Do you stay glued to financial news for the biggest trends, or failing ones, to keep your business thriving and productive? If so, you may want to take a seat for this one. Designed to improve search results, Google has initiated a new algorithm. For those who have made a habit of providing the highest […]
Visibility Marketing
Sneak Peak: Digital Brand Marketing 411: Educate, Embrace, Brand
So, the internet is flooded with 101 courses, be it Social Media 101, SEO 101, Digital 101, SEM 101 and so on. The shocking part is that we are well beyond Freshman year, perhaps now it’s time for an advanced course. This is a book in progress and the purpose of this post is to […]
Google’s Social Search
A few days ago Google changed the way the company is dealing with social media. Since the launch of its Social Search in 2009, Google’s social media was kept a little hidden from the general public. You had to know about it and opt-in through Google Labs. Once you did, Google’s search results page would […]
What is a Creative Commons License?
With so much business being conducted online these days, it has become imperative to have methods to protect and copyright our works in a manner just as remote as how it was posted. Regardless of whether your work is writing, photography, or even coding or programming, you will want a means to ensure that regardless […]
News and Social Media: The “New Media Press”?
Social media has, without a doubt, changed how the established news media is handling The News. It has changed traditional media in the most important aspects; news gathering, news reporting and news distribution. Factitious Example not a real press pass or any real affiliation. News Gathering One of the biggest benefits of social media is […]
Lessons in Social Marketing and PR Disasters
While it is true that smart social marketing can increase your business, it is just as easy to make mistakes that can cost your business in customers and reputation. It is important to learn from mistakes done by others and try not to repeat them. Mistakes by small business owners frequently go unnoticed by the […]
What is the SxSW? Why Would I attend?
What is SXSW? The SXSW, or the South by Southwest festival and conferences, regularly offers a widely diverse group of entertainment seekers the opportunity to find independent films, original music, and even up-to-date, and up-and-coming technologies. SXSW for Entertaining Marketing Marketing is, of course, always targeted to those who can use a business’s products […]
Social Media Analytics
Social Media Analytics – Can They Be Measured and Tracked Accurately? Since social media is one of the toughest things to justify in terms of ROI, current analytics simply are not well suited to measure this data accurately. There are many tools available that all propose to offer the most accurate results, better than any […]
Foursquare – Location Marketing and Check-in Technology
Although the knowledge of location marketing may be old news to some, to those who are just tuning into the usage of Smartphones and as well as other advanced mobile digital equipment, it may be an entirely new concept to others. I did an article about FourSquare a few months ago, but in review I […]
Facebook Success Stories
We have heard and read a lot about Facebook, about its 500 million users, about it overtaking Google as the most visited site per day. But what does it have to do with your small business? Those businesses who don’t have a department for social media? Can Facebook help small businesses expend above and beyond […]