It’s Tuesday again (already?), which means it’s time to learn more social media vocabulary with us at Salty Waffle. Last week’s post was a beast, so we’ve decided to tackle some slightly less complicated (albeit equally important) concepts today. KPI: “Key Performance Indicator(s),” are the specific metrics a team plans to measure in order to…
It’s Tuesday, which of course means it’s time for another round of Salty’s Social Media Vocab. Today we’re diving into some common industry abbreviations with which many non-specialists may not be familiar. There’s a bit of overlap between many of these, making them potentially difficult to understand, but stick with us until the end and…
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for Salty Social Media Vocabulary! Today’s list runs a broad gamut, so let’s dive right in. Doxing: the act of researching and publicizing someone’s personal information via the internet. A fairly popular activity of both activists and trolls. IDTIMWYTIM: “I Don’t Think it Means What You Think it…
Welcome back to Salty Social Media Vocabulary, a weekly series where we cover everything from popular abbreviations and hashtags, to trends and jargon. There’s no particular theme to this week, so let’s get right to it! Vlog: Denotes a video blog, in contrast to a blog, which is usually written. Ghosting: Refers to the act…
Welcome to Salty Social Media Vocabulary, a weekly series where we cover everything from popular abbreviations and hashtags, to trends and jargon. Because there’s a lot to cover (after all, the internet is big AF) we’ll be adding more every week. ICYMI: In Case You Missed It. Pretty self-explanatory. TBT: Throwback Thursday (sometimes also used…
By Nicole Donnelly, CMO, Spring Global Say Growth Hacking around a bunch of SEO practitioners and you will likely elicit scowls at very least. You talk to a “social media expert” who’s been in the biz for a while and they’ll poo poo the term as trendy. It’s not scientific enough, it’s not credible, yet…
LMGTFY: Let me Google that for you. LMGTFY is the 21st century’s equivalent of “do I LOOK like your mother?” Simply put, it’s pretty rude AND really funny. If you know your audience. James: ‘hey man, do you know how tall mount everest is? I need to know for a project’ John: ‘LMGTFY bro.’ Which…
Trolling. Trollin’. Troll. Jimmy Rustling. All of these terms mean one thing: getting a rise out of someone online. There are a few different types of trolls, but the most common is a standard inflammatory troll. He’s just like the class clown, only with more Google access and less on the line. No faces =…
Vaguebooking (verb) – the act of hinting at some event, emotion, or situation without actually stating any facts. Typical statuses can include things like: “I can’t believe you would say that” (directed at either nobody or everybody) “some people never change” “best thing ever” “you are the world to me” What a great term! Feel…
This week, social media vocabulary is taking a look at some tools that will help you take stock of your sentiment on your social networks. Are your tweets mostly positive? Mostly negative? These will look at Twitter so if you come across some others that focus on Facebook or others, let us know! Twendz: Twendz…