he is commenting on other people’s news and responding to comments made on his/her news. I’ll admit that some days I am more active than others, but each day I try to leave comments on my networks and respond to people. The real measurement of engagement is partially found in website visits and clicks, but equally found in conversations joined, comments responded to, and also in the sentiments people express about your business or yourself. The word engagement is thrown around a lot in social media as a way of describing what people should do. MORE >>

I’ve also had this occur when I’ve made a comment, and I think it illustrates an example of bad social media behavior when someone doesn’t take the time to respond to a comment that someone made that references him/her. There are cases, where if you’re getting lots of comments, it may be hard to respond to all of them, but for the majority of people that’s less likely to occur. So when you do get the occasional comment or reply, it’s important to make a response in turn. MORE >>

Tip 2: When you get comments, respond to them. Another benefit as well is that the more comments you get, the more likely your original post and the comments will show up in the top news feed in your network. The majority of Facebook business pages tend to be a little dull, with the occasional like, but not much else changing the landscape of posts of the business trying to get people interested in what they do. The reason why so many business pages are so dull comes down to a lack of personality. Tip 1: Put together or promote events that are community oriented. MORE >>

Imagine Your Reality Business and Social Media Coach Blog Home About Taylor Ellwood Services Social Media and Business Classes Why I will drop you as a connection on Linkedin Posted August 11th, 2010 by admin and filed in Social Media , social media behavior Tags: connection , Linkedin , social media behavior , social networking , Taylor Ellwood View Comments Recently I got an email in my Linkedin account from a new connection that was trying to solicit my time and was offering a free ipod, or iphone, or something Apple related. I’m a person and I don’t want advertisements. MORE >>

Imagine Your Reality Business and Social Media Coach Blog Home About Taylor Ellwood Services Social Media and Business Classes 5 tips to manage your time on social media Posted September 8th, 2010 by admin and filed in Social Media , business , social media behavior Tags: Social Media , social media behavior , social media strategy , Taylor Ellwood , Time management View Comments The other day a client told me that one of her biggest challenges is figuring out how to fit social media marketing into her time schedule. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Define your audience as well. MORE >>