It occurred to me right after the 5.9 earthquake that hit the east coast, followed by hurricane Irene last weekend, that social media, while silly and useless to a lot of people, is very important during emergency situations. As a California native, it was weird to feel an earthquake on the east coast. So weird that I didn’t even [...]
The answer to this question is simply: it depends. Not only does it depend on the type of business you run, but more importantly, it depends on what your offer is. Remember, most group buying (or group discount) sites, such as Groupon and Living Social, take 50% of the revenue generated by your offer. On [...]
Beginning on March 11, Facebook will no longer allow developers to use FBML to create custom “welcome” pages. FBML, which stands for Facebook Markup Language, has been one of the main scripts businesses have used when creating their welcome pages in the past. Many third party companies have offered applications that made it very easy [...]
It seems like somewhere along the way people began to simply equate “social media” with Facebook. It makes sense given that Facebook is the largest social network online, but it overlooks the meaning of the term “social media.” Social media is a broad term that refers to the use of web-based or internet-based applications that allow for [...]
With unemployment lingering at about 9%, the team at Turbo thought it would be helpful to discuss some of the best ways for job seekers to find employers who might be looking for their talents. Just like businesses use social media for branding and promotions, so can you. In this case we’re talking about self branding and self promotion. Here are [...]
Whether you’re looking for a product or service, chances are you have used an online review site to help find a qualified business. In this article I’ll review the top reviews sites online: Geo-targeted review sites: 1) Google Places: With the evolution of Places, having a local business listing in Google is crucial. The best way to optimize [...]
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 [...]
If you’ve been reading our blog or following the news you’ll know that Google is set to by group discount website Groupon for $6 billion or so. Just last week Zack wrote an article about this titled “Google to buy Groupon? How this affects you”. Well now Amazon is following suit, with arguably Groupon’s top competitor, LivingSocial. [...]
According to Mashable, Google might be looking to spend a little cash ($2.5 billion to be exact) to purchase online money saving juggernaut, Groupon. This would be yet, another huge purchase by Google and another step forward int he progression of the online revolution. For those of you unfamiliar with Groupon, it is a great [...]
If you’re like me you hate junk mail, spam emails and telemarketers. Their tactics are comparable to throwing darts at a dart board, blindfolded, as fast as you can. They’re simply trying to send as many messages (darts) out as possible in the hopes that one of them will hit the bull’s-eye (generate a lead [...]
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