Our newest intern, Alejandro Fernandez, shares how to keep work life and personal life separate when it comes to social networking.

Brandie Broihier | @Brandienic  Now that the wings have been eaten (all 1.3 million of them), the touchdowns scored, and the tweets sent, it’s time for the analysis of the Social Media Super Bowl to begin.  The buzz surrounding this year’s Super Bowl started early and strong, and set several new Social Media records to (Read the full article…)

Launching your own startup company can be both terrifying and exciting. Trying to reach potential clients on a shoestring budget is daunting. You just don’t have the money to spend on an expensive, polished marketing campaign. That’s the beauty of social media, it’s cheap and it’s easy to get started.  Social media allows you to (Read the full article…)

Brandie Broihier | @brandienic As you sit down this Sunday with your chips & dip, smart phone and wings, you’ll be joining the incredibly connected world that has become Super Bowl culture. Super Bowl Sunday, 2012 is leaps and bounds beyond the games of years past. We will see brand engagement soar through social connectivity at (Read the full article…)

By Rosalyn Eishen | rosalynchoo If you think employers are solely relying on your resume and cover letter to make hiring judgements, think again.  Now so more than ever, people are looking at social media sites to aid in the process of screening candidates for hiring. Just what exactly are hiring managers looking for while (Read the full article…)

CEO, Eve Mayer Orsburn (@LinkedInQueen) shares how small businesses can leverage social media to connect with their audience.

By Meredith Darling | @merdar The hashtag. That elusive little symbol found so often with popular topics and witty phrases. Twitter defines hashtags as “The # symbol… used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages.” That organic creation is attributed to Chris Messina. In (Read the full article…)

By Rosalyn Eishen | @rosalynchoo We’ve gathered and shared with you a list of top social media marketing professors on Twitter. You’ll recognize many of the names here from Social Media Magazine’s article  by @KentHuffman, and we’ve added a little more information about each professor. These professors each teach marketing, communications or something related and are (Read the full article…)

Brandie Broihier | @brandienic Last week, Google announced a new search feature called “Search Plus Your World.” Using Google+, the search engine will begin to filter your results using information obtained from your Google+ circles. So say you need to look-up your old friend Bob Smith. Normally, your friend would be hidden amongst thousands of (Read the full article…)

By Rosalyn Eishen @rosalynchoo Twitter hashtags are a great way to organize tweets for common subjects or events, but people also use them as a way to connect to others over a good laugh. Once the twitterverse starts putting in their two cents, you get crowd-sourced, viral comedy. We’ve gathered what we think are the (Read the full article…)