Simple Ways to Boost Your Presence on Pinterest
Like some of you, I have been doing Pinterest marketing for some time, but with no real goals or consistency. I have set up and optimized many clients on Pinterest. Then they manage it for themselves. Now I am realizing this platform should be a higher part of my marketing strategy. I try to look...
3 Reasons to why you Should Share the Content of Others
Why should you use and share the content of others in your social media or on your website? That's a good question. I've heard some people say that they don't want to share other experts in their industry because they feel it could lose them business. They want to hide all other experts from their...
Facebook Contest Rules Have Changed – No App Required
August 27th, 2013: Facebook announced new rules on how users can run contests (aka Promotions) on their pages they admin. And that is that: there now are no rules. Well, sort of. Facebook did something I rarely see from them or platforms like them. They lightened up their terms and made it easier...
The Importance of Integrating Email Marketing Campaigns with Your Social Media
The Importance of Integrating Email Marketing Campaigns with Your Social Media A lot of whispers about the supposed "death of email marketing" are starting to seep up along the cracks in the online promotion world, and with the massive proliferation of social media combined with certain changes to...
5 Steps to Social Media Success that Most Business Owners Forget!
Step #1: Set up a Strategy and Set Goals! This one is BIG and gets skipped often. Setting specific goals and figuring out the strategy is key to success in social media. Are you looking to do social media to grow your business? Create awareness of your product or service? Or simply...
Infographic – New Facebook Terms
Move over Edgerank - here comes Story Bumping and Last Actor! Huh? Well, pictures always help explain, so we created an infographic to do just that. Here's our infographic for the new facebook terms. To sum it up... Good Content = MORE REWARD! This change further drives that good content has...
Top 10 Social Media Podcast Shows 2013 for Business Owners & Entrepreneurs
Top 10 Social Media Podcast Shows 2013 for Business Owners & Entrepreneurs Within the last year I became an avid listener of podcast shows. Yes, I’m an addict! What I love about podcasts is I can nurture my brain while getting other things done. Being a busy mom and business owner...
Infographic: Facebook makes big revenue gains in Q2 2013
Facebook recently released their Q2 financials which revealed tremendous growth in advertising revenue. This probably isn't too shocking for users of Facebook who have been bombarded by seen the advertising products firsthand. With full page video ads soon to be unveiled (reportedly at a cost to...
Upcoming Webinar: Warning: Big Brands are using Hashtags. Are you?
Warning: Big Brands are using Hashtags. Are you? Yes, now Facebook has hashtags. Of course there's Twitter and Pinterest and even Google Plus who use hashtags. Are you implementing these into your marketing strategy? Do you have any idea how? Learn to use hashtags the right way on the different...
Guest Post: Managing Social Media Marketing with the 3 Cs!
I did a guest blog post recently on SocialMediaToday.com. It has to do with the 3 C's of Social Media Marketing. The image above represents these 3 C's: Curator, Content and Calendar. Below is the full blog post or you can go directly to the post at SocialMediaToday.com. Social media marketing has...