Using Social Media to Find a Job

| February 11, 2011 | 2 Comments

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 [...]

Goldman Sachs Not Offering Facebook Shares in U.S.

| January 18, 2011 | 0 Comments

As you may already know, Facebook has delayed an IPO for the time being. However, the New York Times reported on January 2nd that the New York banking and investment behemoth Goldman Sachs was set to buy a $450 million stake in Facebook, and then sell $1.5 billion worth of private shares through a Facebook investment fund [...]

Facebook’s new messaging system set to rival Google

| November 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Monday that Facebook would be rolling out a new, “next generation messaging system.” The system will not only incorporate email, but also instant message and text. The move is one of many that Facebook has planned, or is currently planning, to rival Google’s marketshare of people’s attention [...]

Facebook Now Offering Local Deals

| November 3, 2010 | 0 Comments

Facebook has announced today that it is now offering a new service: Local Deals is an application that can be found on the Facebook iPhone app that let’s you find deals at local businesses. Currently this service is only available on the newly updated iPhone app, but Android users can access deals via touch.facebook.com. Facebook [...]

A Few Cool Social Media Website Tools

| August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments

If your business has started to see the potential with social media you might be looking for some cool social media tools to utilize on your website. In this article I’ll break down a few of the many tools that could potentially benefit your website: 1) Facebook Like Button- Now that you no longer become [...]

The Importance of a Consistent Brand

| August 23, 2010 | 0 Comments

A little while back, you may have noticed, that here at Turbo Social Media, we redid our whole website. We upgraded the features as well as the design and style. In order to stay consistent across all outlets of Social Media, that we are present, we have finalized implementing our design on those sites as [...]

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 [...]

Turbo Social Media Facebook Window Decal

| April 28, 2010 | 0 Comments

Just yesterday, I retweeted out an article by Mashable, talking about the new Facebook Window Decals. Much to our surprise, today, we were one of the lucky Business on Facebook that also received their window decal. Facebook has sent these out to a select base of companies in hopes of them being the spokespeople for [...]

The Importance of Social Media Buttons on Your Site

| April 6, 2010 | 1 Comments

Social media is obviously a very important part of growing your business in the new millennium. Social media allows you to connect with other like minded folks who can help your business grow. In order to grow your social media lists, you need to make sure people can find you with ease, so the goal [...]

Arguing Business Week and Their Call Out of Social Media Myths

| March 23, 2010 | 1 Comments

Recently someone forwarded me an article from BusinessWeek, outlining “Social Media Myths,” and asked me if this was true and if they should be concerned. I told her that there is nothing to be worried about, and that the article was not researched well and that his arguments were superficial at best. Social Media Marketing [...]