5 Ways to Gain More Followers

It’s true that quality is better than quantity when it comes to friends on Facebook, followers on Twitter and contacts on LinkedIn. It’s better to have 5 followers that read every update and interact with you than 500 that could care less what you’re posting. That...

What is Social Networking?

I think the best “Social Network” definition I’ve seen is on PCMag.com’s Encyclopedia: An association of people drawn together by family, work or hobby. The term was first coined by professor J. A. Barnes in the 1950s, who defined the size of a social network as a...

What’s the Deal with Twitter?

Chances are you’ve heard of Twitter. After all, it was the most popular word in 2009 according to the Global Language Monitor, which tracks language trends and releases an annual list of the most popular words and phrases within the English language. As reported by...