Don’t Forget our Friend LinkedIn! If Twitter and Facebook are the big fish in the social media pond (hey, don’t forget YouTube!)…then where does that leave LinkedIn? Some may shun LinkedIn as too impenetrable. Or as too dry or too stuffy. But think about it. When you consider how crowded Twitter and Facebook can be, […]
Continue readingFinally! Pinterest is recognizing the business world. You can now have a business page on Pinterest! There are new terms and conditions specifically for businesses on Pinterest. Click to read the new business terms for pinterest. If you already have an account, you can convert your account to a business account or you can join as a business. Here’s the […]
Continue readingThe announcement of the new Pinterest business page has rocked the online marketing world. Pinterest is the fastest growing social media site. Pinterest is also driving more referral traffic than Twitter. You definitely want to take advantage of this traffic. Recently I came across a blog post that has some very usable ideas for using Pinterest in business: […]
Continue readingWith the new year around the corner it’s time for a social media strategy for 2013. If you missed the first part of the strategy, take a look here: 2013 Social Media Strategy Part 1: Social Audit. Here is another part of your social media strategy that you need to take a look at for […]
Continue readingA new study, recently released by RichRelevance shows that the average revenue from Facebook and Pinterest is currently averaging about $2 per visit! Not bad! This study shows that while most of the traffic is actually coming from Facebook, both Facebook and Pinterest are delivering very nice dollar per visitor conversion rates! Here’s a video […]
Continue readingIf you aren’t using Instagram in your marketing, you may want to think about starting. And Pinterest loves infographics, too! Here’s a great infographic to show you how. http://blog.marketo.com/blog/2012/07/the-business-marketers-guide-to-instagram-infographic.html Much like Pinterest, its user base is expanding rapidly. Evidently, people like looking at pictures rather than reading words. This is called photo marketing. It takes […]
Continue readingWith all the different social media sites, it can be hard to choose which you should use. Do I use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, a combination, or all of them? There are even others, but I’ll just talk about these for now. You need to know what you want out of a social media site […]
Continue readingOne of the challenges with Pinterest is tailoring your board so that you only see the type of images you want to see, and don’t see those you don’t want to see. For example, not long ago, one of the guys who I follow posted 40-50 pictures of bacon every day for a week. (What […]
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