Wednesday Words: Mentioned

Today's word comes from the Twitterverse and it's concerning what happens when your brand is tagged, or mentioned, in a Twitter post.

When someone tags you with your handle by posting your handle (like mine is @kayhynn) in a post when they are talking to you or about you, you've been Mentioned.  You are "Mentioned" any time your Twitter handle is included in a Tweet.

Follow Fridays is most often when people are mentioned, though mentions also occur when replying to posts, tagging people to thank them for something, or tagging people to have them see something in particular (such as those people who compile paper.li papers they tag you to late you know you've been mentioned in them).

Mentions are a great way to expand your user base as more people will see your name with replies, etc.

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Wednesday Words: Social Mention

Social Mention is a free social network search engine that lets you search blogs, comments, bookmarks, events, news, videos, images, etc. for mentions of your name, your band name, trending tags and more.

I did a quick search for my moniker and here are the results: http://www.socialmention.com/search?q=Kayhynn&t=all&btnG=Search

Social Mention is easy to use. Just type in what you want to find and search. Takes a few seconds, but when done it will show you all sorts of useful data. This can be a great analytic tool when used properly to assess where your brand is mentioned, etc.

Check it out here: http://www.socialmention.com

Wednesday Words are a series of definitions released on Wednesday each week regarding a word found specific to Facebook's social media platform, or may be a generic word dealing with social media. These definitions are to help provide you with a better understanding of common and uncommon terms associated with Facebook and social media. You can find all the Wednesday Words by clicking on the Wednesday Words tag below.

Tuesday Tips: Be Prominent

As a brand, you must appear in the right places at the right time to get in front of the audiences you want to target. This means you need to know if your target audience is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest or a combination of those or other social media networks then actively join and participate in those sites.

To help find out where your brand may be being found without you realizing it, you can use a free, online social network search engine, called Social Mention, to see if your brand is being talked about. You can also search hashtags and keywords that may be associated with your brand to see who's talking about your brand or if not, what they are talking about.

This may help you to narrow down which social media networks you want to be a part of if you are at a loss for where to start.

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