The Write Stuff

01/29/2014

Are you guilty?

We've rounded the most offending Facebook statuses in hopes to inspire change. Together, we can make the "hide all" option obsolete.

11/24/2013

What are you doing to gear up for your 2014 marketing? Check out these projections and make sure your are heading in the right direction!

For the last few years, a great change has taken place in online marketing. Traditional SEO tricks and hacks are all but dead, killed off by Google through a series of updates to its search engine. Social media is continuing its growth by leaps and bounds. Over the last few years, content marketi...

11/11/2013

Learn how to use a page's profanity filter in this blog post from Zbra Studios.

08/07/2013

Wondering why certain stories and photos show up in your news feed and not others? Here's why...

The average News Feed has around 1,500 possible stories filtered through per day, but only 20% make your feed. What determines which stories you see?

06/25/2013

A quick cheat cheat for things we should already know...

05/22/2013

Are you caught up on all the exciting social media changes going on right now?

Yahoo! buys Tumblr, how to pronounce "GIF," and more in social media news

04/17/2013

How have you been networking? Do you prefer the social media route or the good, old fashioned in-person meeting?

How effective is online networking really? And which social networking sites are best?

03/20/2013

What do you think is more effective in this day and age - TV ads or Facebook ads?

This is a story about advertising on the Web. Specifically, it’s about ads on Facebook, a hugely popular free service that’s supported solely through advertising, yet is packed with users who are actively hostile to the idea of being marketed to on their cherished social network.

03/19/2013

Are you familiar with the legalities in the world of social media? The FTC wants to make sure you are up to speed - and not violating any of their standards and rules.

credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images They may only be 140 characters, but according to a Federal Trade Commission report, Twitter posts, and advertisements on Facebook and other social media, must conform to the same standards as newspapers, television and online advertisers. “One can log on to…

03/13/2013

Are you ready for yet another change in your Facebook world?

In addition to a new News Feed, Facebook is making changes to your Timeline: http://on.mash.to/14XJkZC

03/05/2013

Utilizing the correct design, headline and content choices is imperative in your communications. Would you have made this "mistake?"

An utterly baffling layout decision at the Mankato (Minn.) Free Press has resulted in what, by most accounts, may be the most unfortunate article headline in print journalism history.

01/29/2013

In case you needed a few more proven defense points, here are a few notable reasons for you to work in a different setting even if you have a structured office.

Here at Lifehacker, we've often encouraged switching up your working environment to spark creativity and prevent burnout. Even taking a few days each month to work in a new place can benefit you greatly.