Archive for Social Networking

How to Not Waste Time on Facebook

| August 10, 2010 | 1 Comments

Despite what some old-school marketers and internet bloggers think, Facebook is not a complete waste of time (but it can be). As social media becomes more intertwined with internet marketing every business needs to consistently evaluate the return they are getting on each piece of the internet marketing puzzle. This includes Facebook. Ideally, you should [...]

What is Foursquare

| July 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

For those who haven’t been on the up-and-up of the latest social media technologies, a new player has arrived. Foursquare is a unique location-based social networking website and software. The Foursqaure software allows users to “check in” at businesses through the website, text message, or the mobile app. Once the user checks in, their Facebook [...]

What is Ning all about

| July 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

If you haven’t yet heard of Ning, it is an online platform that allows users to create their own social network. Ning essentially bundles several separate technologies into a single unified, hosted platform. The technologies include, a blog, wiki, forum, photo/video gallery, micro feed, events calendar, member management and more. Ning was launched in 2005 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Should I Trust Yelp?

| April 2, 2010 | 1 Comments

If you haven’t yet heard the news, popular review website, Yelp, has recently been hit with a class action lawsuit. Two law firms, in San Diego and Miami, respectively, have filed a class action lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court. They claim that Yelp is running an “extortion scheme”. The plaintiff claims that she complained [...]

Grow Your Business Through LinkedIn Groups

| February 23, 2010 | 0 Comments

Facebook? Check! Twitter? Check! LinkedIn?…. LinkedIn? As we have discussed before, Social Networking is an extremely important and integral part of Social Media Marketing. However, in order to get the most out of it, you want to be sure you are using every part of these Social Networking sites to their fullest. If you have [...]

The Buzz About Google Buzz

| February 18, 2010 | 4 Comments

Well hello everyone! For those of you who missed me, I apologize for the delay between blog posts. To those of you who did not miss me.. was it something I said? Anyway, in the month it has been since my last blog post, a lot has been going on in the Social Media World, [...]

How To Get More Twitter Followers

| January 21, 2010 | 4 Comments

Twitter is a great tool for Social Networking, especially if you are trying to build your business. Aside from Facebook and LinkedIn, there is really no other place where you can connect with so many like minded individuals and people who can help you build your business into a money making machine.  The question is, [...]