Do you have a Google+ account but haven't checked it? Have you heard that it's a "ghost town"? Are your friends on Facebook but not on Google+? If you answered yes to all three of those you need to check it again. Google+ has surpassed Twitter, and LinkedIn...

You need to manage your own social media or at the very least employ someone to do it for you. Ok, so that first sentence on the surface may seem contradictory, but if I clarify a little it should make more sense. When I say employ someone to do it I mean someone that...

I've finished my Masters degree at long last and I'm now better able to spend time on my business and more importantly on my clients. Finishing my MBA with Western Governors University Washington was a great feat and I'm very happy that I was up to the challenge and...

It's official. All major social networks now make use of hashtags for adding context, search, and abuse. This post is at the request of those who have recently had hashtags thrust upon them with Facebook's recent adoption of the standard. Many people not familiar with...

The title of this blog post should be pretty obvious to most. As a social media consultant I spend my time telling my clients to do certain things. I expect regular social media posts, blogs, and engagement. Basically all of the things that I don't do myself. In an...

I got the job!!! This news may be a little weird to find on my business blog post but it's important news for the future of cnctNOW. It has, as yet, not become a full-time family wage job. Mid-October I was laid off a good and fun job with a media company due to some...

Social media may seem like the love of my life. My wife may even believe that. So today, Valentines day, I'm going to clear things up. Social media is a good friend of mine. I have met hundreds of people virtually that I would gladly call friends. They fulfill much of...

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The other day my wife and I were talking about a post she had posted and how she was surprised that she only had X number of "Likes" on Facebook. It's funny how dramatically different we measure our lives today versus just 5 short years ago. Today we measure...

I'd like to try a little social media experiment. I'd like anyone reading this to tell me one thing about me, Ben Anderson, the author and owner of cnctNOW, that you think might be personal information. Please leave those responses in the comments below. If you are...

Facebook brought the world together today to announce it's new product beta Facebook Graph Search. Basically the social media network will be giving access to their social graph data to the public at large. The examples that were given by Mark Zuckerberg were that he...