Wafula Simiyu : the Chronicles

When Facebook launched Timeline for personal profiles, social media managers began speculating on when the format would be rolled out for brand pages. We now know that day will likely be this  Wednesday . Is your brand ready for the change?  By most accounts, brand will have three months before they have to adapt to the format, but you should start to see the rollout happen much quicker than that, with some early adopters taking advantage of the format immediately. Facebook premium ads are also expected on Wednesday, and leaked documents  give some in-depth info on what that will mean for your brand.  The first thing that marketers should realize is that Timeline for brands will differ from Timeline for personal pages. Further, brands will need to rethink their Facebook strategy. And with any of the medium’s past iterations, there will be some growing pains.  That said, here are a few points that will help communicators ensure that they’re ready for the launch:  Plan first

I’ve been at a loss looking for "best" environment that can manage my social media interaction, all under one "roof". I know what you are thinking, its never that easy I know... but i had to try.There are options for pushing/broadcasting messages - Ping.Fm was my first love BUT it lacks the ability to monitor. If you are engaged in social media either as a Dabbler, conversationalist or Brand Management it would serve your interest  to have monitoring module/tool allowing you to watch what others are doing. My inspiration for this post lies squarely on the failure of one such tool, yeeees you guessed it TweetDeck with its constant error messages arrrggghhh. - Sanity now If you share these views feel free to rant. Facebook and Twitter Integration Globally the two-most active social media channels are Twitter and Facebook, so I looked for a way where I can stay in touch with my friends and network, by monitoring conversations and tweeting in real-time. Tw

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Social Media Engagement  tools are communication platforms where users take action and can respond, engage, interact or communicate directly on social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, blogs, forums, and more.  Users provide the login credentials and offer  OAuth  permissions and can Tweet, comment on a blog post or respond to a question in a forum without leaving the Social Media Engagement platform. These are highly customized dashboards where you can interact real-time and often offer multiple accounts, a shared workspace for many users and the ability to respond in multiple places with one click.  Don’t mistake these for Social Media Management tools, which are used to  primarily analyze activity .  Social Media Engagement tools are beneficial for anyone who wants to save time, stay organized, or especially has multiple accounts to manage.

“When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn’t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn’t love her anymore. I just pitied her! With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years