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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

What should your business tweet about?

| August 17, 2010 | 3 Comments

I’ve encountered a common question when consulting with my clients: what the heck do I tweet about? If you’re relatively new to social media you’ve probably asked yourself this very question. You can even apply this same questioning to Facebook wall posts. Assuming you have the audience, or are growing the audience (of Fans and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]