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The Dos and Don’ts of Marketing: Social Media

Like most things in life, there is a right way and wrong way to do marketing. Over the next few weeks, our team is going to be sharing our thoughts on some of the most important dos and don’ts of marketing for your small business. In our first segment, we would like to let you [Read more…]

3 Reasons to Use Twitter for Your Business

Why you should use twitter to market your business We’ve already let you know how Google+ and Pinterest will help your business, but we’d be doing you a disservice if we didn’t take the time now to stress the importance of Twitter as a business tool.  Considering there are approximately 230 million active users on [Read more…]

Less Pain, More Gain: Marketing Tools That Will Make Your Life Easier

The world of marketing gets more complex each day: what was once print, radio and TV has grown to include social media, digital marketing and mobile and much more. On top of that, each has their own algorithm, platforms, and trends, and each seems to change at the drop of a hat. How much easier [Read more…]

Updates and Changes in Social Media Through 2013

Social networks come and go (looking at you, Myspace), but social media is definitely here to stay. We’re taking a look back at the major changes to the biggest social networks this year. Facebook Facebook has had a rough year They rolled out unpopular changes like removing the option to remain hidden in search (part [Read more…]

Twitter vs. Instagram

Twitter’s New Update is Latest Blow in Social Media Showdown If we compared social media to a boxing event, we would have Facebook &Instagram in one corner and Twitter & Vine in the opposing. It seems lately that these partnerships are in a constant battle to keep up with one another in cutting edge updates [Read more…]

Google+ Rolls out Custom URLs

Google+ has rolled out yet another update this week in an effort to keep up their status as one of the top social networks in the world. It’s been rumored since August of 2012 that Google+ has been working on making custom URLs available, but until now, this feature had not been offered to the [Read more…]

5 Reasons You Need Google Plus for Your Internet Marketing Strategy

Google + was created with the intention of going head to head with other social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.  Google saw the long game and wanted to capitalize on the social media action. After getting off to a slow start, Google+ is now quickly being recognized as the most valuable social media property. [Read more…]

5 Ways Pinterest Helps Social Media Marketing

In its 3rd year, Pinterest is still gaining popularity as both an alternative and compliment to other social networking options. With over 48 million global users, Pinterest drives almost as much traffic as Twitter and it’s “pin it” button gets 10 times the clicks of the “tweet” button around the web. The value of this [Read more…]

Social Media: The Business Breakdown

There’s no denying that social media has become a key player in the marketing world in this day and age. As businesses, we need to strive to dominate on social media — we need to push for more followers, more likes, more shares, more comments… the list goes on. But one of the biggest questions [Read more…]

A Look Into Social Media (Infographic)

As the social media revolution continues, companies are reaping the benefits of easily reaching their customer base on a personal level more frequently. Smartphones, tablets and laptops are giving consumers the opportunity to surround themselves with information wherever they may be. When a company takes advantage of this opportunity it is able to personally connect [Read more…]