Facebook Turns 10… What’s the Future?

by Blair Evan Ball February 7, 2014

Did you realize that Facebook turned 10 on Feb. 4th? How did Facebook get started? Facebook was founded on February 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The founders had initially limited the website’s membership to Harvard students, but […]

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Social Media is it Time to Hit the Reset Button

by Blair Evan Ball January 31, 2014

Social Media continues to change and evolve, are you keeping up? Are all the changes frustrating you? Is Content really King? Is Social Media living up to your expectations? Gone are the days of set it and forget it. Business today operates globally and it doesn’t end at Five on Friday. Sometimes it’s good to […]

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It’s Time to Get Off Someday I’ll…

by Blair Evan Ball January 24, 2014

Someday I’ll get started on my bucket list. Someday I’ll get started setting goals. Someday I’ll patch up those relationships with family members. Someday I’ll change. Someday I’ll…You fill in the _______________. Are you the type of person who spends more time planning an upcoming vacation then you ever do planning your career? Or are […]

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How Social Media is Changing Your Everyday Life

by Blair Evan Ball January 17, 2014

Have your heard about the plane crash on the Hudson River? Did you realize this week that it has been five years? The Social Media platform Twitter was used by Janis Krums, a guy with a smartphone and a penchant for social media tools, posted one of the first and most remarkable photos of US […]

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Facebook’s Newsfeed Changes are Punishing Brands

by Blair Evan Ball January 10, 2014

Have you noticed a drop in your Facebook user engagement? How about organic reach with your Facebook Brand Page? How has your News Feed changed since December 2013? In a press release from December, Facebook urges marketers to buy ads instead of merely relying on the free content channel of running a Facebook page. This […]

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How to Finally Achieve Your Goals

by Blair Evan Ball January 3, 2014

How many WHY’S do you have for each of your goals? How compelling are those WHY’S? Do the WHY’S move you emotionally? PREPARE Each day, each month, and each year bring challenges, trials, tribulations, and disappointments. This happens to us all. How are you prepared to deal with them? Are your emotionally tough? Utilize these […]

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How to Have Your Best Year Ever in 2014

by Blair Evan Ball December 26, 2013

How would you like to have your best year ever? Do you believe it’s possible? Many people, despite what is going on in the economy, will have their best year in 2014! Make a decision today to be one of them!   Time is equal for all. Each year we have 8,765 hours, and 525,949 […]

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Social Media Marketing Trends for 2014

by Blair Evan Ball December 20, 2013

How do you see Social Media evolving this year? 2012 was the year of acquisition, large fan/follower numbers, and fast-growing communities. 2013 was a year of engagement and content optimization: marketers realized that vanity numbers were not enough, that to continue to show real growth and solid Key Performance Indicators they needed to engage their […]

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How to Get Started With Twitter’s Vine Video

by Blair Evan Ball December 13, 2013

How would you like to increase brand awareness? How would you like to utilize one of the biggest Social Media Trends….VIDEO? How would you like to do it in 6 seconds? What is Vine Vine is a mobile app owned by Twitter that enables its users to create and post short video clips. In October […]

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Facebook Tweaks it’s Newsfeed Yet Again

by Blair Evan Ball December 6, 2013

Are you ready yet for another Facebook Newsfeed change? Are these constant changes a positive for you and your business or a negative? Is Facebook trying to emulate other Social Media platforms like Twitter, as well as LinkedIn and Pinterest who seem to be following some similar patterns? The updated algorithm means that users can […]

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