Social Networking Category
SOCIAL MEDIA 102
A guide to boosting your business using online tools… With the seemingly constant buzz over social networking, some people may wonder what all the fuss is about. How could these cleverly-named contrivances ever be relevant to your personal or professional life? The answer lies in people power. Millions of people use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and [...]
Social Media 101
An easy guide to boosting your business using online tools… With the seemingly constant buzz over social networking, some people may wonder what all the fuss is about. How could these cleverly-named contrivances ever be relevant to your personal or professional life? The answer lies in people power. Millions of people use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, [...]
Why Can’t Visitors See My Facebook Page?
We often include a link to a business owner’s Facebook fan page (local business Facebook Pages) on their website, so they can encourage their visitors to “subscribe” to current updates and create a comradery between their business and its customers. But what if someone clicks on the Facebook link on your website and they are [...]
Google+ Creates A Potential New Avenue For SEO
Technology is in a perpetual state of improvement and re-invention in order to stay ahead of the competition. The world of social media is no different. Since 2004, social networking giant, Facebook, has dominated the landscape by keeping over 700 million users connected. Though Facebook’s relevance and presence in the social media market is more [...]
Should I blog on Facebook?
For best SEO practices, build your blog content directly on your own website first. Then use Facebook and other tools to promote the blog articles you write. You can include a link to the unique post, with a short description and image if you like. This drives traffic to your website with links and social [...]
Using Social Media Between Businesses
We recently wrote about business professionals using social media to connect with existing customers and generate new ones, but what about the use of social media between businesses? This post explores the use of social media in B2B business.
Top Tools for the Working Mom
In a November 2010 issue of Working Mother magazine, Linkedin was sited as a “top tool” for working moms: “The ability to multitask is a must for the working mom. LinkedIn is one of the tools you can use to maintain your work-life balance while also gleaning key insights from other career minded professionals. The [...]
Is MySpace Back?
In a recent addition of Website Magazine, we learn more about the rebranding efforts of MySpace.com. The relaunch is right around the corner – set for late November 2010. Will MySpace be a new social media hotspot again? Will it be able to absorb as much success as Facebook has? The answer may be in [...]
When People Use Social Media for Business
I am intrigued when I learn that regular business professionals are using social media tools like Facebook and Twitter as a primary part of their communication strategy with customers, and in turn actually generating business from it. An October 2010 article published in the Austin American Statesman describes how Austin real estate agents are using [...]
Facebook Launches Q&A Feature
The Q&A format is nothing new to the web. However, with the recent launch of “Facebook Questions,” there may be new opportunities for small businesses in this common form of communication.