Social Media

Part of the problem with content these days is volume. The sheer amount of content we're "supposed" to produce is overwhelming—particularly for small businesses or solopreneurs. That's why at Slanted and with our own clients, we've become masters of reducing, reusing, and recycling.

For most of us, Facebook is a place we interact with our current and potential clients. If you have a brick and mortar location, many people are check...

Pinterest is ALL the rage right now. It has over 70 million users. Nearly 80% of those are women. And the average visit to Pinterest is over 15 minutes. That’s a lot of time to stumble onto some good content. In short: Pinterest is a BIG DEAL. But is right for your business? Both Pinterest […]

Ever what you’re supposed to be posting to social media? How do you make good use of your networking sites? In a recent article, Social Media Examiner presented an 80/20 rule for content. This basically suggests that 80% of your content should be informative, but not sales/strategy oriented. It can be anything that appeals to […]

I have a confession. Until I had to use Twitter for a journalism class last semester I had never really appreciated Twitter. I used it just because I thought my Twitter handle was clever and my brother didn’t have Facebook at the time. Since then, I’ve discovered that some of my favorite social media moments have […]

On my first day of lessons this semester, my voice teacher and I decided that in correlation with my jazz improv class (that I complained about here), I should explore jazz more as a vocalist. Let me just say I looooooooove voice lessons this semester. And let me explain why. During that first day, my […]

Facebook, FB, whatever you call it has become exactly that- a necessary evil. You can’t really get by without it, but it can be a real pain. Let’s look at why Facebook is good and why it’s not so great. Pros of Facebook: Pretty much everyone on the planet has a Facebook. It creates potential […]

Earlier on this blog, I compared getting the hang of social media to learning a language. It’s actually a LOT like learning a new language. In fact, there are tons of new terms and phrases that you need to know and understand to best utilize social media. Pagemodo gave us a really great headstart with […]

In keeping with the theme for the week, we thought we’d take this opportunity to fill you in our progress so far with sticking to our New Year’s Resolution—particularly our editorial calendar! Are you sick of us talking about those yet? I’ve been working with Slanted for about three months now. And when I started, […]