What is LinkedIn? LinkedIn is a tool used primarily by employers and employees, who utilize it as a way to connect with each other, with prospective employers/employees and for marketing purposes. However, the LinkedIn features change on a regular basis, so it’s a very good idea to update your profile regularly as well so that you can take full advantage of this business online tool. […]
The whole point about social media is for it to be “social,” right? You want to draw in potential customers or clients with whom a standard line of communication may not be available or acceptable. The goal of social media is not as much for making the sale as it is for funneling traffic back to where you can then better engage them and work to build a devoted clientele. […]
Here's a short audio clip that outlines 8 ways on how you can utilize Twitter in your business... PS don't be fooled by the short music intro! Listen on audioboo.fm!
Been waiting to get into Google+? Hoping to get an invite so you can start using the most awesome new social networking interface ever? Well, buckle your seatbelts – Google has opened the floodgates! Google Plus is now open to everyone, no invite required. No more asking when it is going to happen – now it is just a matter of getting all your friends, co-workers, and anyone else you can think of to join this already booming social phenomenon. [...]
Social media is a rich resource for allowing individuals all over the globe to interact with one another in many different ways. Chat, forums, discussion boards, newsfeeds and comments all play a role in the exchange of information and ideas that social media has made possible. With this being said it is no wonder that there is a week dedicated to this form of media. […]
The use of social media is growing every day. Although it is not the answer to all your prayers, it can give you some great tools and benefits that make you business work. In fact these tool work to make your business work. Here are numbers 4-6 of my top 9 benefits that social media can offer your small (or not so small) business. […]
With the launch of Google’s new social networking platform you would think it would be great for businesses right. Not so much right now, it turns out. Once Google has things optimized on Google+ for businesses, then it may turn out to be the best thing since sliced bread. Google assures us that they will get set up for businesses. In the mean time, there are great reasons to go ahead and set up a personal account with Google+. Just [...]
As most of you already know there was a 5.8 earthquake centered in Mineral, Virginia on Tuesday August 23 at 1:51 in the afternoon Eastern Standard Time. This quake was felt and reported from many different locations in an approximately a 650 km radius. That is as far north as Ontario, Canada, east into Kentucky, and as far south as South Carolina. […]
Make no mistake about it, we are smack in the middle of the information overload age where FB posts, Tweets and blog posts move along at a hyper-speed pace. It’s a time where what you say online really matters. You can tell friends about products you’ve used, rate your best restaurants, pretty much give your opinion on just about anything. But you better be careful, what you say because it could come back to haunt you! Why? […]
Once upon a time – actually not too long ago at all – there came a social media maven by the name of Gary Vaynerchuk. Mr. Vaynerchuk was interviewed on a popular show and made a comment that caused a great deal of headshaking and handwringing. Gary stated that 99.5% of social media experts are clowns. True story folks… Now, I know that this happened back in June, but there are still quite a few people in an uproar over [...]
