About Amy Schmittauer

Amy is the Founder of Savvy Sexy Social and President of Vlog Boss Studios, a digital marketing agency specializing in video content creation. Connect with her on Twitter.
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Google Plus is New New New! [VIDEO]

Last week, Google had a lot of big announcments at their annual keynote, especially when it comes to their social network Google Plus. I was furiously taking notes as there were 41 friggin’ features that they updated! I mean seriously. Like we didn’t have enough to talk about. In this week’s Social Thursday I’m giving [...]

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How to Install Social Links on your Website [VIDEO]

I took a question from my Tumblr this week on a little design advice to integrate social media to your website. Social links are an important thing for your visitors to see so they know you’re connected but some strategies are better than others to make sure they stick around to your site more than [...]

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How to Know You’re Working With the Real Deal [VIDEO]

For Savvy Tuesday this week, I took a question from imyjimmy on my Tumblr. He wanted to know: What is the common denominator of successful social media entrepreneurs? How many are actually “wantrepreneurs”? How can you tell? Understanding a professional’s level of expertise in any industry is important when hiring or taking advice from someone [...]

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Michael Port on Social Media for Business Networking [INTERVIEW]

Michael Port is a professional speaker, entrepreneur and best selling author of one of my favorite business books, Book Yourself Solid. He is also preparing to present at an upcoming CreativeLIVE session about the essentials of the book’s method. If you’re not familiar with CreativeLIVE I highly suggest you check out Michael’s session and check [...]

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How to Ask a Question on Tumblr [VIDEO]

Sometimes it’s some of the coolest features of a social platform that aren’t totally obvious but add a nice touch to your content marketing plan. One that I really like is the question/answer section on Tumblr. But where is it? Today for Social Thursday, I ecplain the very simple but important details to jazz up [...]

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How to Design Thumbnails for Facebook Apps [VIDEO]

I had a question last week about the applications on the Savvy Sexy Social Facebook page. As you will see, they are very similarly designed to help contribute to the branding. The Facebook apps your download all come with their own default thumbnails so visitors will know what they’re clicking on, but you can design [...]

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Book Review: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg [VIDEO]

It’s a bit of a serious chat today on the Triple S. I just finished the book Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. In this book she talk about the struggles of women in the workplace, at home, basically in society overall and how far behind we are in reaching the point of [...]

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New Tagging Feature on Instagram [VIDEO]

Instagram took a cue from its boss Facebook and upgraded their app to integrate tagging of photos. This is a huge deal for brands because any account on the network can tag any other account (granted its public) in a picture. Here’s what you need to know about tagging on Instagram and how to take [...]

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6 Cheap Design Options When There Is No Budget [VIDEO]

Hiring a designer is an important step for your business when aligning your branding with your vision. But most businesses just don’t have the budget to make it happen and will put off other important elements of launching their business just because they don’t have a logo. If there is anything I’ve learned as a [...]

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Prepare to be Googled: 4 Tips To Impress With SEO [VIDEO]

It’s very important in this day of technology and social media to know what the results of Google or any other search engine are for your name. People be stalkin’. Jessica had the same questions. Specifically because there are a lot of other ladies that have her same name, including someone in her own family. [...]

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