Pariah Burke's List: __Social Media Preschedule

Thankfully, help as it hand, via this quick and simple social media image size cheat sheet, which has been updated for 2015 and comes courtesy of Constant Contact.

Is it a stretch to say that Hootsuite and Evernote work together like Han Solo and Chewbacca? Sure, but we're going to run with it anyways. I've partnered up with Evernote Expert Jason Frasca to present you with these classic maneuvers designed to increase your productivity and efficiency, and I'll let you decide which one of us is the wookie.

Facebook Templates are the great pre-designed solution for representing your company on the web. You just need to add some content like photos, videos and text information to get a serious professional looking page for your business on Facebook. It will help you to keep in touch with your current and potential customers. This is the unique opportunity to make your existing Facebook account exclusive, premium-looking and attractive.

This year’s group includes a great mix of social media talent and leadership including:  independent consultants, major brands, an industry analyst, a reporter, entrepreneurs, authors, public relations and marketing professionals and an aspiring astronaut headed for Mars.

Whether it’s your first time running social media for a company, or you’re just looking to boost your online profile, here are six social media templates to save you valuable time and effort.

Given how often people share links on the micro-blogging network, eventually, that means Twitter turns into a fantastic social-powered list of must-read items. So how do you track and save them them?

As of September, 2013, 71% of online adults use Facebook. Almost 72% of people between the ages of 30-49 are using social media. The user experience, when online, does not remain focused on merely one channel. It shifts continuously, making it necessary for organizations and companies to be present where the users are.

Love it or hate it, Facebook is here to stay. Almost everyone you know probably uses the social network, and it’s hard to stay away from it. But how does Facebook impact your relationships? Is it a positive or a negative? Check out the infographic below for a fascinating look at how Facebook helps and hurts your relationships.

The demographics of who's on what social network are shifting — older social networks are reaching maturity, while newer social messaging apps are gaining younger users fast.

Do you care about your privacy? You should. Or are you one of those people that thinks, “I’ve got nothing to hide, so they can look at whatever they want!” Sorry, you may have something to hide and not even know it. “What?”, you ask, “I just told you I have nothing to hide. I’ve never done anything against the law.” That’s not the point.

What’s the best time of day, day of the week, and month of the year to tweet? ExactTarget has some answers in a new report [download page] based off more than 3.6 million tweets sent through its platform by companies in 15 industries. The analysis looks at post engagement rates (organic and paid) in the aggregate and across various industries, arriving at some interesting conclusions.

Even if you think you're sharing or storing photos privately online, there's always a chance that your pictures could inadvertently get into the wrong hands. Here's how to completely remove photos you don't want shared from Facebook, Google, Instagram, and Twitter.

Love it or (most likely) hate it, LinkedIn is the leading social network for your career, whether you're looking for a job or just want to stay in touch with others on a professional level. It's also incredibly frustrating to many of us. Here's how you can make LinkedIn less annoying and more useful.

Already tested out by influential retailers such as Burberry, nonprofts such as The Nature Conservancy and music acts including Pharrell Williams, the “Buy” button works like it sounds. Within the Twitter app, users can view a tweet offering a product. If they like what they see, they simply need to tap “Buy Now” to pull up more details, enter shipping and payment info and, done.

IFTTT is one of our favorite tools (and one that I’d imagine you might love as well). We use IFTTT in a number of neat ways, and there are loads of different options available through IFTTT for powering up your social media marketing. I thought I’d share a few of our favorites and some that might help you work smarter, too.

data shows that WeChat, LINE, WhatsApp, and Snapchat are all growing their user numbers in 2014 at a quarterly rate of 15% or higher.

Like social networks before them, these apps are becoming the hubs for everything global smartphone audiences do on mobile. Messaging apps help people connect with one another, share photos, video chat, and increasingly engage in activities that earn significant revenue for the apps, including playing games, buying digital goods, and even shopping offline.

Mr Harris is no absolutist or ageing Luddite. Instead he makes a more cautious argument, following in the footsteps of writers like Nicholas Carr, whose book "The Shallows" had a powerful impact on our understanding of the way the internet is rewiring brains. He speaks to internet millionaires, computer scientists, academics and virtual robots to understand his anxieties better. His conclusion is a measured one.

A recent post on the official Microsoft blog demonstrated the simple approach: The high-quality homepage image is connected to free lesson plans which have been designed around the image, and graded for kids from K-4 to K-12. You can access the lesson plans by clicking on the Info button on the bottom right of the photo. As you can see in the screenshot below, you can learn more about the image and also click through to the lesson plan.

Children who spend five days away from their smartphones, televisions and other screens were substantially better at reading facial emotions afterwards, a new study has found.

When you're going on vacation and disconnecting from Twitter, you don't want people to think you're ignoring them. An automated out-of-office reply can take care of that, and Amit Agarwal of Labnol shows you how to do it.