(Hubze.com) Free internet services, like social networks, make money off of your personal data. Every other time I log-in to Gmail, I am redirected to a page asking for my mobile phone number. Facebook is even more aggressive when it comes to collecting (and keeping) personal information "as long as it is necessary to provide services." Facebook is...

(hubze.com) Alright, here is a warning-- this sh** could get f***ing graphic. Sh*t happens on social media. When you are diddling CTRL+ C/V, and working with shortened links, the margin of error widens into a beast resembling the Sarlacc (the tentacled desert beast in Return of the Jedi, with a gaping mouth and rows of teeth). I may be exaggerating...

(hubze.com) There are tons of sites out there that let you "buy" Twitter followers to gain a larger following count. Most are dummy accounts and really the following does nothing for you except give a false sense of "social proof". But, what if instead of buying those followers you played a game of poker for them? That's just what a travel agency i...

(hubze.com) Every now and then we are reminded that social media is a dangerous game with instantaneous consequences. "O-o-o-o-o-o, snap..." Alex Anzalone, a top-gun High School linebacker, has de-committed from Ohio State following tweets that associate him with a convicted sex offender. During a spring game weekend, a gallant Anzalone posed for p...

If there’s a Holy Grail for Twitter users, most people think it means racking up more followers than Lady Gaga. To which we say, good luck with that. So if you can’t attract a Gaga-sized followership as a business, how can you amplify your Twitter exposure? Retweets. The Value of a Retweet Savvy consumers are often wary of brands spamming across th...

(hubze.com) School Administrators are taking action against students' Facebook activity across the country. Detention, suspension, and expulsion have been the preferred method of punishment for some students who take certain liberties on Facebook  or Twitter-- like calling a teacher fat, cursing like a High Schooler, and/or bullying fellow classmat...

(hubze.com) You gave in. You set up a twitter account for your business and have been posting religiously for the past few months. You start to notice that all your hard work does not seem to be paying off. Your followers are not growing and you are not getting any extra business from your all those tweets you worked so hard to put together. Here a...

(hubze.com) Marketing on Twitter is going to be fruitless if you do not have any followers. So how do you get people to follow you?  The rule of paying it forward applies.  So follow them first, and most likely, they'd return the favor and follow you back. Search for people who interest you, people who are movers in your industry, and those who are...