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June 4, 2017July 20, 2019 That Social Media Girl

Do you have Phantom Vibration Syndrome?

The syndrome known as “phantom vibration” is characterised by an individual falsely perceiving that their cell phone is vibrating or ringing when it isn’t — Wikipedia

Sound like you? Keep reading…

How many times a day do you check your phone?

Apple recently reported that their users unlock their phones on average 80 times a day, which works out at about 6–7 times every hour

Not only that, we touch our phones on average 2.5K times a day.

Some estimates show we spend the equivalent of three weeks every year on social media and checking emails. read more

November 11, 2016December 13, 2016 That Social Media Girl

12 Life-Changing, Time-Saving, Digital Marketing Chrome Extensions

Blog Posts, Productivity

Are you one of those people who often finds themselves short of time, no matter what you do? Yes? Then you will love this list.

August 1, 2016August 11, 2016 That Social Media Girl

Google+ – An Intranet Solution for Small Businesses

Digital Communication, Google+, Productivity

One of the great things about using Google Apps for Work is that it gives you the tools to use their social media platform, Google+, as an intranet.

We recently made the jump to using Google+ as our intranet in a company of 70 employees.

How does Google+ work as an intranet?

If you use Google Mail for your email you will also have the option of creating a Google+ profile. This profile is easily accessible when logged into the Chrome browser making it very convenient for people to access as an intranet.

Here’s where the cool part comes… you can lock down Google’s social media platform so posts shared by people with the company’s email domain are only visible to to those people within your organisation! – Very exciting I know! read more

June 11, 2016August 11, 2016 That Social Media Girl

How to use WhatsApp as a Business Communication Tool

Digital Communication, Productivity, WhatsApp

WhatsApp has been getting a lot of media attention since Facebook bought the instant messaging service for $19billion last year, but something which may have been missed is how valuable the app can be used as a business communication tool.

The numbers speak for themselves: WhatsApp now has half a billion regular active users. No wonder the corporate world is interested.

WhatsApp does have limitations though. For example, groups are capped at 100 people – which is obviously restricting for a lot of businesses. Something which is probably intentional… read more