager and expert about the causes of digital abuse and ways that teens can avoid it. In today’s society more and more time is spent online. This is wonderful…
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03Nov 2009 by Peter Lang 6 Comments

Job Hunting with or without a Personal Brand

Social Media
The Class of 2009 has spent the months after graduation looking for a job. 40,000 of this year’s graduates are hunting (via http://www.guardian.co.uk/). What happens next? Are you fully prepared? Finally, the day has arrived. You’ve landed an interview with a wonderful company doing what you love to do. First you put on your best business attire and get into the car. You’re the definition of a professional. The car ride to the interview is important, so you listen to music that pumps you up or some that calms you down. As you pull up to the building your excitement increases. You walk into the lobby and address the receptionist. I have an interview with “person who can change my life” or more commonly known as Ms. Boss. The interview…
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21Oct 2009 by Peter Lang No Comments

Fresno’s Facebook & Twitter highlighted in article

Social Media
  Too long for status post- :) Today in the Fresno Bee - Social Media has been gaining in popularity concerning published articles. Meaning, traditional media is writing about thus increasing the hype to social media, the defined cause of newspaper decline. Surprisingly, the article highlights two companies “successfully” using social media as a blow horn in an attempt to attract more customers. The article also stresses that social media is free Advertising. Yes it is free, but…..   To all my friends understand social media is a conversation, even if you’re using the company logo as your profile/username. In the beginning, you will find support only from your current supporters, but if you are attempting to grow and find new audiences the only steps that matter are the conversation…
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18Oct 2009 by Peter Lang 1 Comment

Social media statistics in real-time

Facebook, Information Overload, Social Media, Twitter, Web 2.0, Wordpress
The world of social media is invading the web at a speed that we cannot even imagine. It ‘a revolution, the social media revolution, social networking, the new way of conceiving the web, media, sharing. It ‘a revolution before our very eyes, of which we are all a part of and can no longer control. No one could have imagined, even a few years ago, that this would have happened. Read and watch these stunning statistics on social media: Gary Hayes has collected some statistics and has made a counter that shows the numbers in real time: ‘Gary’s Social Media Count’: Which I have included below. 20 hours of video are uploaded on Youtube every minute! 600,000 new members each day on Facebook 700 million photos and 4 million videos…
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15Oct 2009 by Peter Lang 1 Comment

Blue pill, or Red Pill of Social Media

Internet, Personal Branding, Social Media, Web 2.0
"You take the blue pill, the story ends; you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes." The majority of people are just batteries for the social media environment just feeding it so it can exist. The question of which pill, red or blue, is asking us if we should head into the social media direction, where the truth will change our business and our lives and ultimately decide this direction is worth pursuing or choose ignorance and bliss. The blue pill will leave us as we are, in a life consisting of habit, transactional requirements, and a business environment we believe we know. In this state…
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29Sep 2009 by Peter Lang No Comments

Steps to Change the Meaning of Social Media

Facebook, Social Media
If you think you can’t change the meaning of social media maybe it is because you believe you can’t change your state of mind. I am not attempting to change your life, but it’s important to at least understand your social media association. Man's Search for Meaning The book Man’s Search for Meaning shows how you can change the emotional association from painful     experience. Some people believe this change to social media is painful, but can this emotional association be caused by other factors? If so, let’s change the association… Here I will expand on the topic of Changing the “meaning” of social media. Let’s change the negative association and transform Social media into a lifestyle and create Social Media Momentum. Let’s create a fundamental change. Creating Leverage over yourself…
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28Sep 2009 by Peter Lang 1 Comment

Changing the “Meaning” of Social Media

Personal Branding, Social Media
(Targeted at baby boomers and technophobes) The people who develop a “meaning” in social media are those who’ve changed the meaning of using it to pleasure. We believe such pain when we have to give up time to use this media. The goal is to change how we link up this Web 2.0 world. Let us change the meaning of Social Media. For many people social media means “I have to give up something,” in which they could be focusing elsewhere. People may also be involved in social media because someone else wants them to be (usually bosses).  So I ask -What is your commitment to social media? Where are you in your level of change? Some people jump into social media right away, while, other people, really need to…
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