Facebook Does Not Produce any Content Facebook May be Maxed Out! Facebook Lacks Innovation Facebook Does Not Replace a Conversation! Facebook DOES NOT Produce Any Content! We have been told time and time again, “Content is King”. As an avid digital user, I have found this to be absolutely true. You may be hard pressed […]
Using Social Media for Brand Awareness
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Improved Facebook Advertising Campaign Performance
Social media marketing, research has shown, is the fastest growing platform for advertisers. With promises of increased customer engagement and low marketing costs, advertisers flocked to this platform in droves. 76% of companies in the US use social media. Over three quarters of marketing officers believe they will increase their ROI this year through social […]
Customer Engagement for Small Business
Telling business owners that they need to have some plans for customer engagement is easy. However, once they have absorbed that tidbit of helpful information, many may be lost as to what customer engagement can actually entail. Most likely, there is nothing that you in particular are selling, that can’t be found somewhere else. So […]
Why Twitter is Better Than Facebook for Marketing Yourself as a Freelancer
Working as a freelance writer means a lot of self-promotion. Really, working as a freelance anything means a lot of self-promotion. It is up to yourself to get your name and work out there for the world to see. You are, in a sense, a business. Fortunately, in this day, social media gives you the […]
The Path Less Taken: Google+
We’ve all heard about Google+; but to be quite honest, Google’s social network seemed to fizzle out after its release. It’s certainly no Facebook or Twitter, but that hasn’t stopped several major marketers from switching gears lately to focus on Google+. But why? Not only is Google+ no Twitter and Facebook, but February reports showed […]