Internet marketing is not what it used to be, experts like Guy Kawasaki say. If you were dealing with internet marketing before Facebook, you know it was all about emails. Obtaining prospects, finding the leads and hoping for conversions. Email marketing, when done right, is personal and not stuffed with ads and commercial. It does […]
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Radian6 – Cloud Based Command and Control of Social Media
Radian6 provides marketing, communications and customer support professionals with a platform which enables them to see, in real time, what is said about them and their products in all aspects of social media; in tweets, Facebook, blogs, multimedia, forums, conversations and boards. By doing so, it gives the business the ability to manage, track, respond, […]
Facebook Marketing Solutions – Staying Ahead of the Social Media Game
There are so many Facebook Fan pages dedicated to marketing and social media topics that it can seem nearly impossible to zero in on those that actually offer true education and not just covert advertisements of their own products. When searching for an educational Facebook Fan Page, you may have already found that having one […]
The ABC’S of Networking Follow Up
Most of us have attended numerous networking events. We make it a point to meet and greet many people with the idea of building a relationship for potential business. So, why don’t we follow up? How often after an event have you found yourself with a dozen or more business cards only to put them […]
#Ignition2011: Sheryl Sandberg Shares Concerns for Facebook and Women
At the recent Ignition Conference Sheryl Sandberg shared that Mark Zuckerberg’s greatest fear is lack of innovation. She mentions that the two factors are fueling that fear. Google has as many job openings as Facebook has current employees. Facebook lacks the resources of many of its direct competitors. Sheryl understands that one of Facebook’s immediate […]
LinkedIn Groups: Analytics, Stats, the data
LinkedIn is by far the biggest professional social network and the second, after Facebook, in the total registered users in the social network world. 120 million register users as of August 2011 in about 200 countries and in 10 languages. What started as a place to connect those who are hiring with those who are […]
IGNITION: Future of Media Conference
This two day conference is coming to New York City November 30th through December 1st, 2011. Exploring the future of media business, IGNITION brings together executives and key stakeholders to discuss what is happening in the here-and-now. We all understand that the definition of media has begun to expand to include games, local, social, and […]
Professional Spotlight: Robert Basso
On Tuesday, November 15th, a group of everyday entrepreneurs who have proven track records from building their own successes, came together to share how they had achieved those goals on their own terms. Some attendees included: Joe Corcoran, Founder of Joe Corcoran Productions Selena Cuffe, President of Heritage Link Brands Jeff Hoffman, Co-founder of Priceline.com […]
Google+ Pages Open the Doors for Brands and Businesses
This past June, immediately after Google launched it’s highly anticipated Google+ social network, internet savvy businesses like Ford, Dell and Mashable.com rushed to create pages for their brands. Only to have them removed a few days later. Google’s announcement soon followed: “In the meantime, we ask you not to create a business profile using regular […]
Facebook Ad Campaigns – Are They Working?
A World Obsessed with Facebook [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJXOavGwAW8] With so many potential customers on Facebook, Facebook ads should be a profitable and beneficial to your business. With over 850 million users, and 225 million of those in the United States, there is quite an audience to target through the use of Facebook ads. How Facebook Ads Work […]