Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

So, digital well-being can involve the physical tools we use to manage the amount of time we spend online, the behaviors we decide to engage in while online, and the emotional tools we use to manage our experiences online. Physical Tools for Digital Well-Being. Behavioral Tools for Digital Well-Being.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Tech is a tool that enables me to work with clients around the world, juggle meetings, speaking schedules and manage to get work done with my team even though they are spread out across the US. Google Drive -Managing documents everyone can edit and update without having to download. See contact info alongside your emails.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Content calendars can be an excellent tool to plot out your social outreach strategy for creating and sharing content over time. It varies a lot sometimes it’s a shared Google spreadsheet or a literal calendar on a whiteboard. What does a content calendar look like? Bottom line?

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 29, 2013

While I don’t take Klout scores as the be-all end-all of social value, it’s still a useful metrics tool when evaluating how much an individual or a brand engages with the rest of the world. Actually I use Bing very rarely, I prefer Google, even after I took the Bing Challenge. But this post isn’t about Bing.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 13, 2011

In February Google rolled out an update to their algorithms likely directed at sites that duplicate content for article marketing as well as those that “spin&# articles (replacing phrases and words so they aren’t exact duplicates and then posting to article hosting sites). Check your site against Google’s quality guidelines.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 7, 2014

Hashtags are great tools to find conversations, participate in Twitter chats and learn about all the amazing resources available through Twitter. They can be powerful communication tools. Facebook Googleplus Social Media Tips and Tricks Twitter strategy Google Plus hashtags Twitter' Go here to learn the basics about hashtags.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Once Google took it over it just wasn’t reliable. So we moved some client sites to Feedblitz , others decided to use WordPress’s free built in RSS feed tool. If, like many people you never migrated your Feedburner account to Google you don’t even have to now. Try it free for 30 days to see if you like it.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Gather links for their Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Linkedin profiles at a minimum. If the influencer is blogging, look up the page rank of their blog on Google to get an idea of how popular the site is. Now take your refined list and do searches on your favorite social media networks.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

In these days of social media they Google and search social networks to find out more about a prospect before they even call them. They’ll set up listening tools to hear what the crowd has to say and what their needs are too. They plan based on the needs of the buyers. Then they drill down to specific individuals.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 27, 2011

It’s a given these days that before at least 50% of the first-time meetings you’re about to have you and the person you’re meeting will have Googled each other to learn a bit more about the person. A potential employer can use a variety of tools to see how well you manage your personal brand online.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 29, 2013

With a panel of professionals like these women it wasn’t a surprise to hear they all struggle with time management and balancing professional and personal interests or that they are constantly experimenting with tools and networks to fine-tune their personal brands online. Even Jana’s puppy has a profile! Facebook. Internal networks.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 17, 2012

When an application like Hootsuite, Tweetdeck or a mobile Twitter app like Tweetbot checks your account on Twitter, it’s what is called an “API Call” This does NOT include the number of messages you send through these tools, only the number of times the tool hits the Twitter server to check for more. JustSayin.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 8, 2011

Even if you have listening tools set up that alert you to comments, that discussion takes place on the hosts’ web site, while your own post may sit with fewer comments. Google won’t love you any more. What’s the point in that? Duplicate content is becoming a bigger deal with search engines.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 24, 2011

I Google translated a couple of tweets. It really hits home in times like this how deeply engrained social networks are in our everyday lives. Imagine a terrified girl reaching out to tell those she cares about. She calls her mother, texts her father and then sends tweets and Facebook posts to her friends.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 3, 2012

We are already working with a number of non-profits to help them understand social media tools and techniques. The first of these trainings will be a webinar for Vivanista on January 12, 2012 at 9 AM on using Google+. Hopefully the effect of our small efforts can help to change the world in ways we can’t begin to predict.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Google+ is a great social network. Frankly it’s not the most intuitive network and there aren’t a lot of tools that make the UI easier to manage. Google+ is worth the effort. I like to say Google+ combines the best of Twitter and Facebook on one network. But nobody uses Google+. Here’s the thing.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 30, 2015

Meerkat and Periscope are being used as broadcasting tools for the most part. Instead, check out this Google Doc via Ileane Smith. Streaming right into Youtube is nice, to be sure, but I’ll give it up for downloading the stream from Blab or embedding it into my website. It’s still in beta and changing as we speak.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 6, 2013

Even though they’re not official on Facebook we still use them there as well as Pinterest, Twitter Tumblr, Flickr and Google+. It’s a paid tool, but you get a landing page for the contest to live on so you can list rules and show off the best of the best, allow people to vote and much more. Use multiple platforms.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

Google loves WordPress, no question, and every comment adds value for the commenter and the poster. Maybe it’s a bit naive or nostalgic to think business must develop true community to succeed with social media as a marketing tool. Blogs have subscribers but not members, so do they even qualify as community?

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 1, 2013

Scan your receipts, paper files, notes or even a whiteboard then combine pages into a document, save it to Dropbox , Google Drive or Evernote or even sync it with iCloud. It’s not going to give you full balance sheets but it’s a great way to keep on top of your books wherever and whenever you need to. Scanner Pro. Easy peasy.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 1, 2011

If you want to keep on top of the changes on Facebook and understand how it affects your business you can Google your brains out , read a pile of RSS feeds or you can trust us to filter out the best stuff and tell you all about it on the site. We’ll be updating it as Facebook adds new features and probably changes the rules again.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

People hire me to watch out for them and find new opportunities to engage and new tools and it’s all candy to me, but it shouldn’t be for anybody who wants to run a business that isn’t around social media now is it? I went into my Google reader and deleted every blog that hadn’t posted within the last 30 days.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

You can have the biggest following on Twitter and Facebook and Google+ , the best videos on Youtube and a constant flow of repins on Pinterest and still not make a single sale. I know, social media is what I do, and I love it, but in the end it’s a tool. Just one of the tools you should have as part of your online marketing.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 28, 2020

Whether you work in hospitality, sales, customer service, or support, the job is all about service, but if you don’t have good tools to cope with it and support from the employer, it can be a harrowing experience. Of course, all of this also trickles into family relationships or dropping out of school and support programs.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 30, 2011

I follow almost 4,000 people on Twitter , over 1500 on Linkedin , and more on Facebook , Google+ , blogs , forums, a zillion social networks, wikis and more. I use a combination of tools to schedule my updates and they almost all have a browser bookmarklet so as I surf I can add items to the scheduling tools on the fly.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 4, 2015

If Meerkat can get acquired by Facebook or Google, it’s game on. While I’m a regular guest on Google+ Hangouts On Air, I do not, generally, create video of my own, so I’ve been slow to adopt any of the video creation/sharing apps. This is a great Q&A or conversation tool with your audience.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 4, 2015

If Meerkat can get acquired by Facebook or Google, it’s game on. While I’m a regular guest on Google+ Hangouts On Air, I do not, generally, create video of my own, so I’ve been slow to adopt any of the video creation/sharing apps. This is a great Q&A or conversation tool with your audience.

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Video Ustream Twitter API 70

Janet Fouts

JUNE 3, 2013

This post is intended to help you see a crisis coming and have the tools in place to assist. Set up monitoring tools for reputation management. At a very minimum set up Google alerts, but we recommend setting up additional social listening tools as well to be sure to get timely reporting. Monitor first, last and always.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

There are so many great posts out there and lots of top stories and new tools to explore too, so here’s the short version of what I learned this week. By the way, we’ll be talking about these things and much more in our weekly Google+ hangout, so come by The Friday Hangout and add your voice to the conversation.

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