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 [...]

Why Fantasy Football Players Love Social Media

| September 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

  Football season is upon us once again. With college football underway and the NFL season a mere day away it’s a great time to start talking about one of the most interesting characters in American society: Fantasy Football guy (or gal). Before I get into this though, I’d like to point out that we [...]

Social Media Helps with Emergencies

| August 29, 2011 | 1 Comments

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 [...]

Most Popular Athletes on Social Media

| August 8, 2011 | 1 Comments

Football season is almost here and I thought it would be a good time to talk about athletes and social media. Specifically the most popular athletes on social media. I’m not going to prioritize by number of Facebook Fans or Twitter Followers; rather, I’ll simply outline some of the notable uses of social media by [...]

Searchial Marketing: What is It?

| June 17, 2011 | 1 Comments

There’s a new term buzzing around the social media world, and it’s “searchial marketing.” The phrase was coined by Dr. Alan Glazier, an optometrist and Founder/CEO of a 4 doctor private optometric practice in the Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Glazier is a frequent lecturer on social and new media and blogs professionally at SightNation.com and for Jobson’s “Click” [...]

Social Media is Not Just Limited to Facebook!

| February 18, 2011 | 1 Comments

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 [...]

Why Social Media Use Hurts Chances of an NFL season in 2011-12

| January 28, 2011 | 2 Comments

While most of my articles focus on internet news, marketing tips and social media tools, I thought I’d spend some time discussing the dynamics of America’s favorite pastime (sorry Baseball) and social media. More specifically, how the growing use of social media could hinder the ability of the players union to unite against the ownership of the NFL, agree on a new [...]

Amazon Following Google’s Lead, Set to Invest in Living Social

| December 3, 2010 | 0 Comments

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. [...]

Rumor: Google to Buy Groupon? How This Affects You

| November 29, 2010 | 3 Comments

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 [...]

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 [...]