The FTC is Watching: Is your Facebook contest or giveaway legal?!

No doubt you’ve heard about how the FTC is cracking down on bloggers and online entrepreneurs and making sure they aren’t pulling any shenanigans and stay honest and true about their online business dealings.

Testimonials on your site and earnings disclaimers are only part of what the FTC is watching:  they are also keeping an eye on your blog contests and giveaways on your Facebook page and profile.

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How to Remove the YouTube Logo from Embedded Videos

This week, YouTube released a new feature – the ability to remove their logo branding from embedded videos. Here’s a short video showing you how to do it:

HootSuite5 with HTML5: Sweet!

Okay – it’s been over a week now since I started using HootSuite full time.  I have been really liking it; then early this morning, a new version pushed and WOW! It’s amazing!

HootSuite5 uses HTML5 technology to deliver information faster. Add to that the access anywhere web-based interface, drag and drop file & image adding, Team collaboration and assignments, scheduled tweets, multiple social media account integration and much more.

HootSuite is all that and a bag of chips! Seriously, this is an amazing social network management system.

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