Social Media Blog

The Timeline Deadline is Here

Is your Facebook business page timeline ready? Well, ready or not, it's rolling over to the new format tomorrow. If you haven't already acquainted yourself with the upcoming changes, you're in for some big surprises. Whether they're ideal still has yet to be decided, but they will ...

Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran Wants Help from Social Media

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) took the stage at SXSW on March 11 to discuss [The Startup Act][1], a bill authored with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) to promote entrepreneurship. His presentation, "[Encouraging Innovation and Empowering Entrepreneurs][2]" was targeted to get the tech community ...

Brands on Pinterest

Do you have a Pinterest account? The better question may be: How many times have you heard this question in the past few weeks? Pinterest has become the fastest growing standalone site in history with [11.7 million unique visitors recorded in January][1]. It now drives more traffic than ...

New & high-resolution things in social media

It’s been a little quiet around here, huh? Well, things haven’t slowed down a bit here at The World Company or in our social media circles. We have quite a few new things going on that have kept everyone pretty busy. Speaking of new things, I would be one of the new faces around the ...

So long, and thanks for all the tweets

Today is my last day as social media specialist for The World Company, and though I'm excited about moving on to an opportunity in Boulder, Colo. - my hometown - I'm very sad to be leaving such a versatile, dedicated team here in Lawrence. I've been remarkably lucky to help shape this company's ...

Google+ brand pages have arrived

Well, it's official: After months of speculation as to when they'd be available and what they'd contain, Google+ opened up registration for brand pages this week. And while there's been plenty of bandwagon-jumping going on (we've joined the fray too, with G+ pages for [LJWorld.com][1] and ...