The Life of a Social Media Update: Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter & Pinterest
As the social media user you are likely to have noticed that there are several ways to send an update to your social media stream: you can send an update, comment on your friend’s update, like your friend’s update and share your friend’s update. So what’s the difference? What happens when? The Differences To make […]
- 09-17-2012
- Social Media
11 Tools to Find Niche Twitter Influencers
One of the greatest things about social media is that anyone can become influential in any given niche. Some are even able to create niches where there were none before. It is the potential of an open media format with no real boundaries, and complete access to a target audience of any kind. If it […]
- 09-10-2012
- Social Media
What Content to Put on a Facebook Page? (Weekly Q&A)
There is an interesting question being discussed over at SEOchat forums: If I create a Facebook page for my business, which content do I put on it? Really, a lot has been said about promoting Facebook pages, but it is not easy to find a well-organized list of ideas for content to update it: Let’s […]
- 09-05-2012
- Social Media
Startup Buzz Monitoring: Essential Toolset
No matter how old your business is, reputation and buzz monitoring should always be a priority. For startups, it is especially important. As you gain a following and get the word out about your product, it is through initial feedback that you will establish your company based on the needs of the consumer. It is […]
- 09-03-2012
- Social Media
How Was The Twitter Hashtag Born? (Weekly Q&A)
Social media site Twitter is known for many things. A unique live search algorithm that was the first to really utilize the concept. A format of low-word count quick thoughts great for sharing links or quickly updating friends. A place where celebrities can actually run their own social media profiles instead of relying on someone […]
- 08-15-2012
- Social Media
How To Intelligently Use Social Media Hashtags
I won’t bother to say I am a fan of social media. I am not sure there is anyone out there that doesn’t love it in at least one of its incarnations. Whether they use Facebook, Flickr, YouTube or Reddit, they have been sucked in by the glamor of these sites. I know I was […]
- 08-13-2012
- Social Media
HOW TO: Create and Use Twitter Search Widget (Weekly Q&A)
There’s an interesting question being discussed at SEOChat forums: "How do I add Twitter search widget to my blog". While that was once quite a complex task, it’s now quite easy to do thanks to a quick widget-builder on Twitter official "Goodies" page. It offers you an array of all possible features you can only […]
- 08-08-2012
- Social Media
HOW TO: Increase Your Following on Pinterest (Weekly Q&A)
There’s an interesting discussion over at SEOchat forums around various ways to increase the number of Pinterest followers. I can’t say I am Pinterest power user, but I like playing with it when I have a free second (as if I have it). 1. Smart Following It’s an old social media relationships rule: if you […]
- 08-01-2012
- Social Media
How Do I Increase Traffic from Twitter? (Weekly Q&A)
Today’s Q&A is a quick, but a very popular question. One of the threads at SEOchat forums is discussing ways to increase traffic from Twitter: The user has been on Twitter since 2008, so must have some established following but he is still not sure how to obtain traffic from his Tweets. So, apart from […]
- 07-25-2012
- Social Media
Social Media Versus Productivity: 5 Tips
We have all been there: the day is starting out a little slowly, and so you hop onto Twitter to do some social marketing. Before you know it, lunch has come and gone and half of your day has been wasted. What you thought would be a productive means of reaching your target base has […]
- 07-23-2012
- Social Media
