10 Words And Phrases Social Media Pros Should Help Their Clients Understand

Do you know how to help your clients handle social media trolls?

Speaking social can sometimes be tough, especially with clients who haven’t yet engaged in social media or sometimes just “don’t get it”. Even those clients who do get social are sometime confused about some of the specific terms and jargon that social media pros use.

How I Got My Job As Director Of Social Media – Step 1: Build Experience Then Blog, Tweet, Collaborate!

Details on how I got my job as a director of social media by leveraging social media

For those looking to build a career in social media, I thought I might share the story as one example of how to get a job in social media by using social media.

Social Intranet Best Practices – Balancing Sensitive Information With Organizational Culture

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Building a great Intranet environment is often about balance. Balancing acts like those between openness and security, corporate needs and individual desires, and the balance between content and culture often make for long meetings and tough decisions. Internal communicators and Intranet managers often have to determine how much to share and the right format in which to share it.

Social Intranet Best Practices – Provide Users With An Advanced Search Option

Social Intranet Best Practices

Searchability is key in allowing your users to find content on your Intranet. While most users are happy with conducting a simple keyword search using a single text box, an advanced search feature allows users to find information and find it faster.

Social Intranet Tip – Get To Know Your Users Through Personas

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Driving user adoption is one of the key challenges for any Intranet portal, but one of the most effective ways to ensure that your users are getting the most of your Intranet functionality is to ask them how they want to use it, observe how they actually use it, and either add/modify functionality to meet their needs or train them to use the portal better.