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USE WHAT YOU LOVE

8/29/2017

 
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When starting something new and you want to document the journey on social media, the first advice I give is to 
USE WHAT YOU ALREADY LOVE!

Whether it's an epic trip, life change, a new endeavor, a new hobby, personal journey, business, etc. documenting it on social media preserves the record, gives you feedback you may or may not want, and can help to keep you motivated.

If you love Facebook, make a Facebook page for the journey. Every other social media you use can be shared/linked to that page. A page protects your personal profile from unwanted inquiries and can reach more people beyond your personal friends list. It also gives demographics, reach counts, busy times and a whole host of other info you may never need but will surprise you.

If you love Instagram, use Instagram. If you love Twitter, use Twitter. If you spend hours on YouTube and videos is the way you want to go, use YouTube.

USE WHAT YOU ALREADY USE AND LOVE.

If you want to expand to a blog or website or other social medias, consult one of your many friends for advice (and/or hire). Invite them to a home cooked meal, show them how much you love them, and remember to give them credit for the help... or hire me (no dinner needed; appreciated but not needed.)

Sensible Social Media Checklist

6/23/2014

 

One of my favorite infographics:

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
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Photo Collages

2/24/2014

 
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I started looking for collage makers when I decided to post some of my art from start to finish. 

The first one was a download from iTunes called PicStitch. I still use it on occasion but it has longer boxes for a lot of the designs which tend to slice your photos up quite indelicately. 
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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!
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Step One: Click on 'Start Your Collage'
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Step Two: Click on: New Project
Step Three: Choose your pictures to put into the collage. 

If they're on your computer, use one of the 3 ways to upload them (in red).

Social Media choices are in blue.

Photos you uploaded before, come from the orange box. 
Step Four: Click on the 'Add' button
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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.
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Click on any photo to get a larger view.
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Shapes
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Enhance
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Borders
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Backgrounds
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Text
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Step Six: Save to your computer or share it or purchase your product. There's even a 'Send Free Postcard' feature.

I love this site. I hope you do as well.

Do you use another collage making site? There are dozens. What are your favorite features?
www.Collage.com
oh... and Collage.com worked on my iPhone, too! Yay!
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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

Adding Share Buttons To Your Weebly Site

2/14/2014

 
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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

Top Tip 2: Gathering Intel

12/1/2013

 

Top Tip 2: Gathering Intel
3/4 Page Working

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.)
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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.
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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"

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