"How can I unfriend my Facebook friend?" If I had a dollar for every time somebody asked this question at one of my social media talks or course, I would be quite a lot richer. I must say, it makes me giggle that people who are just learning how to use Facebook are already so keen to know how they …
Social Media
Looking better online: Optimising your online presence course
My "Optimising Your Online Presence" workshop was inspired by an unfortunate googling incident - as I described in my post on googling yourself - but the workshop itself turned into a very fortunate incident indeed! It was the coming together of a great variety of professionals in Perth - authors, a …
Amanda Kendle Consulting newsletters are in the world!
A few of you (who I trusted wouldn't mind being added to my mailing list) will already have received the first edition of my newsletter last month. If that's not you (or it might be you, but it disappeared into your spam so you never saw it), and you're keen to know all the latest news from me on …
Why googling yourself is smart, not vain
Last year I sat in a presentation being given by a social media expert, and I have to admit, my mind started to drift a little. I hadn't heard of this man before, and I'm not going to be a big meanie and tell you his name, but the conference programme blurb did make him sound like a well-qualified …
Everyone wants to know about social networking
I've been so busy with social networking consulting and coaching lately, and it seems like it will never stop. Or will it? Surely one day everybody will know all about Facebook, at least, and it will be just another communication and marketing tool everybody uses without thinking about it, like the …
Teenagers and social media
I'm putting the finishing touches on my UWA Extension course on "Safe Social Networking: Family-Friendly Facebook and More". These resources and links are useful ones for parents to read if they're concerned about what their teenagers (and tweens!) are doing online. Teenagers on the internet: …