Social Media
Learn the latest news and trends on the most popular social networks and how to reach and engage your audience with social media marketing best practices.
7 and a Half Tips for Building an International Audience
We’re living in a world that’s more connected than ever before; Phineas Fogg’s “Around the World In We’re living in a world that’s more connected...
7 Ways to Protect Your Facebook Page from Identity Thieves
Identity thieves and hackers are finding that Facebook is a goldmine for phishing schemes, and they are targeting Facebook accounts more than email accounts now....
Guide to Cultivating Relationships in Social Media
So, you’ve decided to bring your company into the world of social networking. Congratulations on evolving beyond the last stone age (but don’t feel too...
Facebook Marketing ROI: 3 Case Studies
If you’ve been in Social Media for the last three to four years, you’re well acquainted with the controversy and skepticism surrounding Social Media ROI:...
Social Networks, WAYN.com and Momondo.com Merge
There are numerous social networks online that center around traveling, booking travel excursions and users giving their opinions about various places they’ve traveled. Users frequent...
The Fastest Ways to Share Anything on Twitter (FireFox and Google Chrome)
Let’s face it, we tweet a lot. Most of us have a great habit of sharing any interesting article we come across. And I am...
The Group Buying Effect
Group buying and daily deals have increased exponentially in the past year or two- and they will only grow larger. The benefits on both side...
5 Reasons To Create A Facebook Fan Page AND 5 Reasons Not To
While I’ve been known to ramble on and on, I’m going to keep this one short and simple. Shocking, I know! 5 Reasons You Should...
Laymen's Terms for Analytics? What Could You Expound On?
Although a very broad term, analytics is a word people hear quite often in the business world. That is because analytics is extremely important to...
Social Signals in SEO? Who Cares
When smart people interview search engineers and hear a cryptic explanation about a potentially new ranking signal – or review a Google patent application –...
How to Get Facebook Fans: The Easy Way and The Hard Way
Have you ever found an easy and superior way to do something, then watched in bafflement as people insist on doing it the hard way?...
Why Facebook’s “Threat” to Google Is Overestimated
Anyone paying attention to the web industry has probably heard Facebook touted as the “one real threat to Google.” Facebook has reached more page views...
SMS Marketing Conversions From Facebook and Twitter
Although text message marketing isn’t my specialty, I’ve been hearing some impressive results. I had an opportunity to interview with Justin Rockwell of OIR Interactive...
3 Awesome Viral Projects Based on Google Suggest
I have always admired people’s ingenuity and creativity. A new tool barely has time to get its foot in the door before hundreds of mashups,...
Timing is EVERYTHING in Online Marketing
There are three main factors dealing with time and online marketing and each one is critical to successful online marketing campaigns: Time Management When I...
Top 10 Blogs to Inspire Business Productivity
One of the most important things for any business is productivity. Business owners need to stay productive if they are going to grow their businesses....
Twitter’s Search Function, Now Powered by Lucene
Even though they have had their new search out for a few weeks now, Twitter’s new real-time search engine is just now starting to get...
WhosTalkin: Introducing Facebook’s New API & New Social Media Metric
Our great friend Joe Hall has shared some exciting news about his service WhosTalkin, a social media search engine that searches real-time conversations from around...
Successful Viral Marketing via Creating Playful User Experience
Successful viral marketing is art and in many cases pure luck. What makes the viral marketing campaign more likely to succeed is the properly created...
How to Get Facebook Fans: 5 Facebook Fan-Acquisition Strategies
These are the only five ways to get Facebook fans. If you have another way, it’s wrong. Just kidding. These 5 fan-getting techniques are part...
Pay Per Fan: What Big Brands Are Paying For Facebook Fans
Although it may sound weird or repulsive to some purists, brands have been buying fans on a cost per fan basis for months (some for...
Gmailing is Much More Social with Rapportive
If you do business online and participate in social media networks, the number of contacts you have is overwhelming. Networking is the most important step...
3 Facebook Limitations Marketers Should Be Aware of
Facebook is an awesome social media marketing tool and the brand Facebook presence is GOLD, but it has some bugs and limitations you should be...
4 Useful Twitter Bots for Marketers
The best thing about Twitter is the evolution of the concept. I feel too lucky to enter the Internet Marketing world at the right time...
The Thinning Line Between SEO and Social Media
I’ve been doing SEO for as long as I can remember. I rarely stop to look at the distance I’ve made since I started; more...
LinkedIn Group versus Facebook Group
I have already reviewed how Facebook Group is different from Facebook Fan Page: a group is better to use for (two-way) discussion while a page...
8 Villains of Social Media
Social Media Marketing sure isn’t easy. It takes time to get to know the space you’re in, to network with like minded users, and to...
Trackur Update- The White-Labeled Social Media Monitoring Dashboard
We are pleased to announce that one of the amazing social media monitoring dashboard tools has decided to offer its services as white-label! Trackur has always...
5 Simple Steps to Viral Video Results
Let’s start off funny. The following are NOT the 5 steps to viral video results: Sit around drinking and talking about funny video ideas. List...
9 Places to Share Your Blog Feed to Automatically Update Your Social Media Contacts
Most of us are active at a number of social media sites. And I bet, we all have a blog (or several blogs). You are...