'Social Media' Tag

  • 10 Reasons to use Twitter for Business

    August 15, 2011

    Twitter is not going away anytime soon but the general public still in the main does not “get” Twitter despite it becoming part of popular culture.

  • Using Google+1 for Business

    July 21, 2011

    Recently, Google unveiled its response to Facebook’s “Like” button with the +1 feature in search results. The new feature places a “+1” icon alongside your search results, giving Google users the ability to recommend Google search results, websites, and ads to friends within their social circle.

  • What is Google +1?

    June 4, 2011

    So it’s official: Google has launched a major new feature to its search functionality, called +1, designed to act as a recommendation with shared social connections in a similar way to Facebook’s ‘Like’ button.

  • How to Improve Your Social Media Presence

    May 9, 2011

    Whatever your level of aptitude with Twitter and Facebook, there are many tweaks you can make to improve your presence in the social media sphere. Here are six to get you started:

  • 7 Things to Do After Launching a Website

    May 5, 2011

    Gaining press and getting people interested in what you are producing are some of the hardest things to do once your Web site is finally up and running. Will they love me or do they hate me? Well first they have to find out who you are. Here are five things I always try to [...]

  • Should My Company Just Have a Facebook Page Instead of a Website?

    April 26, 2011

    The popularity of Facebook is reverberating through the entire web ecosystem and changing interaction and the way we communicate online.

  • The Benefits of Social Bookmarking

    April 1, 2011

    Social bookmarking is a very simple step that you must do after you post an article in your blog. In this article we will discuss 5 benefits and tips that will help you increase your traffic and they are directly related to social bookmarking.

  • Common Mistakes with Business Blogs and Social Media

    March 23, 2011

    Corporate websites are often little more than interactive brochures — they display basic information and describe what the business offers. If you’re looking to do more — establish your company’s executives as thought leaders in the industry, develop relationships with customers or gather feedback from prospects and clients — then a company blog is a [...]

  • How to Tweet Locally

    March 10, 2011

    So you’re tweeting away on Twitter about your latest blog…posting links to industry related articles…engaging with people, and so forth. You’ve followed some of your favorite folks, tweeted about your favorite place to eat sushi, and others are now following you. Like the dentist in Calgary and the life coach in Scotland.

  • Using Twitter for Customer Service

    March 2, 2011

    Customer service can evoke some serious misgivings or negative emotions. Although customer support is designed to help the consumer, the pain of waiting for a phone representative and the impersonal emails can cause more damage than good for a brand. People are turned off by the term and companies have begun to use different terminology [...]