Category: Communications
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Social Media and its Densensitization of Serious Issues
To say that Kehlani has had a difficult past 72 hours would be an understatement. On Monday, March 28, PartyNextDoor, a Canadian rapper and ex-boyfriend of Grammy nominated R&B singer-songwriter Kehlani, 20, posted a photo of the two apparently holding hands in his bed. Neither of their faces were shown. However, the tattoo on one…
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3 Reasons Why Those Who Lead Should Lead on Social Media
This post originally appeared on Online Careers Tips and was written by Tiffany Young, Public Relations Manager for American Public University System. From CEOs of Fortune 500 companies to presidents of nonprofit associations to youth soccer team coaches, those who lead have found that a social media presence can be beneficial. Despite the documented successes found by leaders…
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3 Ways to Get More Out of Social Media in 2014
By now we’ve all heard how important social media is to both our personal and professional lives. However, what hasn’t been widely accepted yet is that there is a method to the madness. I recently wrote a post on Miller Littlejohn Media of three ways you can get more out of social media in 2014.…
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Be Sure to Check Your Domain Name!
Every now and then I come across someone’s website that shows me no content whatsoever about themselves because their domain name has expired. I am disappointed to announce that after numerous alerts about my upcoming domain name expiration date, my domain name (www.ericahilton.com) expired. How did I find out about my domain name expiration? I clicked my website…
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What the Heck Does that Hashtag Mean?!
I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve been on Twitter and came across a hashtag that I have no idea what it means. I click the hashtag in order to pull some context clues from different tweets, but sometimes that still doesn’t give me enough information. Luckily, there’s #tagdef. www.tagdef.com lets you look…
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Unplug Yourself Sometimes!
I love social media. I love the way it instantly links me to what’s going on in the world as soon as it happens. Breaking news? It’s delivered to my phone in seconds. Whether I can be in front a television or not has no effect on my knowledge of current events. One simple check…
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What MTV Really Said
I’ve been wondering why the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) is being held on a Thursday this year when it’s often held on Sundays. The only reason I ask is because this Thursday is the final day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). President Obama, Vice President Biden and other important individuals will be speaking. Today, I…
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Matt Mullenweg – Founder of WordPress
In July 2012, I had the opportunity to attend the Next Generation of Government Summit. The summit was two days of networking, training sessions and amazing guest speakers. While there I got the chance to meet the founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg. It was really refreshing to hear him speak. The one thing that really…
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AIDS Activist Reprimanded for Tweets
Yesterday Rae Lewis-Thornton posted a blog post about having her honorary membership with her sorority rescinded because of tweets she posted about a year ago. Now just in case you don’t know who Rae Lewis-Thorton is… Rae was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1986 when she was 23 years old. Nine years later, Rae had full blown…
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You Can’t Twitpic Everything
Peyton Manning, former quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, had dinner at Angus Barn in Raleigh, NC on March 2. At the end of the night he was charged $739.58, which included an 18% gratuity. He also left an additional tip of $200. How do we know? His server twitpic’d the receipt. Here’s the kicker… the server was fired…
Erica N. Hilton, Ph.D. 