Emily Hay
Emily Hay, the Internet Social Media Advisor, has a simple but very understandable explanation of the new Facebook search engine called Graph Search. The engine may be more important to local businesses than it is to common users right now.
What is Snapchat? If you are a parent, you should be aware of this popular app that may already be on your child’s smartphone.
Snapchat is the fourth most popular social media app right now and the majority of users are between the ages of 13 and 18. At first glance, it looks like a kid-friendly app with a cute “ghost” icon as the logo and a cartoonish style. The CEO of Snapchat, Evan Spiegel, claims there is no intent to market the app to kids, but their homepage and ads include photos of teens or young adults.
You can also download the app quite easily and set up an account with only an email and password. There are no questions or age requirements. In this blog, we are here to address three myths believed by teens about Snapchat and we’re also going to present facts for parents to debunk those myths.
In this video, parents can learn how to be sure PRIVACY SETTINGS are in place on Instagram.
If you are the parent or teacher of a tween, help them use social media wisely and become positive digital citizens with our online video training course, “Saving Face for Parents of Tweens.”
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In this video, we help you learn how to MINIMIZE THE RISKS of tweens and children using Instagram, the photo sharing app.
If you are the parent or teacher of a tween, help them use social media wisely and become positive digital citizens with our online video training course, “Saving Face for Parents of Tweens.”
Get a FREE TRIAL HERE!
In this video led by Sheri Watkins, we share important overview information for parents about Instagram. Hear some REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES and get familiar with how your kids may be using this social network.
If you are the parent or teacher of a tween, help them use social media wisely and become positive digital citizens with our online video training course, “Saving Face for Parents of Tweens.”
Get a FREE TRIAL HERE!
Infinity Hour
Listen to their original hit: Help Me Recall
Infinity Hour is a vibrant group of young folks who have burst on the musical scene in Southeast Michigan and are finding a voice on the Internet. In March of 2012 one of their songs, ”No Mister Nice Guy”, was selected as a semi-finalist in the 2010 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) out of over 15,000 songs in 115 countries!!
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Soaring vocal melodies, monster guitar riffs and guaranteed radio-ready hits – it’s not what you’d expect from a 16 year old girl and three guys who aren’t even old enough to drink. But Infinity Hour isn’t your typical bunch of teenagers. Despite their youth, all five members have been playing music for years, and their current mix of bright pop hooks and moody alternative rock is proof they’ve come of age.
Infinity Hour first coalesced in 2008, when powerhouse vocalist Jena Asciutto was just 12 years old. The band had previously honed their skills playing covers of both classic rock songs and contemporary alternative hits, but with the addition of Asciutto’s distinctive voice, Infinity Hour underwent a transformation of style and substance that is still in progress. Over the past four years, Infinity Hour – Asciutto, 16, singing lead vocals; Jared Bentley, 19, on lead guitar; Brad Rude, 19, and Dylan Walsh, 18, on drums – has evolved into a confident, kick ass collaboration of five incredibly talented teenagers ready to take over the world.
Our Website: www.infinityhour.com
Our Facebook link iswww.facebook.com/infinityhour
Sunday’s event page’s URL is http://www.facebook.com/events/171027363021027/
We have one more event with a FB event at the Crofoot Pike Room. The URL is: http://www.facebook.com/events/288607687924797/
High Octane- January, Saturday 19
When TVs first came out, they gave us the revolutionary ability to experience something that we weren’t able encounter in-person. Broadcasts today bring us virtually everywhere from daily happenings in own neighborhoods to sporting events and political happenings around the world. It seemed as though the only way we consumed up-to-the minute activity was by way of TV…but times they are a changin’. Full Article
Eric Kam
http://stringgirl.blogspot.com the initial blog started as a travel blog to keep my daughters up to date that I am OK and what I see when traveling. String Girl is a creation of my daughters (they both contributed) 14 and 12 years old, so I don’t get lonely on my frequent trips.
http://kam-stampingguru.blogspot.com Where the self-proclaimed-die-expert spouts off about manufacturing and sheet metal stamping
http://twitter.com/#!/SMEStampingDies The twitter feed I started specifically to promote the Stamping and Dies Techgroup of SME-Forming and Fabricating community
http://twitter.com/#!/erickam my personal twitter feed
http://i.sme.org/stampingdiestechgroup/Home/ the site of the Stamping and Dies Technical group
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/SME-Forming-Fabricating-Community-1791679 on LinkedIn
Sheri Kam
Currently PR Director for both Parcells Middle School, and Parcell Holiday Art and Craft Bazaar. I am a
former PR Director to General Physics of Troy, MI, and Copithorne & Bellows Agency of San Francisco, CA. Here are is the link to our Bazaar pages:
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ParcellsBazaar
Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/Parcells_Bazaar
Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/Parcells.PTO/
Photo credit: kimberlykinrade.com
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Today’s blog was prepared for the Internet Advisors show on WJR 760AM and on the Michigan Radio Network. You can access podcasts from themedia section of our site with content from Emily A. Hay, the show’s Social Media Contributor.
Hay There, Moms! For Mother’s Day weekend, we are celebrating some women who are passionate about social media, communicating and family.These days, passions like these can be channeled very effectively through a blog.Being a mom is not a requirement to be an exceptional female blogger; however, great bloggers are resourceful, in tune to their audience and they find a number of new and different ways to get their valuable messages out. Sounds like bloggers and parents have a lot in common!
Many female bloggers are strong communicators; they may also be sharp marketers, journalists, educators, PR professionals, and/or business owners. Today, we turn to the internet to not only find information, but to share ideas with our peers, to build friendships and establish networks on a personal and professional level. Social media savvy gals can lead significant initiatives both online and offline and even find time to help others do the same along the way. I think these women rock!
Blogs, being collaborative by nature, rally communities around common interests from parenting to lifestyle, from travel to bargain shopping. Many female bloggers begin their blogging journey with a focus in one area that dovetails nicely into another, which can even open doors to unexpected business opportunities. If you are passionate about something and you like to talk about it, you have the fundamental ingredients to be a blogger!
As we celebrate Mother’s Day, here’s a quick list of some blogs by gals demonstrating a range of topics, missions, creativity and perspectives – including some mentions of some female bloggers right here in Detroit!
(The next 3 mentions are Hay There Social Media team members…hey, we love what we do for clients because we do it for ourselves!)
Blogs provide an exceptional platform for people to connect and communicate using social technology. Women are successfully gaining exponential reach by sharing their blogs on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. This list just scratches the surface of female bloggers who are doing amazing work in the blogosphere.
Which female blogs do you love? I look forward to sharing more!
Contributed by Emily A. Hay
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by Emily on April 14, 2012 in Getting Familiar , Our Blog
By Emily A. Hay, Founder, Hay There Social Media
Written for the Internet Advisor Show on WJR 760AM. Check out the social media toolkit and links to podcasts .
We’ve learned that Facebook has acquired Instagram for a “modest” $1billion, pretty much the dream scenario of any tech start-up. This acquisition shows how a good idea combined with the right timing can be a winner for the entrepreneurs and end-users alike. Instagram has millions of its own users and Facebook recognized that Instagram enhances the experience on their social network particularly via mobile.
In today’s post, we’ll cover:
It’s a free app that offers fast, beautiful photo-sharing. It allows users to snap a photo, add a filter to transform the photo (you can make it black and white, or “blurry” to look vintage/“artsy”, and many more), then post to Instagram. From there, the photo can be shared to other social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
An Instagram photo shared on Facebook may look like these (notice the “DATE via Instagram” message, the black border arond the photo on the left, the cool “effect” on photo on the right and the instagr.am url to click to her Instagram album?):
(Photos courtesy of my friend & Instagram enthusiast, Valerie Richards! Thanks Val!)
An entire album created from Instagram on Facebook:
It’s free and simple way to share photos from mobile device. It’s particularly popular with the “younger crowd” as more than half the website visitors are 35 years of age or less and teens can’t get enough of it. Users recognize sharing photos on Facebook with Instagram is even easier than with Facebook’s own mobile photo sharing capabilities.
Remember, since photo sharing isn’t limited to personal use, neither is Instagram. As a business owner, share photos of your products on Facebook from Instagram by creating albums that are more visually interesting. Download your instagram photos from Facebook and include them in your blog posts or on your company website. Trying to reach a younger crowd? Perhaps photos that have been “Instagram-ified” will grab greater attention. These are just a few additional ways Instagram can enhance your customer’s experience with your small business.
Let’s face it, photo sharing makes up an enormous portion of user-activity on Facebook. People love to share photos and social media has allowed this activity to take place at staggering levels with minimal effort.
Furthermore, mobile is a huge area of growth for web and social media users and Facebook has not quite capitalized on that yet. Since Instagram has a huge piece of mobile real estate, it could have competed with Facebook for users time and attention. Instead of allowing it to be a threat, an article on the daily beast stated that with this acquisition, Facebook “bought an insurance policy.”
From the Instagram experience, Facebook will be able to build upon other apps that also keep users happy with their social network. Mark Zuckerberg stated in a Facebook post that the company intends to build and grow Instagram independently, a sign of collaboration that is very exciting in this digital era.
For now, I encourage you to download the Instagram app, pose for a photo, say “Internet Advisor!”, then snap and share the photo with us on Facebook.
If you have more questions for Hay There Social Media on how Instagram and other social media can help grow your small business, please contact us today!
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