You can learn more about how to deal with negative social media comments here > 5 Tips to Dealing with Negative Facebook Comments. When staring down the barrel of a negative comment, brands have to choose whether to embrace or delete. Shortly after the picture was posted, several proponents of humane/sustainable farming began to thoughtfully comment on the apparent factory-farmed conditions being depicted. That is until Fair Oaks Farms chose to start deleting comments from the sustainable camp while liking and praising the comments that favored the farm. MORE >>

Setup a blog or wiki for your employees to engage and interact with content and comments. On Sunday evening I was reading a blog post over on Business on Main called Why Employees Are Less Engaged than Ever. The post talks about why employee engagement is at an all time low. According According to research conducted by Hewitt Associates, employee engagement in June 2010 had its largest quarterly decline in more than 15 years, when Hewitt first began tracking this metric. The post goes into detail on some ideas to help keep employees more engaged. suggest that you read it. MORE >>

If you notice that a pin is not sourced correctly, leave a comment so the original pinner can update the source. Unless you live under a rock, you would be hard-pressed to find someone that has not heard of Pinterest. The site hit the social-networking scene with a bang and it keeps building momentum as millions of people start pinning and developing their own personal brands. It has the potential of being one of the top new ways to build your business and your personal brand. Be sure to ask for invite as soon as possible. People collect a ton of things. More on that later. Yah I know. MORE >>

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Are you self promoting and only allowing good comments to be posted? When there’s a negative comment do you delete it? The bad comment won’t ruin you. This bodes well for you especially when a dreaded negative comment appears. What’s more important:What you say or what others say about you? When it comes to your brand what matters most to you? Where do you draw the line? Social media is a tool the should be used to help others speak about you. My suggestion is to leave it. We’re not perfect and we can’t make everyone happy. It’ll give you credibility. MORE >>