Brandie Broihier | @Brandienic Online dating. Two small words with the power to evoke overwhelming emotion in the hearts of the uninitiated. Built to help the lonely find The One (and turn a handsome profit in the process), online dating sites are essentially specialized social media platforms. You have a profile, you connect to people, (Read the full article…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

We want to hear from you how you use the most popular professional networking social media site, so we whipped up a short survey (only 10 questions, we promise) to get the low down on your LinkedIn profile practices. Click Here To Take Our LinkedIn Survey Now   Curious about something we left out of the (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…)

Brandie Broihier | @BrandieNic James Wood Motors was recently featured on the Faces of GM blog as a car dealership who knows how to effectively use social media to engage with customers. A Dallas based dealership, James Wood uses their online presence to talk with current and potential customers without using sales pressure. Their goal is (Read the full article…)

Brandie Broihier | @brandienic Have you heard of Stella & Dot? Here’s the low-down: Stella & Dot is the direct-sales organization based in San Francisco that fuses Mary Kay structure with Social Media to bring in a new generation of sellers.  Called “stylists,” women are showing off their selling finesse with classic product showings mixed with (Read the full article…)

Angelo Fernandez | @abfsra Many companies, especially the smaller ones, don’t target the Hispanic and Latino audience. Some businesses choose not to because they don’t have research on the Hispanic/Latino base or aren’t sure how to specifically market to them. But probably the biggest reason is the language barrier which many companies don’t have the staff (Read the full article…)