Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 18, 2012

It’s no secret that the smaller your budget the more time you’re going to have to give your online marketing to work. If you can only afford $200/month in developing your online marketing strategy , then you won’t – you can’t – be as effective as the company that can afford $2,000/month. That doesn’t mean you should give up.

Marketing 96

Marketing Small Business Activities Campaign 96

Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Not all domain names are equal. When you decide to purchase a new domain name for your business you’ll have to decide on a few things. You really have only three options: Exact match domain name. Partial match domain name. Branded domain name. The “exact match” and “partial match” are a reference to keywords in the domain name.

Domain Name 93

Domain Name Yahoo Small Business Course 93

Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Twitter recently rolled out a new service that allows users the ability to download their Twitter archive. Your first reaction, as Cynthia Boris’s was, may be to ask, Why? There are a few reasons why you may want access to your Twitter archive. For starters, if you hire ghosttweeters or people who post to your Twitter account, then you can go back and look at what has been posted in the past.

Twitter 87

Twitter Training Social Networking Issues 87

Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 20, 2012

If you still haven’t gone to the lengths of getting a Facebook page for your business, allow me to give you one more reason to go for it – Facebook Nearby. Facebook Nearby is a feature designed for Android and iOS devices, which makes it a mobile marketing opportunity extraordinaire. The idea is to take Yelp and Foursquare on straight up with Facebook’s own local marketing service.

Facebook 87

Facebook Directory Hotels Foursquare 87

Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Google announced last week that several improvements were rolled out to the Google+ platform. Many of the improvements have to do with Android, Events, and mobile phones. Here are a few of the improvements that Google+ announced: On-the-go profile editing. An easier way to author content on mobile platforms. A notice when a mobile user has new stuff to read.

Mobile 87

Mobile Google Widget Notification 87