I arrived in San Diego yesterday for the first day of the Social Media Marketing World conference. The first official event was a networking party at the San Diego Natural History Museum. There are several hundred people here from all over the world. I met with marketing folks and social media experts from Australia and … Continue reading »
Valentine’s Day has come and gone. Did you use the occasion to show your customers some love? If not, don’t despair. You can show your appreciation any time. After all, it’s because of their business that you can treat your special Valentine to flowers, candy or a night out on the town. Here are 3 … Continue reading »
If I had a quarter for every time someone told me, “I just don’t understand how to use Twitter,” I could buy a new Coach purse by now! That’s how I used to feel too, until I started using Twitter more consistently. Now, I’ve come to appreciate the social networking site as a marketing tool.
If you do presentations for your business, you may already be aware of SlideShare. It’s a social networking site that lets you upload PowerPoint presentations, documents and PDFs (and videos if you pay for the PRO version) that can be viewed by other users.
Do you post photos, links and status updates from Twitter to Facebook? This appears to be a smart strategy. If you don’t have time to spend on both sites, linking Twitter to Facebook lets you post once and have the content appear in both places.
Twitter seems very confusing to a lot of small business owners. But there are ways to successfully market your products and services to your followers. Here are some tips to get you started:
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From time to time in this blog, I’ve shared different tips and strategies for using Twitter and other social networking sites to grow your business. Whether it’s retweeting other people’s blog articles, or doing a #FollowFriday shoutout, using Twitter and social media successfully comes down to one main concept: it’s all about building relationships. That … Continue reading »
One way to engage your Twitter community and promote your business at the same time is to run a contest. If you choose to give away a prize, you can tweet about it, or you can use a free service to help you promote it like Tweetsw.in.
Is it just me, or does it seem like Twitter and Facebook are squeezing the small business owner out of their networks as they chase ad revenues from companies like American Express, Nike and Coca-Cola? I think Facebook’s recent addition of timeline for pages, and some new premium advertising platforms, that guarantee news feed distribution … Continue reading »