so much so that I have printed copies for handing out to brand new radio shows at my office. If you are a new (or even old) anything; business, charity, project, radio show and are new (or old) to social media, this is a good checklist to get you started (or restarted.)

from www.thewholebraingroup.com

So... since I spend so much time on the regular computer/laptop anyway, I decided to find something online and after some reviews from c|net and/or ZDNet - I always get reviews of computer related hardware and software before any purchases. - I found a spot called Collage.com - Love it!

Step Four: Click on the 'Add' button

Step Five: Click and drag pictures around as needed. The small red triangles and warning are for the default 20x30 poster and say that 'Some images may appear blurry on final product. Please add more photos to your collage." - I haven't had an issue so far. (See here. I did add more pictures but I still received the warning.)

Choose 'Photo Layout' - 'Photo Effects' - 'Background' and 'Text' if you want it. 
See below fro more detail.

Click the big 'Continue' button when finished.

Click on any photo to get a larger view.

oh... and Collage.com worked on my iPhone, too! Yay!

Hey.... quick note: I don't like re-posting other people's article's here but there are a lot of great websites that give great Social media tips. When I find them, I usually Tweet, Facebook, Pinterest or Google+ them. Follow any of the the following Social Media sites of mine and you'll get those great tips that I find and share.

Erma on Twitter
Erma on Facebook
Erma on Google+
Erma's Social Media Pinterest board

I was teaching a website class and one of the things I covered was to MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS ON YOUR WEBSITE OR BLOG! 

What I forgot to cover was that you should also have sharing buttons on your site so people can share what you have written or posted. 

Looking at a recent photo post I saw that at the bottom of a blog post there were only share buttons for Facebook and Twitter. While I adore both social media sites, I wanted to also allow Pinterest and Google+ posting. (I wanted a Tumblr share link as well but at the site to get the share buttons, Tumblr was a website you could post share links on.)

A quick search on Google gave me a Weebly post by Jared Ward and within minutes I had the little floaty sidebar you see on the left. Yay!

If you have a Weebly site, comment on his post and tell him I sent you. If you don't, click on my link for Weebly in the sidebar and get one. 

http://wardtech.weebly.com/1/post/2012/12/how-to-add-social-sharing-buttons-on-your-weebly-website.html#sthash.yvmtTsyf.dpbs

Hey.... quick note: I don't like re-posting other people's article's here but there are a lot of great websites that give great Social media tips. When I find them, I usually Tweet, Facebook, Pinterest or Google+ them. Follow any of the the following Social Media sites of mine and you'll get those great tips that I find and share.

Erma on Twitter
Erma on Facebook
Erma on Google+
Erma's Social Media Pinterest board

No matter what I'm doing on the Internet, I always work with only 3/4 of my web page open and 1/4 of the page with a notepad open.  Notepad specifically for it's ability to strip the formatting (font size, color, linking, etc.) of anything I might copy and paste onto it.  (I have yet to find the MAC's equivalent. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.)

I utilize a copy area for information gathering.  Whether I'm putting together an article, looking for web addresses, researching a client, harvesting art, quotes, or information for an upcoming guest... I take any information I need and paste it onto the notepad.  By research's end, I put things where they belong, share them if needed and then close the notepad or I save it as needed.

When I am working for clients or for the show, there are times I need to access the intel that I've gathered from any device or location.  I use Evernote to save the information.  Just select everything on the notepad and then copy it into a new note... in a notebook.... so organized.  Love it!!

Any questions? Please ask. Thanks!

~Erma Z.
PS - Notepad is located in your accessories folder from the start menu.

Hey.... quick note: I don't like re-posting other people's article's here but there are a lot of great websites that give great Social media tips. When I find them, I usually Tweet, Facebook, Pinterest or Google+ them. Follow any of the the following Social Media sites of mine and you'll get those great tips that I find and share.

Erma on Twitter
Erma on Facebook
Erma on Google+
Erma's Pinterest - I have several boards dedicated to social media. They all start with "Technohow"