Kansas City Police Department Capitalizing on Pinterest and Other Social Media

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on March 26, 2012 · 9 Comments

ShareThe Kansas City Police Department is leading the way when it comes to social media marketing, having established a presence on a number of sites including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and, most recently, Pinterest. Since two of the primary benefits of social media marketing are communication and conversation, it only makes sense that police departments incorporate [...]

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Kansas City Social Media Masters: Focus on Corporate Blogging

Posted by Shelly Kramer on October 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Share The Social Media Masters Conference made a stop in Kansas City last week and it was great to be a workshop presenter. The topic I tackled: Corporate Blogging: How to Use Blogging for Leads and Sales, is a perpetual favorite. I speak at conferences several times a month in cities all over the U.S., [...]

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Facebook Privacy Breach: 2 Settings You Need to Check NOW

Posted by Shelly Kramer on August 10, 2011 · 53 Comments

Share Today I noticed two separate alerts about Facebook privacy breaches and thought I’d pop them into a blog post with instructions on how to remedy. The first has to do with browsing – and I would have never noticed it had I not seen Danny Brown’s status update mentioning it. Kudos to you, Danny. [...]

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How Architects Can Use Social Media

Posted by Shelly Kramer on August 1, 2011 · 11 Comments

Share Savvy architects and other professionals are using the Internet and social media as a way to drive brand awareness, connect with people with similar passions and to do what all business owners seek – attract leads and clients. At a recent Kansas City AIA Chapter meeting, I gave a presentation on social media with [...]

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Tweet Via Email With SocialOomph

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on July 7, 2011 · 1 Comment

Share Want a tip to make managing multiple profiles on a number of social networking sites easier? Excellent – read on. If you’re working in social media and managing profiles on a number of social networking sites, for yourself or for your clients, it helps to have tools at your disposal so that you can [...]

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Social Bookmarking: What It Is And Why It Matters

Posted by Shelly Kramer on May 16, 2011 · 8 Comments

Share Social Bookmarking is definitely the “social” way to save your favorite sites/blog posts. However, equally as important, social bookmarking is an element of online content distribution – or content marketing – that’s an integral part of the process of driving brand awareness as well as traffic (and leads) back to your blog or website. [...]

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Venturing Out Into Social Media? Start Here

Posted by Shelly Kramer on April 28, 2011 · 18 Comments

Share Although many major companies are still skeptical about getting involved in the social landscape – research shows 96% of these brands expect to dedicate more time and resources to social media initiatives over the next year. While more brands are familiar with social media now, knowing that you probably need a presence in the [...]

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Free Facebook iFrames Applications. And Superheroes

Posted by Shelly Kramer on March 31, 2011 · 13 Comments

ShareFacebook has been introducing an incredible number of changes in the recent weeks. One of those changes was effective March 10th, when Facebook no longer allowed customization of Fan Pages with the very popular “Static FBML” app and moved to requiring pages be built using iFrames. Many fan pages relied on the Static FBML app [...]

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How NOT to be Invisible on the New Facebook Newsfeed

Posted by Shelly Kramer on February 13, 2011 · 48 Comments

Share Feeling as if your Facebook Newsfeed is filled with updates from all the same people lately? You’re not crazy – well, at least with regard to this issue. Facebook has once again changed the game on us and, as a result, it’s likely that your settings are such that only a small section of [...]

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