![What Happens To Your Digital Life When You Die [Video Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/digital-life-when-dead-1-optimized.jpg "What Happens To Your Digital Life When You Die [Video Infographic]")
What Happens To Your Digital Life When You Die [Video Infographic]
Here we are, shooting out our thoughts and experiences on the Internet like our lives depended on it. Some people just don't care what they put out there, and they certainly don't think about the consequences of their actions later down the road. Something that you should remember is that once somet ...
Dad Shoots Daughter’s Laptop To Teach Her A Lesson
One of the best parts of being a writer at Bit Rebels is that we get to meet the most incredible bloggers. I know some people think blogs compete with each other, but I don't look at it that way. I think of all of us as being part of one big ecosystem and community. We are all here to help each othe ...
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The Small Business Social Media Cheat Sheet [Infographic]
It's always good to know what outlets you should be using in order to get your message out. However, right when you think you have mastered the trade of marketing, you will find that something new comes along and throws all your knowledge out the window. This is a fast paced technology landscape we' ...
Business & Brand Communication: The Impact Of Your Words Matter
Coming from a family of orators - both my parents gave a speech, Voice of Democracy, in a high school competition. It's quite a romantic story how they met each other. It has given me pause recently when giving professionals feedback on the impact of their communication, the different venues of deli ...
Foursquare: Think Twice Before Cross Posting Every Check-In
I'm a big fan of Foursquare, the location-based social media site that allows you to "check-in" to various locations from your smartphone, and have been since I began using it more than a year ago. Apparently, I'm not the only one, because users check in to venues more than 3 million times per day.
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Mary Sarah & The Oakridge Boys: A Special Twitter Connection
I first started following @MarySarahMusic on Twitter in 2009. At that time, she was only 14 years old. We immediately became friends, and for the past three years, I've called her my Twitter little sister. She and my son, @toad_mario, who was 8 years old at the time, also became close Twitter friend ...
3 Tips To Regain Focus: Stop Wasting All Your Time Online
If you're like me, time just slips away from you when you are online. You think you are just going to spend a few minutes replying to some people and posting a few short status updates and then you will be on your way to other tasks. However, before you know it, it's been a whole hour or maybe even ...
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B2B Marketing: Facebook vs. LinkedIn [Infographic]
We have heard it in the news, and it has become quite apparent when you see all the changes that Facebook and LinkedIn are focused on lately. I am talking about businesses and how they do business with each other. If you are a company or a B2B (business-to-business) marketer, it can be hard to choos ...
Why It’s Important To Complete Your Twitter Profile
What's the first thing that pops into your head when you think about following someone on Twitter? Their profile, right? You want to see what the person is about, and if they posted a personal avatar of themselves as well. When you take the time to fill out your bio on Twitter and write little bits ...
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Cyberbullying: Jerks On The Internet [Infographic]
This infographic asks the question, "Are jerks the future of the Internet?" Most of the sites where I've seen this posted elaborate with a story about jerk behavior that they've experienced in social media. I feel like I'm living in the twilight zone a little bit right now because I've had a complet ...
Why Twitter Keeps You Up At Night
I'm guilty. No, I haven't done anything criminal, but I do admit to falling for one of the cardinal social media sins affecting users today: Waking up in the middle of the night to check a timeline. Here's how it happens: when restless at 1, 2 or even as late as 3 a.m., it's not unusual that I wake ...
Twitter Mentions Are The New You’ve Got Mail & Celebrity Autograph
Yes, I sleep with my phone and check my @ mentions anytime I’m mildly awake in the middle of the night. Don’t judge or act like you don’t either. Twitter mentions are the new “You’ve Got Mail.” The excitement from seeing the @ symbol light up is like Christmas morning!
You’ve tweeted a ton to yo ...
Facebook Fan Pages Are More Than Trophy Walls
Is Your Community Fan Page Guilty Of Being A Trophy Wall?
You know the ones, they only post "community service events?" Guess why you don't have many "likes," comments and participation?
You are STALE & BORING!
With the plethora of opportunities, your Facebook presence has gotten stale. Why ...
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Why Social Media Isn’t A Waste Of Time [Infograhic]
On a normal day, I spend about all the time on two or three different social networking services. Well, of course, I do this while I work so I am more or less just monitoring the streams as I keep on working. Every once in a while, I throw in a tweet or a status update to stir up the pot a little bi ...
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Is Pinterest The Next Social Media Game Changer [Infographic]
The one social network that people are talking about right now is Pinterest. The image and video sharing social networking service has become a bit of a hypechild as of late. For now, you need an invitation to become a user to be able to try it out. At least that was the case a couple of weeks ago. ...