The Social Media Marketing & Communications guide for Natural Health and Wellness insiders.

Friends, Fans, Followers and Contacts – An Argument For LESS

Whether it’s Facebook fans or friends, Twitter followers, or LinkedIn connections – there’s an almost unchallenged belief that more is better when it comes to Social Media numbers.

If Social Media channels were simply free advertising, perhaps this would be true. After all, the value of any advertising vehicle has traditionally been determined largely by its reach – ie: The value (and cost) of advertising is proportional to the number of people it reaches.

But Social Media is a different game – a game where “advertising” is generally the least effective approach and where numbers can be misleading.

Tuesday Tweaks: Un-Sync Your Social Media Platforms

Don't Tangle Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

(There’s so much social media advice out there that it can be overwhelming! Tuesday Tweaks are the antidote… simple, step-by-step actions for improving your social media performance. On Tuesdays, but not every Tuesday.)

Many people in business are tempted to synchronize their Twitter, Facebook and even LinkedIn posts. This means that when you post to one, you post to all. I think this is a grave mistake.

Twitter Spam: Gift in Disguise

A Gift... For You!

We all hate spam. Which is why it’s such a big opportunity when it shows up in your DM inbox on Twitter.

People don’t usually mean to send it. They’ve just unwisely given account access to an unscrupulous third party (spammer) application.

Twitter spam generally starts as a phishing ploy.

Trends change, but messages usually look something like this: