“What’s up with these hashtag things?” — We’ve all heard it (as social media aficionados) or we’ve asked it (as Facebook-only users). In this episode we discuss the uses, annoyances, and pop culture affects of the social media hashtag.

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 “What’s up with these hashtag things?” — We’ve all heard it (as social media aficionados) or we’ve asked it (as Facebook-only users). In this episode we discuss the uses, annoyances, and pop culture affects of the social media hashtag.

In our past 29 shows of Social Media Meltdown we have gotten in-depth with current social media issues. Now we would like to take a step back and give our viewers some intuitive beginner’s guides to various networks. Our first in the beginner’s guides series is LinkedIn. In this guide we will examine the reasoning behind joining LI, how it differs from other social networks, how to use it to find a job, and how it can “up” your networking game.

What should companies have social media policies? What do social media policies mean for employees? How do companies and their employees benefit from social media policies? Where do you start when writing a social media policy? We'll answer all these and more!


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Are you (or your mom) ever in the position of not knowing whether or not to accept a particular friend request? Maybe it's a distant relative, an estranged friend, the kid with the locker three down from yours in middle school, a coworker, or just a complete stranger. At some point in our digital lives we all have this moral dilemma: to accept or not to accept.



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As 2012 comes to an end we wanted to share all of our favorite and most hated social media moments and trends of the past 365 days.

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When was the last time you angrily tweeted about a product or service you were unhappy about? Or maybe you took to Facebook? How many of those angry public posts got you a response from the company's customer service reps? Customer service is a huge, changing market right now with the widespread use of social media as a form of user testimonials. On this episode we will be talking about why this is a genius idea, how it fits into a social media strategy, and some best practices in the industry.


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Although broadcasted live on Election Day 2012, this episode of Social Media Meltdown did not cover election news and updates. Instead we had an even better idea! We analyzed some of the social media strategies in this year’s political race and gave some pointers on how social media can and should be used by political movers and shakers.


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We've been talking about how to promote your business on Facebook a lot lately but anyone who’s anyone has a Facebook Page these days. (They're like bellybuttons, everyone's got 'em!) Just as with the www websites, Facebook Pages are on track to become a standard practice for companies. As we start to make this transition to a Facebook Page norm for brands, how can you ensure your brand is staying ahead and above of the competition?



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We never thought when we started this show that we would ever seriously cover Myspace. We figured that we might cover the official death of the network--if anything--but never its comeback! Recently Myspace unveiled a promo for the new Myspace. It's pretty awesome.

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Tonight we broadcasted our very first show live through Google+. In the past we were using LiveStream but in attempts to shorten the duration you have to wait to watch each week's show, we made the switch to Google+. There were a few glitches but it seems to already be working out in everyone's favor... the show went live about 4 hours ago and now the video is ready for you to watch! This definitely beats the old 4 to 5 day wait. Enjoy!

This week on Social Media Meltdown we're answering a question from one of our Facebook fans on how to get more blog readership by utilizing social media. Such a great topic, keep 'em coming guys!


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Patriotism has been a trending topic lately on the internet with the excitement over the Olympics and the new outerspace infatuation with the US landing a rover on Mars. Is social media the reason why we know about and are able to cheer for more teams and more athletes from across the globe than previous generations? Is social media going to be the saving grace for the US space program? We discuss all this and more on this episode of Social Media Meltdown!

This week's episode was insipred with my recent brush with nature. I vacationed in the desolate wilderness of Michigan's Upper Penninsula where 4G doesn't exist and people have no idea what an iPad is. Joe is getting ready to adventure out on a camping trip of his own so I thought I'd offer some words of wisdom to him and all the other techies out there!


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After all the crazy-ness with Social Media Day Detroit and my vacation, Joe and I finally got to sit down and produce a really awesome show. This week we're answering the age-old question (yes, they've been asking this question since the beginning of time), "Do all businesses really need social media?"
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This past Saturday, June 30, I attended Social Media Day Detroit at MotorCity Casino in Detroit with the rest of the Social Media Meltdown cast and crew. Alongside other fellow enthusiasts in Detroit, everyone came together to celebrate the re-birth of the city: the start-ups, the entrepreneurial spirit, the fascination with The D, and the social media that ties all these things together.

To showcase the great minds and companies in Detroit, we did a series of interviews for Social Media Meltdown with some awesome people in the industry. These interviews streamed live online during the event but in case you missed them, we've posted them here!

Below you will find the Social Media Day Detroit 2012 YouTube playlist featuring interviews with:

• John Policicchio, Director of Interactive Marketing at MotorCity Casino (video)
• Mikel and Heather, hosts of Most People are DJs (video)
• Mike McClure, President of Social Media Club Detroit  (video)
• Jag, Channel 955 DJ  (video)
• Jake Duhaime, Social Media Manager for the Detroit Red Wings  (video)
• Jordan Fylonenko, Public Relations team at Quicken Loans  (video)
• Annette Janik, Yelp Community Manager for Metro Detroit  (video)
• Chuck Dorantes of ExactTarget  (video)
  
  
  

Social media is a huge force bringing in more business, building bigger and better communities, spreading positive messages throughout Detroit and beyond, and building collaborative networks in and around Detroit. Social Media Day Detroit was in its third year running this year and it was bigger and cooler than ever. 

Hopefully we can see more gatherings of people like these -- the true movers and shakers of Detroit. 

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This week on Social Media Meltdown we talked about password protection. Last week was full of password hacks on some of social media's largest networks including LinkedIn, LastFM, and eHarmony.

Learn what you can do to protect your passwords by watching the show!

You can watch Social Media Meltdown live this Wednesday (and every Wednesday) at 8:00pm EST at www.livestream.com/speedyf40!

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Things got a little interesting on this week's episode of Social Media Meltdown when Joe decided to stalk me via geolocation. He claims it was just trying to do a show with us in the same room but I'm not buying it! However this did bring up a very prevalent topic in the world of social media: geotagging. More and more social networks are turning to geotagging and it has been said that geolocation services is the technology to watch in 2012.



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So the big question is, is this fad safe? We want to know: Do you geotag your posts? When and where are the places you won't geotag? Do you ever worry about someone stalking you by harvesting your geolocation tags?

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