Archive for Social Media Marketing for Business

What Types of Social Media Messages Should I Be Publishing?

| January 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

By now most medium to large businesses have a social media presence. An assortment of small businesses are also using social media. While this is a good sign, the problem is that “having a social media presence” and “using social media” doesn’t necessarily translate into success. The goal of any business using social media should [...]

Developing Your Social Media Plan For 2011

| December 23, 2010 | 0 Comments

As the year winds down and the Holiday season swings into full force it is important for your business to think about your plan for 2011. You can follow these basic steps below for building your plan from scratch. You’ll probably need to revise it several times, but it’s a good idea to get started [...]

The Power of Custom Branding Your Facebook Page

| July 12, 2010 | 1 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I touched on the importance of custom, branded Facebook page in an article about how to make you business standout with social media. I want to revisit that topic and elaborate on it in more detail. Your Facebook landing page is also known as your “welcome” page. It is the [...]

How to track ROI from social media marketing

| July 1, 2010 | 1 Comments

The first question many businesses have when considering the decision to invest in social media marketing is: what kind of ROI should I expect? Many people view ROI as revenue/cost equation. Under this presumption, if a business brings in more money than they spent on a marketing campaign then they have a positive ROI. If [...]

Should I avoid social media out of fear of negative reviews?

| June 15, 2010 | 1 Comments

Social media continues to grow in popularity every day. Facebook has more than 400 million active users, and as Zack pointed out in a previous blog post, Twitter has surpassed the billionth tweet. More and more people are seeing the benefits of social media. They’re using the likes of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Digg, Reddit [...]

Twitter: 2 Billion Tweets per Month and Counting

| June 8, 2010 | 1 Comments

A new report has come out that states, that there are around 2 Billion tweets per month on Twitter. That is Billion… with a “B.” This is just more proof that Social Networking and Social Media Marketing are HUGE, and you and your business and missing out by not grabbing a piece of this. Twitter [...]

Tom Interviewed by Matt

| February 10, 2010 | 0 Comments

The newest member of the Turbo Social Media team, Tom Sullivan, is excited to be on board with such a fun and fast-growing company. With many years in internet marketing experience under his belt, Tom has seen internet marketing shift toward social media and he decided to make the move to Turbo. Tom and Matt [...]

Pepsi Ditches Super Bowl for Social Media

| December 28, 2009 | 0 Comments

If I have not made myself clear int he past, allow me to do it now: Social Media Marketing is powerful, and is the future of advertising. If you ares till skeptical about all of this, then maybe you have not heard the big Super Bowl news. The Super Bowl is known as the #1 [...]

Simply Put, Turbo Social Media Is Awesome

| November 3, 2009 | 2 Comments

For those of you faithful readers that have been following along to our posts, I am sure you have already come to the conclusion that we here at Turbo Social Media are simply awesome. If you have not realized this… then check your pulse. The reason I say we are simply awesome is for a [...]

Messaging and its importance in Social Media Marketing

| October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments

So yesterday I decided to take a little walk to grab some lunch in downtown Pleasanton by our office.  As I was walking, I saw something that caught my eye.  It was a sign that read “Main Street Brewery: LIVE BEER NIGHTLY!”.  Now this really confused me… “Live Beer”?  What is live beer, and how [...]