Do You Really Know How to Tweet? The @ system explained by Gary Vaynerchuk (Video)

Do you realize that most of your tweets may not reach all of your followers?  Whenever you put “@name” in the beginning of your message you’re only sending a message to that person and a few select followers.  The only people who can see that message are those that follow you AND that person you mentioned.

If you want to make sure your message reaches ALL of your followers, put something in front of the “@” symbol.  A Period, quotations, anything will work.  Watch the clip by Gary Vaynerchuk below:

Socialnomics Video

I’m always impressed with Eric Qualman‘s videos.  This one doesn’t disappoint, two things jump out at me:

90% of consumers trust peer recommendations & only 14% trust advertisements
“We don’t have a choice of whether we DO social media, the question is HOW WELL WE DO IT.”

What info from this video stands out to you?

Social Media’s Demographics

We love infographics!  Here’s a recent one on some of the major social media players and their users:

Thanks to Advertising Age for the image.

Guarding your privacy within Facebook Places

Peter Shankman made a very short video to help you guard your privacy within the new “Facebook Places”. I’m a fan of location-based services, I actually use quite a few but there’s one feature in Facebook’s Places that puts me on edge. I don’t want to others to have the ability to check me into a venue without my option to approve or reject. This post shows you how to adjust your settings so others won’t be able to “check in” for you.

How to avoid being “Checked in” by your friends on Facebook’s Places from Peter Shankman on Vimeo.

Facebook Privacy Settings

Here’s an easy explanation on facebook’s privacy settings. Have you adjusted your settings yet?