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Facebook's Privacy Settings... Not Much Privacy There.

Posted by Manal Assaad on Thursday, June 3, 2010, In : Social Media

Is there anyone you know who isn't on Facebook yet? I doubt... Well, no one who matters anyway! I kid. I kid. I think with Facebook being the most popular social network almost everywhere, there is no doubt you'll be running into most people that you know, and probably most of those are after things to gossip about.

That's where the privacy settings play a big role... making sure that those annoying people you want to keep out of your business in real life are still out of your business onli...

How To: Really Like Twitter

Posted by Manal Assaad on Monday, January 11, 2010, In : Social Media

I live in the Middle East and you don't need statistics to know that people here are more of Facebook fans, probably because we tend to be very talkative and 140 characters simply doesn’t cut it for most of us. Or perhaps because FarmVille doesn't have an account on Twitter (for which I'm really grateful).

I asked some friends about that, and read some other people's opinions on it, and barely any of them seemed to really like Twitter. But I kept seeing it everywhere online and was curious e...

Have Some Business Tweetiquette!

Posted by Manal Assaad on Sunday, November 22, 2009, In : Social Media

I have only been on Twitter for few days and, oh boy, it has been a great experience. However, it would have been a SUPERB experience if it wasn't for all the glitches I've noticed from professional business tweeters. PEOPLE, you need to have tweetiquette -Twitter Etiquette, in all fairness, I thought of this term before I googled it to see if it already exists. Oh well, I'm not the only person trying to be original out there-. Just from observing businesses' behavior on Twitter for the past ...

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About The Manalyst

Manal Assaad

Lebanon | Ksa

I'm Manal Assaad, aka The Manalyst, currently a Marketing Adviser, and I love it because I get paid to speak my mind even though I'd do it for free because I love helping people. I'm also a Copy Writer; words have been my favorite means of expression since I discovered speech at age 2 and poetry at 10. I'm a Branding Fanatic, a Marketing Enthusiast, and a Media Addict; interested in psychology, sociology, mythology, movies and TV series, technology and gadgets, music and dancing, languages, art and culture, fashion designing and styling... and everything else you'll read about on my blog!