Cost-effective and powerful, social media is changing the way companies network. That’s because many businesses today are finding that connections made on sites like Facebook, Twitter and blogs are allowing them to better communicate with customers, more effectively draw in new leads and, over all else according to a July 2010 survey, increase customer awareness […]
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What Can Business Owners Expect from Email Marketing?
If used effectively, Email marketing is never spam. It can be invaluable for small business owners by helping them attract new customers and generate sales quicker. It is also more affordable than other forms of direct marketing campaigns. The success of a business’s email marketing campaign lies in a handful of factors. Among them, what […]
Wrapp Your Friends: Social Gift Giving & Promotions
With so many new interactive activities taking place on Facebook, it seems that one more company has caught onto the social media frenzy and is taking advantage of new ways to interact with your social network. A Swedish Social Gifting service, Wrapp just debuted in the U.S. that will allow
Boosting Revenue with Social Media
For many marketing companies, management of corporate or small business level social media has become a full-time endeavor. For this reason it can be vital to learn what impact your efforts are actually having on your brand awareness. Gaining this knowledge will help you to understand what it may take to boost your business’s bottom […]
Measuring Social Influence – Klout, PeerIndex, SocialIQ and Kred
Nowadays, when a business wants to gauge how the general public feels about their brands, products or services, they are using tools for measuring their social influence on the web. In many cases, some even use them to take a measurement of their competitors. Staying on top of important industry trends, changes in algorithms, and […]
Display Ads and Tumblr [News]
Technically, display advertising, or banner ads, are graphical advertisements on the web that pop up next to, above, blended into or under content on emails, web sites, or even IM applications. This video is very short but provides a great overall understanding of what display ads are and how they work. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUT5H723Ii4] What Benefits Will […]
Obama Signs Bill for Crowd Funding [News]
President Obama recently signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups or JOBS Act. Noted as a game-changing bill, the JOBS Act is a bipartisan bill that aims to make it easier for start-up businesses to expand and hire more employees to help aid further the so far, very sluggish, US economic recovery. This new […]
The Nonprofit Technology Network – Get Your Org in Check with Tech
At The Nonprofit Technology Network, developers aspire to create a world where nonprofit organizations can utilize available technologies with skill and confidence. NTEN is a membership organization with members who have a common goal – to help nonprofits utilize all elements of technology most effectively. Members of NTEN’s community share the belief that technology allows […]
Is Your Business Website Ready for Mobile?
Is your small business website ready for mobile? I am referring to the smartphones people have been overwhelmingly converting to. According to a recent Google Study using research firm Ipsos they quantified what devices costumers across five key global markets are currently using. Not surprisingly, the numbers show that smartphone ownership is on the rise. What caught some analysts off guard […]
CEOs and Social Media Influence in the Workplace
Although there is already a growing list of reasons why it is beneficial for every member of a company’s team to participate in social networking, there may be another new reason that should encourage further consideration. BRANDfog Study A recent study conducted by BRANDfog shared some rather concerning statistics about CEO participation in company leadership […]