Business Communication Today, 13th Ed.
Chapter 8. Social Media
"Fundamentally, poor business writing is costly and leads to disastrous events.
"As the playfully illuminating tech writer Mat Honan writes: 'Let’s say you’re a California-based employer and you do a basic background check on a job candidate.
"A compilation of 25 basic styles of blogging from award winning blogger and author of Personality Not Included, Rohit Bhargava (photo, left).
"Knowledge seldom takes the place of experience.
"It’s easy to see that the rise of social media has changed the way we communicate with those around us.
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"A study of how older teenagers use social media has found that Facebook is “not just on the slide, it is basically dead and buried” and is being replaced by simpler social networks such as Twitter and Snapchat," writes Matthew Sparkes in a piece for The Telegraph.
"If you own a small business, you've been told that you need to get on Facebook, get on Twitter, and create a presence for your brand in order to compete in today's digital landscape.
"Startups face tremendous pressure while competing with their bigger counterparts.
Lee Odden (photo, left) covers the topic.
"The most important thing you should keep in mind is if anyone would want to share or recommend the specific post to their family and friends.
"We sabotage ourselves by underestimating the desire of our customers and potential customers to connect with our businesses online," says Katie Wagner (photo, left).
"I enjoy coaching people with their blogging efforts and there are 10 pieces of advice I seem to dispense the most often.
'You’ve succeeded in getting a social media strategy in place, you’re sharing amazing, relevant content – and then WHAM! Someone posts a negative comment, and you feel like all of the wind has been let out of your sails.
Jennifer Frost, with GrammarCheck.
"In this post, I talk about 5 pivotal actions I made in the last year to ignite my blog growth to take off, raise my profile online and get results for my business," says Donna Moritz (photo, left).
Work4Labs has created an infographic named "Mobile Recruiting by the (Surprising) Numbers.
Denise Scavitto covers her topic at Edudemic.
According to Melanie-Grace Obar, "Creating a brilliant business blog need not be a difficult task.
"Social media PR crises hit companies like tornados—out of nowhere and with deadly force," observes Peter Friedman (photo, left).
Dianne Gottsman (photo, left) advises, "As you set out 2014 with fresh goals and resolutions, don't overlook your social media profiles and activity.
"Let’s take a look at the top social media brands as if it was a game of SNAKES and LADDERS.
"Why do you use social media?
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"You’ve succeeded in getting a social media strategy in place, you’re sharing amazing, relevant content – and then WHAM! Someone posts a negative comment, and you feel like all of the wind has been let out of your sails.