Dennis J. Smith

Social Media Talk with Host Dennis J. Smith – Guest Jamie Dolan with Paw Dawgs Online Community on Thursday, December 13th, 2012 01:00 pm

December 13, 2012

Social Media Talk – Guest Jamie Dolan with Paw Dawgs Online Community This weeks show was almost an hour long although I forgot to take my mic off mute during a segment after the commercial break. I’ll cover a few WordPress plugins for those who are using WordPress or might be new to the popular platform. Catch my interview with Paw Dawgs Online Community owner Jamie Dolan and find out why you shouldn’t believe changing Facebook’s color is possible with a click. Tune in below. Start taking your questions on Social Media and WordPress. (we didn’t have any callers on this show) WordPress Plugins. I talk about a few plugins that I suggest you use with WordPress. Facebook security issues and new privacy controls. My interview with Paw Dawgs Online Community owner Jamie Dolan. Favorite website and Facebook Fan Page. Upcoming webinar. What’s on next weeks show. Links from Today’s Show: Contact Social Media Talk Paw Dawgs Online Community Facebook Privacy Overhaul WordPress Plugins Facebook Security Fan Page Naked Security from Sophos Tools To Create Beautiful Custom Facebook Fan Pages – Webinar Enter Discount Code “Free” before 12/14/2012 to attend free! WPMU website (affiliate link) and WPMU Facebook Fan Page Thu, December 13th, 2012 01:00 pm Listen to internet radio with The Social Media Talk Show on Blog Talk Radio Listen to the show and share your thoughts below in the comments. Thanks!

Social Media Talk with Host Dennis J. Smith – Guest April Smith with Admin Superwomen on Thursday, December 20th, 2012 01:00 pm

December 13, 2012

Social Media Talk – Guest April Smith with Admin Superwomen This weeks show is an hour long although I went through a few technical glitches. I cover the latest 3.5 update for WordPress for those who are using WordPress. Catch my interview with April Smith of Admin Superwomen and see what she thinks is going to be the breakout social media network of 2013. I cover a bit on FourSquare, LinkedIn and Yelp and some tips to get more out of Facebook. WordPress 3.5. I talk about the new WordPress 3.5 update and a reminder to backup before you update. Facebook Tips. My interview with April Smith One of my favorite website and Facebook Fan Page. Upcoming webinars. What’s on next weeks show. Links from Today’s Show: www.wordpress.org www.facebook.com/pages/feed http://pinterest.com/dennisjsmith http://business.pinterest.com http://holidays.pinterest.com http://book.https://dennisjsmith.com/ – Free Pinterest Chapter Download www.yelp.com https://foursquare.com/ www.linkedin.com http://just-ask-kim.com/ http://www.anymeeting.com/socialmediausa Thu, December 20th, 2012 01:00 pm Listen to internet radio with The Social Media Talk Show on Blog Talk Radio Listen to the show and share your thoughts below in the comments. Thanks!

Social Media Today with Host Dennis J. Smith – Thu, December 6, 2012 01:00 pm

December 9, 2012

Social Media Today – Week 2 The show was to move to an hour long and I was going to start taking your questions on Social Media and WordPress. Please note that due to technical issues that I wasn’t able to interview April and the show was cut short. I will have April back in a future episode of the show. Join me as we discuss the topics below. Start taking your questions on Social Media and WordPress. (we didn’t have any callers on this show) What’s this new MySpace? How to get more likes on your fan pages. How to get your business on Pinterest. How to get a special web address for your fan page. Links: Facebook’s New Feature “Get Notifications” – Video Thu, December 6, 2012 01:00 pm Listen to internet radio with Social Media Today on Blog Talk Radio

Facebook privacy notice chain letter is a hoax

December 5, 2012

Sorry folks, but posting a supposed legal disclaimer to your Facebook profile does not alter the Terms of Service (ToS) or privacy policies governing how your content is viewed on Facebook. Many (dozens!) of Facebook users have submitted tips to Naked Security over the last week alerting us to a new chain letter/hoax circulating among well-meaning Facebook users. The message reads as follows: “Facebook is now a publicly traded entity. Unless you state otherwise, anyone can infringe on your right to privacy once you post to this site. It is recommended that you and other members post a similar notice as this, or you may copy and paste this version. If you do not post such a statement once, then you are indirectly a……llowing public use of items such as your photos and the information contained in your status updates. PRIVACY NOTICE: Warning – any person and/or institution and/or Agent and/or Agency of any governmental structure including but not limited to the United States Federal Government also using or monitoring/using this website or any of its associated websites, you do NOT have my permission to utilize any of my profile information nor any of the content contained herein including, but not limited to my photos, and/or the comments made about my photos or any other “picture” art posted on my profile. You are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing, disseminating, or taking any other action against me with regard to this profile and the contents herein. The foregoing prohibitions also apply to your employee , agent , student or any personnel under your direction or control. The contents of this profile are private and legally privileged and confidential information, and the violation of my personal privacy is punishable by law. UCC 1-103 1-308 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. (M)” Another variant reads: In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, graphics, comics, paintings, photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention). For commercial use of the above my written consent is needed at all times! (Anyone reading this can copy this text and paste it on their Facebook Wall. This will place them under protection of copyright laws. By the present communiqué, I notify Facebook that it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, disseminate, or take any other action against me on the basis of this profile and/or its contents. The aforementioned prohibited actions also apply to employees, students, agents and/or any staff under Facebook’s direction or control. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of my privacy is punished by law (UCC 1 1-308-308 1-103 and the Rome Statute). Facebook is now an open capital entity. All members are recommended to publish a notice like this, or if you prefer, you may copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once, you will be tacitly allowing the use of elements such as your photos as well as the information contained in your profile status updates… Unfortunately taking control of your online identity is not as simple as making a declaration on your Facebook wall. Using any website to store content or personal details requires compliance with the site’sTerms of Service. These messages are simply another chain letter type hoax pinned upon wishful thinking. If you are uncomfortable with Facebook monetizing your content or making your content available to the US government you either need to avoid posting the content to Facebook, or more carefully control your privacy settings and hope the authorities don’t seek a court order for your information. If you receive one of these messages from a friend, kindly notify them that it is not legally valid. You might also suggest they check with Snopes or the Naked Security Facebook page before propagating myths. Terms and Conditions image courtesy of Shutterstock. Source: Naked Security

The New Myspace: A first look and impressions

December 5, 2012

The New Myspace: A first look and impressions Source: Gadget Helpline A while ago we told you about the new style Myspace that was going to be released at some point in the future and today is that day… welcome to the future. Here at the Gadget Helpline we have a motley crew of creatives including designers, musicians, writers as well as a whole host of people who do fiddly creative things that we don’t quite understand. So it seems that we are the new Myspace target market and we were very happy to receive our invites to the new and improved Granddaddy of social media sites. When you click on the ‘redeem invite’ button in your email you are taken to a sign-up page that asks you for all your usual social media details such as name, date of birth, email and the like, or you have the option to sign in using other social media websites like Facebook – This straight away shows that Myspace is looking to cater for a specific target audience and is not aiming to take on the big dog. You’re also asked to select a few words from a defined list to describe yourself; words like “musician”, “designer” and “writer”, which is again Myspace making it very clear that they are not looking to go against Facebook. When this is all done you have your new Myspace profile and you can start interacting. You can post updates like you would on Facebook and you can ‘Connect’ to people, which is pretty much the same as following and being followed on Twitter. As you connect to more people, add more content and interact in other ways your profile page will start filling up. There are hints of Facebook’s ‘Timeline’ feature here but your content is presented horizontally with a styling and layout that is reminiscent of both Windows 8 and Pinterest. It seems as if the creators of the new Myspace have definitely done their homework before creating a stylish but simplistic design that puts together some of the best aspects of social media across the web. To start connecting with people, celebrities and musicians all you need to do is simply type their name from the homepage and Myspace does the rest – searching happens in real time as you type, and you don’t need to click in a search box to get going, just start typing. From there you will see any available artist pages, tracks and albums which you connect with or add to the music player on your page. The music player itself is probably the best part of the new Myspace; part Spotify, part old style Myspace player and part radio. You can add tracks from artist pages, create a mixtape or you can just play an artist radio which will play all of their available tracks in a playlist. It has all the best aspects of Spotify in that you can discover new music, take a listen to songs recommended by contacts or listen to old favourites, all without having to pay a monthly fee or suffering from play limits or adverts. Myspace is looking to go all out in re-igniting an online music renaissance which Myspace itself kickstarted at the beginning of the Millennium. Our first impressions of the new Myspace is that it is heading in the right direction, providing a portal for creative people to share, network and create a public profile for themselves the same way that Lily Allen and The Artic Monkeys did almost a decade ago. I for one will be watching how Myspace grows and develops with anticipation. Have you tried out the new look Myspace yet? Let me know what you think by adding a comment below. Source: Gadget Helpline

Social Media Today with Host Dennis J. Smith – Thu, November 29, 2012 01:00 pm

November 29, 2012

Social Media Today First Show Social Media Today covers the latest in Social Media, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and WordPress. Join me each week on Thursday at 1 PM Mountain Time as I cover what’s new in the world of Social Media and WordPress. Plus I’ll bring you tips, tricks and more. Welcome to the first show! Introduction about Dennis J. Smith Discuss Facebook Hoax Facebook Tip – Interest List and Get Notifications Info on the next show Thu, November 29, 2012 01:00 pm Listen to internet radio with Social Media Today on Blog Talk Radio

Tools To Create Beautiful Custom Facebook Fan Pages

November 21, 2012

Tools To Create Beautiful Custom Facebook Fan Pages Get Rid Of Your Boring Fan Page Forever! Are you tired of having a boring fan page? Wondered how others have beautiful fan pages? Wanting to sell your products or services on Facebook? Wanting to create a form to capture information? Add video to teach, sell, inspire others. Show off your businesses Pinterest page right in Facebook. Display your latest Tweets without leaving Facebook. I’ll show you the tools you can use to create beautiful looking custom Facebook fan pages and show you a special offer created just for attendees. Enter code “Free” at registration to attend for FREE! Offer expires 11/24 at midnight! Special offer for attendees of this webinar. Don’t miss out! Registration is $9.95 after 11/24 so register today. Register Here!

New Tools for Businesses in the Pinterest Community

November 14, 2012

New Tools for Businesses in the Pinterest Community Thousands of businesses have become part of our community, giving great ideas, content and inspiration to people on Pinterest. Whether it’s Anthropologie sharing awesome clothes, Whole Foods sharing tasty recipes, the Smithsonian sharing fascinating collections, or Amazon making products easy to pin, many of us have been inspired on Pinterest by businesses. We want to help more businesses provide great content on Pinterest and make it easy to pin from their websites. Today, we’re taking a first step toward that goal with some free tools and resources. Book: Marketing With Pinterest [Kindle Edition] New business terms We now have two sets of terms—one for people and one for businesses. The business terms help guide businesses on how to use Pinterest. They also enable us to separate the provisions meant for businesses from those meant for regular people. As a result, we updated our user terms to be half as long. We also took the opportunity to simplify the language as much as possible. Unfortunately, terms of use are one of those documents that requires a certain amount of legalese, so we’ve offered “translations” of these sections, too. Getting to know businesses better Whether you’re a publication, brand, designer, blogger, retailer, online merchant, non-profit organization, institution, or local business, we’d like to get to know you better so that we can provide the right tools and support to help you inspire people on Pinterest. If your organization is new to Pinterest, sign up on Pinterest for a business account. Existing accounts on Pinterest can be easily converted by following the steps on the business site. Book: Pinterest: The Ultimate Guide To Marketing Your Business With Pinterest Signing up on our business site allows you to specify your business name (instead of first name and last name) and go through an optimized new user flow to help you: Verify your website. The verification badge helps people identify high-quality sources of content and more easily find the business they want in search results. Add new buttons and widgets. Integrate the Pin It button, Follow button, Profile widget, or Board widget to get more engagement from pinners and traffic back your site. Access to upcoming features. Receive updates on future products and services that will provide more powerful ways of reaching and understanding your audience on Pinterest. New Resources: Case Studies, What Works, and more The Pinterest community is unique and we want to help businesses interact with people the right way. That’s why we’ve also published new case studies, best practices, and guides on the business site that can show you great ways to use Pinterest to inspire people. Case Studies. Jetsetter, Allrecipes, Etsy, Organized Interiors, and Petplan Insuranceshare metrics and describe how they successfully used Pinterest to increase customer reach, drive traffic to their sites, and engage their strongest advocates. What Works. We published a set of best practices with several examples for you to follow. Guides and Documentation. Check out new guides and documentation for the Pin It and Follow buttons and how to use the Pinterest brand in marketing materials.We look forward to seeing businesses continue inspiring their audience with amazing content. For more information, please visit the Pinterest for Business site atbusiness.pinterest.com. If you have any questions or feedback, please leave them in the comments below. Want to convert? Start here! [hcshort id=”5″]

7 Solid Plugins For Creating Custom Forms With WordPress

November 13, 2012

A forms plugin with an easy-to-use interface can make the creation of custom forms virtually painless. Whereas form creation used to require HTML coding experience, now just about anybody can set up even the most complex, multi-part forms. The forms we’ve selected here are some of the major players that support powerful custom form builders within the WordPress dashboard. Gravity Forms You can’t talk about WordPress form building plugins without mentioning Gravity Forms. An all-time favorite plugin of WordPress professionals, Gravity Forms goes far beyond your simple contact form. The plugin has tons of free and commercial add-ons that make nearly anything possible, including the ability to create subscriptions, directories, polls, invoices with Freshbooks, integrations with MailChimp, aWeber, Constant Contact and much more. Ninja Forms The lite version of Ninja Forms is available in the WordPress plugin repository and includes an easy-to-use form builder, customized field options, entry management and tons of hooks for developers. Users who upgrade to Pro will be able to implement file uploads, front-end posts submissions, multi-part forms and the ability to save users’ progress. Subscribers receive excellent support with all requests answered within 12 hours or less. Formidable Forms Formidable Forms is another plugin that comes in both a lite and a pro version. Users can easily create forms with a simple drag-and-drop interface. It includes advanced capabilities for users to create posts, pages, and custom posts types with your forms, as well as the ability to manage and edit them from the front-end of your site. Formidable also integrates with reCAPTCHA and Akismet for Spam control. Breezing Forms Breezing Forms is a newer plugin that is unique in that there is no lite version. It boasts a surprising number of robust features for free, including multipage forms, powerful conditional fields without need for Javascript, AJAX file uploads with progress bars, and lots more. Breezing Forms has many of the features that you might normally expect from an enterprise-class forms building plugin. Use it to create simple contact forms, feedback forms, surveys, payment forms, calculations or complex forms. Form Maker Form Maker is available in a free version from the wordpress.org repository and also a commercial version. This plugin allows you to customize the colors, fonts, submit buttons and the size of the form elements. It also allows for custom CSS and Javascript. The form creator is integrated with the standard WordPress editor. The commercial version allows for unlimited fields and offers integration with Google Maps API. Contact Form Manager The Contact Form Manager has a broad appeal and has been downloaded more than 55,000 times with mostly 5 star ratings. It allows you to create multiple custom forms and place them on your site using shortcodes. The plugin includes the ability to send an auto-reply as well as redirect the user upon form submission. It supports all of the most common form elements, has built-in spam protection and essentially includes everything you might want in a simple webform. Visual Form Builder Visual Form Builder is a plugin designed to make the form creation process quick and easy so that the user has no need to edit any PHP, CSS, or HTML. You can add form fields with one click and reorder them via drag and drop. It includes a logic-based anti-SPAM system, confirmations messages that you can customize, the ability to manage form entries in the WordPress dashboard and multiple field layout options. One cool feature of the Visual Form Builder is the ability to duplicate forms with one click. You can also embed multiple forms on posts and pages. The plugin also has quite an extensive FAQ section for troubleshooting and customizing. Check it out and download it for free on WordPress.org. Source: WPMU

Facebook Fan Page Feature – Get Notifications

November 12, 2012

Facebook is rolling out their latest features to help page owners get their message out in front of their fans. By checking “Get Notifications” your fans will get a notification each time you post a new update to your page. See more in this updated article: Read More

Author: Dennis J. Smith