Earlier this year, we published a PowerPoint slideshow “2017 Edition of Careers in Business.”
Now we have produced a YouTube version of this slideshow — which is easier to view; and it is complete with music. 🙂
PLEASE take a look at this video — in full-screen mode!
Learn about the many opportunities and challenges facing those interested in a career in business. The latest data are included. Lots of data!!
In this new era of fake news, alternative truth, and inflammatory messages on social media, it is a good time for us to appraise (or reappraise) our own use of social media. Are we doing the best we can to avoid careless mistakes or inflammatory language?
Recently, Annie Pilon described “20 Taboo Topics to Stay Away from on Your Company’s Social Media Channels” for Small Business Trends. Here are some of her observations. PLEASE keep them in mind when utilizing social media and reacting to comments by others:
“If you use social media to promote your business online, you’ve probably put a lot of thought into what types of posts to share. But sometimes it can be just as important to consider what NOT to post on social media.”
“Making fun of specific groups of people can go too far.
Even the occasional complaint about customers can be enough to damage your brand.
Avoid complaining about your employees online.
Customers want to know that you have a team that they can trust.
Nonconstructive criticism about public figures can seem petty to your social media followers.
You don’t want to be too intrusive when asking questions of your followers.
Be careful not to share anything that’s not true, as it can make your business look bad and lead to your followers being misinformed.
Healthy competition can be good for a business, even on social media. But there’s a big difference between a friendly back-and-forth and trash-talking.
Social media also isn’t the place to share sensitive or confidential information about customers.
Don’t share with followers every time you’re having a bad day or just feeling ‘blah’ about your business.
Posting anything illegal, whether it’s drug use or even just speeding, is a very bad idea.
Stay away from sharing any content that could be considered controversial.
It’s also best not to post anything that’s irrelevant to your audience.”
Click the image to learn more from Pilon.
Instagram now has 500 million active users, and it is rapid pulling away from Twitter (whose user base has been rather stagnant). Instagram’s popularity has not gone unnoticed by brand marketers who have been posting pictures and videos in great numbers.
Recently, HubSpot wrote about some of the best video examples of brands using Instagram. According to Lindsay Kolowich:
“emember when Instagram first started allowing users to post videos back in 2013? The first Instagram videos had to be recorded on your phone and could only be up to 15 seconds long. Those were the days that people compared Instagram video to its Twitter-owned counterpart, Vine. Instagram’s come a long way since then, and it’s blown Vine out of the water. Like most of the other popular social networks, the folks at Instagram have made changes to its platform that make it easier for people to post and share videos.”
