Owning a small business can be the most exciting thing that any person can possibly do. The challenges of reaching out to customers, successfully identifying and entering markets, and keeping a competitive edge over the competition can easily take over every waking moment. However, the stress can easily become too much over the long haul. …
The secret to keep your Facebook fans, your YouTube viewers, Twitter followers, Linkedin partners, Blog friends happy is summed up in one word: CUSTOMER SERVICE. It really doesn’t get much simpler than that. What works to keep your customers happy offline, works just the same online. Customer service will keep you in business for many …
Your picture is kind of like your logo. Everybody will instantly recognize your brand when they see it. Make it something that looks natural. A headshot that shows part of the neck and shoulders is always good. It shouldn’t be too big or small. Use the same photo for all of your profiles. If you …
So now you have a Facebook fanpage with a sizeable fan base and an enviable Twitter following, but do you ever run out of creative ideas? Ever wonder what should your next post or tweet should be about? Has your social media been idle lately and needs a jumpstart? Here are a few tips to …
Foursquare is a location-based social network. You can think of it as Twitter with GPS. It takes all the things everybody loves about social media sites and puts them together into a localized social network. Foursquare has been taking the online world by storm and it’s only getting bigger. How Does Foursquare Work? Foursquare has …
Social Bookmarking can help drive traffic to your sites. Here’s what you can do. Join leading social book marking sites and add your own site. People will then see your review and visit your site. Some of these sites can give you over 100 visitors within a few hours and then drop to lower amounts. …
Planning an embarking on a social media marketing campaign, and caring out all the little tasks and duties yourself is overwhelming and can be extremely time-consuming. But that doesn’t mean that it can’t be done. If you’re ambitious and don’t mind taking on the task of doing it yourself, you can! Just make sure you …
You know the feeling. You’ve worked hard on a new post, a new video or a groundbreaking new product. You release it to the world. Publish it to all the social networks, share it with your email list, tell your friends … and nothing happens. The needle doesn’t move. Sometimes you just feel stuck. You’re …
One of the most challenging online media for a small business to monitor their online reputation is social media. The sheer volume of the number of social media users and the number of social conversations that take place is phenomenal. However trying to monitor these conversations does not need to be difficult thanks to 4 …
Are you using social media to grow and drive traffic to your website? If not why not?