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If you were to take a wild guess as to how many people are using LinkedIn, how many would you say? Ten million? Twenty million? Truth be told, there are now in excess of 120 million people using the service with exponential numbers joining on a weekly basis. According to experts at Jobvite, at least 87% of companies are now recruiting through LinkedIn. That being said, if you even remotely suspect that you will be looking for a new job [...]

Most everyone who has ever read a book can tell you just how much a bookmark can help. It holds your place so that you will be able to go back to your favorite spots whenever you wish. The great thing is that the same can be done for individual web pages or sites. All browsers today offer a means of being able to bookmark the site you want to keep. Once you go back online you can then pull [...]

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 [...]

Make Sure You’re Never Too Busy To Include Social Media In Your Business! Take a look around at many of the traditional brick & mortar businesses across the country. Likely you will find that their sales have been in a bit of a slump no thanks to the down economy. It always surprises us here at Posse Social Media how many of these businesses we reach out to with advice on how to include social media marketing in order to [...]

It is amazing to note that in just the few weeks Google+ has been around it has already amassed 10 million+ users. This is especially impressive when you consider that it isn’t even fully open to the public yet! That being said, it will be interesting to see just how Google+ affects current internet marketing practices. Perhaps one of the biggest areas of impact to note is that of email marketing. […]

When it comes to leading online innovations, Google is certainly a frontrunner. Not only is its search engine used by millions, its analytical services are extraordinary. Now, Google is going one step further. The introduction of the new Google +1 button seeks to take their tracking and social search capabilities light years ahead. While the Facebook “Like” button has found a use across the web, the Google +1 button looks to introduce relevance into your search. […]

As of this writing Google + remain an invite only service. However I’m please to announce that Posse Social Media has received one of those invites thanks to our new pal Richi! So, in the spirit of good social sharing we have decided to also share the love! […]

2010 saw a surge in the number of small businesses who began to realize that their social media footprint should be much larger than it was before. The Internet itself began the great equalizer movement in allowing small businesses to market and brand themselves on more equal footing with larger corporations. The rise of social media has taken that one step further in allowing small businesses to gain even more face time with potential clients and customers. […]

Most of us old enough to have teenagers can remember the days before chatting it up on the Internet. How many of us would sit on the phone and talk with friends? As fast as we would hang up with one we would be calling another. Nowadays, teens have a much more convenient method of keeping up with their friends – Facebook. It allows them to carry on multiple conversations and share everything from favorite photos and videos to all [...]

If someone had told you ten years ago that the price of gold was going to hit $1,500 an ounce, would you have invested in it? Of course you would. Now, how about if someone told you that there is a type of marketing that could potentially increase your customer base by twenty percent? […]