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Choosing Your Social Networks Carefully
With the available amount of social networks available nowadays, it is difficult at times to choose the best ones for your business. Obviously, they don’t all have the numerous followers that a Facebook or Twitter have. Choosing should be intelligent.The confusion of how and what to chooseJust because some of the less well-known social... [read more]
Top 5 Free Social Media Monitoring Tools
Social media is a great way to engage with your audience and monitoring what they are talking about. Social media marketing has become essential for any business or website owner today.However the distributed nature of social media can at times make it overwhelming to track and monitor conversations. Luckily, you can take... [read more]
5 Social Media Foundations for the Busy Entrepreneur
Save hours of time by using your social media channels wisely. [read more]
How (and Why) to Map Your Company’s Digital Landscape: 4 Ways
With more than 90% of companies now using social media to find employees and 82% having a Facebook page, there’s no question that business use of social media has become commonplace. But “use” and “success” are two different things. [read more]
5 Social Media Tools I Use Every Day
Just when I think that the world of social media has settled down – that I understand the linkages, measurements, approaches and benefits – something new comes along to upset my apple cart. [read more]
INFOGRAPHIC: Every 24 Hours Online You…
In one day, the equivalent of 168 million DVDs worth of information is consumed online. [read more]
How to Get More Comments on Your Blog?
Comments are very important feature on a blog. Comments promote reader engagement. It helps promote loyalty and establish a community around your blog. It also adds interactivity to your site and contributes to the web page content. This can in-turn provide a boos to your search engine ranking. [read more]
Social Media is the New Norm for Business
As a business owner or operator, you may still be hesitant to allow social media to proliferate too deeply through the daily activities within your business walls. You may see social networking as a waste of time or a sapper of employee engagement in “real” business activities. If these statements are true of your current business operations, you’re not only. Many are still right there with you, not yet understanding that social media is actually the new norm for business. [read more]
12 Tips to Rock Your Blog This Week!
What is it about some blogs that you visit and you naturally have a tendancy to want to sit back in your easy chair, read and relax? They make you feel inspired, relaxed, motivated, smart or even challenge your thinking. The best part is as soon as you’re done reading, you feel empowered, ready to get out there and rock your own business... [read more]
12 Top Tools to Manage Your Social Media Marketing
Small business owners who are successful at marketing through social media often have help from a growing arsenal of time-saving tools and services that make it easier and more effective. Taking advantage of these tools can mean the different between having time to make social media marketing work for your business or not. [read more]
The Revolution in Venture Funding
Join us March 7th at 3pm ET to learn innovative ways to find funding, including crowd funding, private investment, Internet-based campaigns, and traditional venture capital. The social web is drastically changing the way young companies get noticed, monetized, and begin to grow, and we'll show you how to participate. [read more]
How Social Media Can Make Us Antisocial
The more prevalent social media becomes and the closer we become as a society we seem to be more and more stuck on the differences. Quick social media interactions also seem to be replacing deeper, real life relationships and interactions. [read more]
10 Social Posting Tips and Traps
One question business owners often ask about social media is what to post on Facebook, Google+ or other social pages and platforms. The list of options is long, but here are five easy things to consider posting, plus five things you should never put on your Facebook business page or in any other public forum for that matter: [read more]
Connect to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and G+
I noticed something when I tried out two apps (Mingly and Cobook) this morning – they each immediately asked to connect me to Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter during their onboarding process. And, by using my Gmail as the starting point / authentication, they connected me to G+. [read more]
20 Social Media Blogs You Should Read in 2012
Social media is now an essential component of doing business. It’s important for marketers to keep up with the ever-changing social media landscape so they can align their strategies and achieve the results they’re looking for. Here’s a list (in alphabetical order) of some great social media blogs to read in 2012. [read more]
11 Tips for Increasing Your Twitter Followers
Some people, as well as services like Klout, partially measure your influence by the number of people following you on Twitter. More Twitter followers can also mean more readers of your blog, and more opportunities to spread your message. So how do you increase your number of followers? Here are 11 Tips for increasing your Twitter followers. [read more]
7 Steps to a Captivating Social Network Profile
I’d like to introduce you to Mr. Blank. I know you’ve seen him on Facebook, Twitter and other social sites. He’s the one with no profile picture and no information. [read more]
Why Every Entrepreneur Needs a Blog
In this fast paced world, things are becoming more technical. We have entered the digital economy and most people nowadays are dealing with the largest network in this universe, the internet. [read more]
What Mattered In 2011 For Social Media [Infographic]
2011 was a giant year for social media. Pandora, Groupon, and LinkedIn went public, Google+ launched, Twitter reached 100 million active users and was valued at $8 billion, and Facebook rolled out some big changes, including its major Timeline redesign. This infographic from Flowtown takes a look at the major social media events... [read more]
Is This My Blog or Your Blog?
When you have a successful business blog, the pressure can become crippling. Pam Moore talks about her blog strategies in the last year. [read more]
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