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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Foursquare Brand Pages for Web Update [VIDEO]
Foursquare has recently updated their brand pages for web with a little bit different design, so today I thought it would be good to discuss these changes and why you should be using this location-based network. Even if you don’t have a property to check into. Watch Foursquare Brand Pages for Web Update: First thing’s first. [...]

‘Buffer This Image’ Tutorial to Stay Visual and Productive [VIDEO]
It’s important on more and more social networking platforms to be as visual as possible when sharing great content. Especially on Facebook where you can reserve so much of the newsfeed with just one photo to attract attention. Buffer App is also a great social scheduling app but I didn’t find out until recently that [...]

YouTube Partner Program: Advantages and How To Get Started [VIDEO]
In last week’s Sexy Wednesday episode, there were some questions about how to actually implement custom YouTube thumbnails once they have been created. I didn’t answer those questions because the video was meant to be a design helper, but I’ll happily address this today. In order to access additional features on YouTube such as custom [...]

Getting the Most From Your Facebook Cover Photo [VIDEO]
Remember a couple weeks ago when we talked about the changed guidelines of Facebook brand page cover photos? For those of you following the rules previously, you are now allowed to have text in your cover photo — even a call to action. But it needs to be no more than 20% of your photo. [...]

How to Make Fun YouTube Thumbnails [VIDEO]
In the last year, YouTube has made it easier for all users to become official partners with the opportunity to monetize. One of the great perks of having one of these accounts is the ability to have a custom thumbnail. So today for Sexy Wednesday, I am sharing a tutorial of how I make all [...]

To Vlog or Not To Vlog (Is that even a question?!) [VIDEO]
I think we all know how this is gonna go. This week for Social Thursday I’m responding to a viewer question about getting started with vlogging for her blog presence. Lisa wanted to know: I would like to do videos that correspond with my blog. But, I do not know if I should do both [...]






