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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Here's to a new year and more change for the city of Detroit!

And in case you missed it, both Grand Rapids and Detroit rank among the nation's Top 10 cities for best economic recovery.

Happy New Year! Here's what you might have missed while ringing in 2013:

Photo: Fat Mum Slim

So long, 2012! You had your ups and your downs but, overall, you were good to me. As the year came to an end I finally started to feel like I was getting on the right path to where I want to be in my life--both professionally and personally.

I also started to really get focused content on this blog. However, in the process, I've lost a little bit of the "me" factor so I came up with this list of goals for this blog:

• Add more of a personal twist
• Include a more Detroit aspect
• Give things personality!
• Don't be just a content aggregate
• Offer insight

Let's see how this goes! Let's toast to a new year!

I've posted about the HubSpot guides a few times in the past but I really can't stress their awesomeness enough!

It seems like every week HubSpot is releasing some kind of social media guide as a free download that tackles a very specific piece of social media, especially marketing. Some of the topics are pretty basic but I always finish the reading feeling inspired and energized to make differences in my strategies. And the best part about these guides is that they're mobile and incredibly short so you can read them quickly at your leisure whether it be on the bus, waiting in line, or in the bathroom.

This week I downloaded the How To Engage Fans on Facebook guide, which they describe as:

The key to engaging fans on Facebook is simpler than you'd think. 
Think back to the last social gathering, party, or dinner you were at. Who were people talking to the most? Why were people so engaged with that particular person? 
The people who are the most engaging are usually one of the following: 

• The most interesting 

• The most attractive 

• The most engaged themselves 

Voila! You now know everything you need to know about increasing the engagement between your customers and your brand on Facebook. Well, okay, there’s a bit more to it. Download this mini guide to unveil the rest.

I highly recommend downloading it FOR FREE and taking the few quick minutes to look it over! It is definitely time worth spent.

Download How to Engage Fans on Facebook for free from HubSpot.

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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Have you noticed advertising starting to pop up on your FB mobile app feed?

It was once the only place we were safe from Facebook's never-ceasing attempts to bombard us with advertising but now nowhere is safe!

To be honest, we all new this was coming... Facebook had to do something to make a buck and bring that stock back up!


How do you feel about the new ads littering your mobile feed?