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Breaking News: Facebook is launching Facebook Camera, a new mobile app, that looks eerily similar to Instagram, the company that they recently purchased for $1 billion. Why would Facebook purchase Instagram and then launch their own similar application? I'm thinking they might have purchased Instagram prior to launching the app so they have a full monopoly on all camera applications, and to use their technology.

LinkedIn is the social network for business professionals and networking. With 161 millions members to date, it's one of the most popular social networks to date. Are you using it to its fullest potential? While we hear a lot about Facebook and Twitter for lead generation, LinkedIn can be just as good, if not better, if you spend a little bit of time optimizing your profile.

Have you ever wanted to post something on Facebook and the immediately thought of someone that might not apreciate the post? Maybe it's your mom, or your boss, or your girlfriend. Well, lists make it easy to categorize the people in your life and share information that would only pertain to certain groups of people in your life.

Did you know there's a way to have someone's public posts show up in your Facebook News Feed or have people follow yours? Whenever I talk about the Subscribe button, I usually get blank stares. After Facebook Lists, it's probably the most misunderstood Facebook feature that you should probably be using.

Today while I was reading American Express OPEN Forum I came across another article with some bad advice to small business owners. Barry Moltz's "How to Calm Your Social Media Anxiety" article misguides business owners into the type of thinking that actually makes them ineffective with social media. Here are his points, and my thoughts on the advice he should be giving to small business owners that are feeling overwhelmed.

There are two groups of people that will always have the best perspective on your business: your customers and your ground level employees. Any business owner that ignores that fact and doesn't learn from these two groups is shooting themselves in the foot. When it comes to social media, the best content comes from where the rubber meets the road, not from marketers who haven't a clue about the day to day operations of the business.

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This past week one of my mentors said something that I've been thinking about none stop, since he said it! He said: "Be a quitter if you must! Sometimes, the greatest move forward is quitting something. Ask: what should I put my hands in and where to take my hands off!"

Ok kids, listen up! It's science time, and today - we're going to talk about viruses. Viruses are nasty things, as anyone who's had one recently will attest to. They're microscopic, often airborne, and only replicate within the cells of living hosts. Toss in this modern age of global travel and our often cramped quarters, and the little buggers end up spreading like wildfire!

More and more businesses are buying and selling products and services via the Internet. This practice is commonly referred to as e-Commerce. e-Commerce involves many different technologies including online transactions, funds transfer, and electronic data exchange. As e-Commerce because a mainstream part of life, businesses must get on board and make sure their customers have smooth transactions when purchasing products online.

Some people think that creating an email marketing strategy is a thing of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth! Email marketing strategies are alive and well, and yes, they're still one of the most effective forms of permission based marketing around.

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By now, most of you have probably already heard about Danny Brown's unfortunate weekend. Although no lasting damage was done because of the time and effort Danny puts into building relationships, it is alarming that someone could hack into his Facebook account, pretend to be him and try to cause mayhem. What's even more alarming is this is one of our own. Danny is an intelligent man who knows his way around social media (understatement). He's not someone absent-mindedly falling for those phishing scams that are all over Facebook. If it could happen to him, it could happen to anyone.

At this point in the in the digital world, we all know that we need a website. Most of us are quickly getting on board that we also need to have a mobile version of our website. "Shift Happened" and people find us suspect if they can't find us online. But did you know how detrimental a poorly made website can be?

WD-40 is not for bicycles, bike chains, bike gears, bike pulleys, bike cables nor bike tires. Nothing! WD-40 does not belong on your bike! WD-40 is the trademark name of a United States-made water-displacing spray. It was developed in 1953 by Norm Larsen, founder of the Rocket Chemical Company, San Diego, California. It was originally designed to repel water and prevent corrosion, and later was found to have numerous household uses.

They say that a picture is worth a 1000 words. I say it is worth 1000 emotions. After reading Gini Dietrich's post last week appropriately titled "The 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Die", I was reminded of how I want to get my masters in photojournalism. Photography, both taking photos and looking at them, is one of my favorite escapes. When I look at photos, I'm teleported to another time or space. I've spent countless hours looking at Zach Arias 'and Ansel Adams' art as well as hundreds of others.

I was surprised at the advice the "old guy" on the panel, Jay Goltz of The Goltz Group, gave to this business owner. He essentially said to hand over the social media tasks for your business to a college intern, and seemed to imply that using social media for marketing is a waste of this business owner's time. Judging by his own website and social media presence (or lack thereof), he has taken his own advice.

The hackers are at it again. Over 6 million LinkedIn passwords were compromised this morning and leaked on to the Internet. Additionally, the same hacker is also looking for a new girlfriend or boyfriend and has compromised over 1.5 million passwords from eHarmony. It's tough finding love out there, even for hackers.

There's a lot of buzz going on the social media sphere this week. Mark Zuckerberg got married, Facebook went public and Twitter rolled out bunch of updates. What does this all mean to you? Well if your name is Samantha Collier, you write a recap blog post of course!

Marketing is a hit or miss proposition in the world of the QSR industry and sometimes you're better off saving the money you'd spend on advertising campaigns and use it other worthwhile projects such as installing brand new storefront signs. At least you know you'd be getting your money's worth with the new signs compared to a marketing blitz for your QSR franchise if the campaign were to be deemed a dud.