The best way to promote video on your Facebook Fan Page is to create a page app and allow the embedding of video from an online service such as YouTube. You should however make sure that the video is set to autoplay. This is done by adding ;autoplay=1 at the end of the url within the YouTube iframe code. In this
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Every September 19th, our inner pirate is able to come alive thanks to the designation of that day being International Talk Like a Pirate Day. That day is coming soon and I thought a bit about the origins of this and the spread of what was an anecdote to an international event. …the day is the only holiday to come
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YouTube allows for the average person now to become somewhat of a celebrity, even if the reach is on a more local or regional scale. Pittsburg Dad is a web sitcom (categorized so because of the 80s style laugh track) which reaches to those of the Pittsburg community – be they still in the area, or have an affinity
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Maybe it is the amount of friends I have on Facebook, or the increased penetration of people using smart phones, or both. This summer I have noticed a larger amount of people sharing photos from their summer adventures on Facebook than in past years. Of course it could be both reasons. I find the ability to see other peoples fun
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Are you using Pinterest to market your business? Running contests on Pinterest is a great way to expose your brand to a large audience, attract new followers and engage with your existing follower base. Here is why you should run a contest on Pinterest: Pinterest is the third most popular social network in the U.S. in terms of traffic. Pinterest
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Ever wonder how you stack up against other tweeters in your city? Twitaholic allows you to do just that. A rather simple tool that can rank by number of followers is great, but remember that a large number of followers does not alone make success on twitter. Other things such as mentions, retweet and reach are more important. If
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Remember those old books as kids that you read a bit then had a decision to make? The following is an ad that in someways is not new. I seen this before but in this case it work. I am not sure why, whether it is the ‘backstage’ or under the radar emotive that comes forth. In any case, I
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Whenever there is an impending election south of the border I tend to start being a news hound. I find the especially the race to the Whitehouse much more interesting than the elections held here. That said, let’s take a look at how the two candidates are faring on twitter. The following infographic is from Social media analysis firm PeekAnalytics.
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As I enter the summer, I am not as apt to be posting as much, but am still reading about social media. One thing that I am proud of is the amount of talent here in Nova Scotia with regard to digital media and Social Media. This is a story from the local Coast which I republish here with
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The following is important enough that I am reposting part of the article Signing the TPP agreement will lock down our Internet and shackle our democracy. What should we do? from OpenMedia.ca. Click through to read the full article and to support individual rights online. Yesterday, the government put Canada’s digital future at risk by signing on to the
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