Facebook Workaround – Take control back over who and what you see
Do you want to take back control over what you see on Facebook? Do you want control back? Do you want to see ALL your Friends and ALL your Pages so you can decide who to  hide and who YOU deem irrelevant to your social conversation? With the changed feed format of Facebook in October 09, ther

Facebook Pages not Showing in Newsfeed
Since Facebook launched its new look a few weeks ago, I’ve heard lots of disgruntled comments. You can read some of them here http://www.facebook.com/help/search.php?hq=news+feed+live+view&ref=hq#/help/question.php?id=259302 .  I know people generally hate change once they are used to something so didn’t give it a lot of weight. I did think, however, that having to go from News Feed to Live Feed all the time to make sure I was seeing everything was extra work, one more step and that didn’t please me. But, I believed over time I’d

Social Media Marketing – Make it Relevant, Make it Quick, Make it Work – Part 2
Our 2nd class was lively with lots of questions and discussions. There’ s nothing like an adult class to offer real-life scenerios. Thanks to our great students! In our 2nd class of 3, we focused on how to make Social Media Quick! Sounds like an oxymoron, but if you don’t figure that out, you’ll be wasting too much time. And, there are always new sexy tools being talked about so it’s easy to stray! Here are the major points we covered in class 2 at our course held at the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce in October. 1. The major focus of this class was today’s giant, Face

Social Media Marketing – Make it Relevant, Make it Quick and Make it Work!
Social Media, Make it Relevant, Make it Quick, Make it Work! Recently, I taught a course at the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce in Whitinsville.  The course, called Social Media, Make it Relevant, Make it Quick and Make it Work, suited the needs of a diverse student base.  Small businesses in the Blackstone Valley tend to be entrepren

Get Ready for Wet Shooting!
As we begin to head into a potentially wet wild winter season, I recall how many times this kind of weather inspired me to capture award-winning images and I want to encourage those of you who have ’seen the light’ to get out in it. Let me take you back in time. With the unleashing of a new photography enthusiast who had just purchased her first serious camera (Nikon D200), I eagerly looked for that special angle or time of day or lighting combination that would make my image stand above the crowd. An opportunity presented itself when Foxy Travel offered a deal to Atlantic City we just couldn’t pass up. It was two days after Christmas. The trip was