Need more info? Be sure to check out 28 Things You Need to Know About the New Facebook Pages! This post includes additional and new details about the Timeline design for Facebook Pages. Last night, I decided to try out the New Facebook Pages … [Read more...]
Using Google+ Hangouts to Get More Exposure for Your Google+ Business Page
This is a guest post by Kevin Lau. It's still the early days for Google+ and plenty of people are getting to grips with the various tools this social platform has. This is even truer for business users, who have only recently been able to set up … [Read more...]
5 Ways To Drive Quality Traffic To Your Website From Google+
This is a guest post by Kevin Lau. Google+ may have had a shaky start but lots of people are using it to help build up a new traffic stream to their website. If you are among them, you might be wondering how you can start getting the results you … [Read more...]
560 Resources for Blogging, Online Marketing, and Starting a Business
This year, along with my Fetching Friday weekly roundups, I compiled several major resource collections for a variety of topics. As 2011 comes to an end, I thought I would share my 10 favorite list posts for anyone ready to learn more about … [Read more...]
Tips for Starting a New Facebook Fan Page
One of the things many people struggle with in social media are identity issues, and I am no different. Up until yesterday, my main Facebook entities included my personal profile and my fan page for Kikolani. While I love both of these, I found … [Read more...]
Buffer Review – My Favorite Time Saving Twitter Tool
As I recently mentioned in my BlogWorld recap, I met Leo Widrich, one of the guys behind the Buffer App for Twitter sharing. Now as many of you might know, I'm a huge fan of HootSuite for my Twitter management needs. For the longest time, I … [Read more...]
5 Things Blogging Taught Me About Tweeting
This is a guest post by Leo Widrich. It was less than 6 months ago that I decided to fully start out on Twitter. I soon got sucked in to a fantastic environment of helpful and knowledgeable tweeps. I was blogging for a while before. Vividly … [Read more...]
What I Like About the New Facebook Timeline Profile, Privacy Settings, and News Feed
Facebook has updated the timeline design for 2013. Click here to read about the newest Facebook timeline design. By now, you've probably read your fair share of "What I Hate About the New Facebook Updates" to the point that you're pretty … [Read more...]
How I Use Triberr
Over the last few months, I have been trying out the Triberr service as a way to expand my content's exposure to new audiences and to give my followers more content from other blogs as well. Now I know some of you will remember my post awhile back … [Read more...]
3 Great Social Media Lessons From Ancient History
This is a guest post by Ajay Chavda. Social media is capable of changing you, your business or your perspective overnight. It is important that we understand the social media before jumping on the social bandwagon. Tweeting, Facebook sharing and … [Read more...]
6 Reasons Why I Like Google+
After using Google+ for a few weeks, I decided to share some of the reasons I like it so much, and hope that it will be an attempt at social networking by Google that will stick around for the long haul. 1. No automated updates. Thus far, … [Read more...]
3 Simple Ways to Find Relevant Twitter Followers
Just a quick note and apology to anyone who visited my site last week. Apparently it was hacked by some kind of redirection script that sent people who arrived from search engines including google.com (which also meant Feedburner, Gmail and Google+) … [Read more...]
Choosing To Friend or Unfriend on Facebook
If you're like me and you use your personal profile to make connections on Facebook, then you may find yourself at a point where your quickly approaching the 5,000 friend limit and need to be more selective about who you choose to friend. Or you may … [Read more...]
Why I Turned Off TwitterFeed
I am a huge supporter of using certain Twitter automation tools applications to help users manage their Twitter accounts and give them more time to focus on other things, like actually interacting with their followers. In particular, I had been … [Read more...]
3 Steps to a Productive Life on Twitter as a Blogger Using Buffer
This is a guest post by Leo Widrich. One of the most important things I discovered is to manage my time efficiently on Twitter. Otherwise I would spend hours and hours without getting anything else done. Recently I have started to use Buffer, … [Read more...]
How to Increase Your Retweets, Twitter Followers & Klout
If you own a blog, I want you to do the following three things for me right now, prior to reading this post. Go to one of your blog posts. Find the button on your blog post page that allows users to retweet your posts. Click on that button. … [Read more...]
LinkedIn for Bloggers – Branding, Authority and Traffic
When it comes to connecting with bloggers, I usually have no problem finding their Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, and even YouTube channels. What I do run into is a lot of bloggers who do not have a LinkedIn account, which is a shame because there … [Read more...]
Prepare Your Website for Geolocation with WordPress
This is a guest post by Lorna Li, Founder & Editor in Chief of Green Marketing TV. It is the newest way to draw customers through your door, but is your business ready for geolocation? If you feel overwhelmed by people battling for mayorships or … [Read more...]
How to Keep Fans and Influence People on Facebook
This is a guest post by Tom Parnell. With more than 500 million active users on Facebook ignoring it as a platform has become the select privilege of the kind of people who live up mountains with a goat (and don’t have wi-fi). If you have … [Read more...]
11 Controversial Ways to Become a Social Media Authority
This is a guest post by Darren Monroe. You don't always have to be controversial as in devils advocate to stand out and build credibility. All you have to do is be willing to say the uncommon things while delivering quality content. And yes that … [Read more...]
Build Your Brand through Social Media Consistency
This is a guest post by Eduard Ezeanu who provides communication coaching and helps people put their best foot forward in communication, both online and offline. I believe that one of the best things you can do though social media is build your … [Read more...]
25 Guest Posts on Blogging, SEO and Social Media
Earlier this week, I shared the top 25 blogging and social media posts on Kikolani. Now I want to share some of my off-site content, as I have been doing a LOT of writing around the blogosphere. This year, I have had the fortune of being a … [Read more...]
Top 25 Blogging and Social Media Posts on Kikolani
Thanks to an idea from Michele McGraw on ways to prep your blog before an event, I decided to do two lists for newer readers as well as people I meet at Blog World Expo later this week. This first list is a compilation of the top posts on … [Read more...]
5 Reasons You Should Become Part of the SERPd Community
This is a guest post by Gerald Weber, search engine optimization blogger. For those of you that haven’t heard, there is a new SEO, social media voting site called SERPd. In this new community, you can submit your quality content related to SEO, … [Read more...]
5 Types of Video Posts for Bloggers
One of the areas of blogging I have not jumped into yet is video, but it is getting hard to ignore the benefits of video for blogging and SEO. When people Google my name, aka personal brand, I want my results to look something like Matt Cutts, my … [Read more...]
How Social Media Can Help You Live Your Dream Lifestyle
This is a guest post by Hugh DeBurgh from The Passionate Warrior, who has dedicated his life to the achievement of the ultimate family lifestyle. I'm a personal development writer. So I don't usually contribute to social media sites. But I … [Read more...]
Inside the New Digg, Including New Auto Submit Feature
Somewhere, throughout my vast array of email filters, I must have missed my invitation to try out the new Digg 4.0 beta / alpha system, but this weekend out of sheer curiosity, I logged into new Digg site and got to play around with what is coming … [Read more...]
Twitterfeed, HootSuite RSS Feeds, and Blog Posting Schedules
Are there blogs that you read regularly that you find so good that you end up sharing every post on Twitter? Do you hate it when you miss a post from those blogs, and wish that, even when you're offline, you can promote new posts from those blogs to … [Read more...]
The Future of Mobile Social Networking
This is a guest post by Zack Hanebrink, an online marketing professional guest posting on behalf of Zerista, provider of services to help you build your own mobile community app for your community. It is safe to say that social networking has … [Read more...]
Self-Promotion Through Social Media – Don’t Be A Narcissist
This is a guest post from Cori, is a wildly hire-able freelance ‘ghost’ as well as the creative brains and dubious brawn behind her blog Big Girl Branding. The first half of the title of this blog post is a shining example of an oxymoron, as … [Read more...]
My Favorite 2010 Search & Social Awards Nominees
This past Monday morning, when I started my day with the usual routine checking of my TweetCaster mention alerts, I was greeted with the following tweet from @LorenBaker: Talk about a great start to the day. In just a few hours, I had the … [Read more...]
Top 5 Social Media No-No’s To Get Away From
This is a guest post by Mike Stenger, a social media consultant with a strong passion of business and all things Internet. Is the glass half full or half empty? It is, depending on how you look at it. When it comes to social media, there’s a lot … [Read more...]
HootSuite for Blogging – Twitter Management for Bloggers
HootSuite offers many great features that can aid bloggers in managing their Twitter accounts for blogging uses including promotion, monitoring, keyword tracking, reputation management and more. The following are reasons I chose to use HootSuite as … [Read more...]
8 Ways Businesses Should Use Social Media
Many businesses hear about the advantages of social media in terms of marketing their products or services, but some forget to look at other major benefits of social media beyond finding leads or making a sale. Here are eight ways that businesses … [Read more...]
Social Media Analytics: Measuring the Web’s Newest Marketing Frontier
This guest post is by Justin McGill, founder and CEO of SEORCHERS (read: [surch-ers]), a local web marketing firm specializing in organic search engine optimization (SEO) with a focus on converting visitors into clients. Facebook has long been a … [Read more...]
Social Media for Non-Profit Organizations
This is a guest post by Forest Whaling. If you would like Forrest to write for your blog, please leave your request in the comments or visit MyBlogGuest (username Fgump910). It is no secret that the web's new social media outlets are a wonderful … [Read more...]
How to Write a Clearly Defined To Do List
If you're like me, you find yourself writing many to do lists for home, work, blogging, etc. And more of the time than not, the planning is easier to do than the execution itself. I believe that one of the reasons to do lists never get done are … [Read more...]
3 LinkedIn Benefits for Bloggers
No matter your choice of profession, it’s much easier to find a job today than it was before the advent of the Internet. What used to be accomplished through phone calls, letters and word of mouth is now just a click away – you’re connected to … [Read more...]
Getting Overwhelmed? Get Organized!
One of the things I have been hearing lately is that people are getting overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by following too many people on social networks or subscribing to too many blogs. And although they are inundated, they do not want to just get rid of … [Read more...]
How to Promote Your Business, Blog or Website on Twitter
Twitter offers many ways of promoting your business, blog, or website with interested people in the Twittersphere. Before I get started on the various ways to promote yourself, remember that Twitter should not only be about self promotion. While … [Read more...]
Social Networking, Bookmarking, and Sharing
One of my commenters last week asked about the difference between social bookmarking and social networking sites. I think of social networking sites as ones where you can communicate directly with other members, where as social bookmarking sites are … [Read more...]
How to Use Twitter to Generate Writing Ideas
Have you ever been stuck on coming up with writing ideas for your blog, niche site, or a client? Twitter can be a very valuable tool when it comes to generating writing ideas, if you know how to use it. Here are some ways to come up with content … [Read more...]
Becoming More Accessible on Social Networks
Everyone uses social media in their own way. While some people want to be connected with everyone, everywhere, others would rather keep certain profiles private for friends and family only. The following is for those who want to be found on social … [Read more...]
Best of #SMAZ – Blogging Tips, Social Media ROI, & SEO
One of my goals for 2010 is to attend some events / seminars / conventions pertaining to blogging and social media, and today was a great start as I attended the Social Media Arizona event in Tempe. I wasn't sure what to expect as I only found out … [Read more...]
Blogging and Social Media Goals for 2010
It's that time of year... when most people are in the midst of goal setting for the new year to make sure that it is better than the last. Here are some of my goals in blogging and social media for 2010. Although I'm off to a slow start, I feel I … [Read more...]
2010 Social Media Wishlist – New Features for Facebook, StumbleUpon, & Twitter
As I am on various social networks, I find myself thinking "Wow, I wish they had ___ which would make ___ easier." So here are some of the changes I'd like to see on the social networks I use the most in 2010. Facebook Checkboxes to … [Read more...]
Twitter Direct Messages – Best (and Worst) Practices
When I started out on Twitter over a year ago (@kikolani), one of the first things I noticed was my Direct Message box. As I began to follow people, I was excited to get those private messages, assuming people were just that into contacting me after … [Read more...]
Facebook Applications Adding Embarrassing Content to Your Profile
When I first started out on Facebook, I got really into some of the many fun applications, adding various ones to the Boxes tab of my profile. And after a bit, I got away from using the apps and focusing on other areas of Facebook like the groups, … [Read more...]
Best of Social Media on Kikolani in 2009
In conjunction with the best of blogging articles for 2009, here are the top social media articles on Kikolani this year. General Social Media 2010 Social Media Wishlist for New Features on Facebook, StumbleUpon, and Twitter SEO and Social … [Read more...]
A Guide to the New Twitter Lists – Basics, Pros and Cons
Twitter Lists are the new feature on Twitter (still in Beta) that allow you to organize particular Twitter users into lists and view only their Tweets. For example, you can create a list of inspirational Twitter users by following these easy … [Read more...]