Whether you're a blogger jazzing up your home page, a business setting up their website, or an organization posting on your Facebook page, this same question is bound to come up at one point or another throughout your social networking:
Am I allowed to use that?
If you haven't asked yourself this yet, I suggest that after reading through this, you go back and double-check your past work, but we'll get to "why" in a moment.
When I say "that," what am I referring to? In this case, I'm talking about pictures, but the same question can come up for quotes, copyrighted written material, articles, music, giveaway procedures, etc.
We live in a generation where a picture is now not only worth a thousand words, but it's also worth a click, a few +1's on Google+, a dozen likes on Facebook, some retweets, re-pins, and ultimately whether or not you reach your audience efficiently.
It's that time of year again. The time where girls and guys pile into a car and drive to Indio, California to experience the epic three-day music festival known as Coachella. Tomorrow marks the kick-off to weekend 1 of 2. As one of the biggest music festivals in the United States, people around the country take to every social media outlet to upload their pictures, talk about their experiences, and check-in to the event. But what about those who couldn't make this year? Not to worry. As has occurred in the previous two years, Youtube will be live streaming weekend 1 of Coachella starting tomorrow and ending Sunday. It seems that they have everyone covered, going or not, making their social media efforts noteworthy. Here is a deeper look into their social media usage:
In today's society, roughly 46% of American adults own smartphones (as of 2012). With almost half of the U.S. using these devices, it's no wonder that businesses in all fields are doing their best to make their company mobile-friendly. Restaurants across America have been working over the years to bring two of my favorite things together: social media and food.
