Small Business Mavericks

MAY 3, 2011

The question arises often about how often is often enough when posting to the popular social media sites – particularly Facebook and Twitter. A good rule of thumb for posting on the social media sites is to spend 15 minutes twice a day on each one. When it comes to Twitter and Facebook, moderation is best.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 8, 2011

Ghost Twittering is a controversial subject. I can’t imagine someone like Mark Cuban, for instance, using a Ghost Twitterer. Oprah Winfrey, however, has many more things to think about than tweeting 140 characters every 10 minutes (I’m not saying Oprah uses a ghost Twitterer). About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 1, 2011

While I’m not calling them my un-resolutions, here’s what I will try to do more – or less – of in 2011. In 2011, I would like to see WUL really take flight; not just from a content point of view, but continue to expand and become a landing pad for global voices of public relations and social media.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 10, 2011

» Why Quora Is The New Twitter Quora has become quite popular lately in the Q&A arena. The problem is that Quora will run into some of the same problems that other websites have run into (namely, Twitter). But here’s a question: Did Quora make its policy change because Google is now indexing the site in real time?

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Absolute PA

DECEMBER 17, 2011

2011 was a busy year for me: As I approached my third year in business I changed direction, practically starting from scratch and re-branded. Before I head off, I wanted to reflect on the year with a walk down memory lane with you, and share the most popular posts of 2011. 7 Steps to setting up Your Twitter account (November 2011).

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Firebelly

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Twitter’s Fly Redesign Aims To Be Faster, Simpler. By Laurie Segall When co-founder Jack Dorsey returned to Twitter earlier this year, he announced that his top priority would be to improve the service’s user experience. How to Increase Participation in Your Twitter Chat or Any Online Community.

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Absolute PA

DECEMBER 17, 2011

2011 was a busy year for me: As I approached my third year in business I changed direction, practically starting from scratch and re-branded. Before I head off, I wanted to reflect on the year with a walk down memory lane with you, and share the most popular posts of 2011. 7 Steps to setting up Your Twitter account (November 2011).

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 22, 2011

How To Increase Your Twitter Followers » Q&A Sites And Competitive Intelligence I’ve discussed the value and virtues of Q&A sites before. You can often learn a thing or two about the competition from these types of questions on these sites. Q&A sites are not necessarily time wasters.

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 31, 2022

These platforms provide an alternative to “horizontal” networks like Twitter or Instagram, which bring together people with diverse interests into one platform – advocating specialization and specific knowledge. However, the members of these communities can be protective of their space — rightfully so.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 5, 2011

» The ONLY Way To Manage Your Twitter Account Leave it to Marketing Pilgrim to think outside of the Twox (Twitter box). The right idea is to manage your Twitter account YOUR WAY. There are so-called Twitter gurus out there who would have you believe that there is only one right way to manage your Twitter account.

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 1, 2018

NOTE: I originally wrote and published this article back in November of 2011 and it has generated a lot of interest over the years. Regardless of whether you have a team of 25 or are a team of one, these resources might include: 1) Time allocated to social media listening, community engagement, content creation, and customer service.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 15, 2011

How Q&A Sites Can Boost Your SEO » Is Twitter Still A Good Marketing Tool? Twitter has posted some impressive numbers about its service and Frank at Marketing Pilgrim has picked up on them, and he’s asking some really pertinent questions. Not every Twitter account holder is active. Many people are.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits January 24th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt These are frugal days, and everyone loves getting and writing about free stuff. Why do I like it?

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 23, 2011

» How To Increase Your Twitter Followers So you’ve set yourself up a Twitter account and you’re raring to go. The object of Twitter is to help you connect with people you’d like to do business with so, with that in mind, let’s talk about how to grow your Twitter followers. Good for you!

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 9, 2011

You are never asked to like the company on Facebook or follow them on Twitter. Are Facebook and Twitter less important in 2011 as they were in 2009? When none of the sessions at a recent nonprofit conference dealt with the two social networking sites, how crucial is their involvement in social marketing today?

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. Now hear this: No one ever joined Facebook or Twitter so they could follow a brand or a company. What you give your community, otherwise, seriously, why should they care?

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 12, 2011

Welcome to the 2011 list of bloggers to watch. Based on many conversations over coffee, fries, and ice-cream, I was able to ascertain that the following people will have a lot to contribute to the wider blogging community. Blog | Twitter. Blog | Twitter. Blog | Twitter. Blog | Twitter. Jaime Tardy.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 16, 2011

» How Q&A Sites Can Boost Your SEO SEOmoz has a great article on how Q&A sites can boost your SEO. Secondly, I think it’s important to point out that Pavel Israelsky classifies four different types of Q&A sites: Social Q&A – Includes sites like Quora, Aardvark, Formspring, and Facebook Answers.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 28, 2011

Hands-on Computer based social media classes are being run again June 2011 in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. These are small classes, in front of the computer for those who want to set up their own social media sites and tools. Morning Session 1: Twitter Tips and Secrets. Using Twitter for your Business.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. You’ve reflected. It’s either/or.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Why: In a terrific post for WUL dating back to 2011, Shanan Sorochynski details exactly what their team did when this happened. Security-wise, It’s a Tough Time to be an Online News Site. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

9 Ways To Build A Twitter Community With Substance By Amber Naslund Ah, Twitter. By eMarketer Well-known brands like Coca-Cola and Starbucks have had success turning their Facebook fan pages into popular sites with millions of fans. Local businesses are also leveraging the site and can learn from their global neighbors.

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Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Ahoy Me Hearties: One of the tasks our online community managers undertake with clients (PR or Marketing agencies, or companies) is to build out a Social Media Conversation Diary – a list of tasks and engagement activities to keep online community members entertained and loyal. Change your Twitter avatar to be Santa Claus.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2010

They’re doing such a good job of it, that they’re getting their customers and community to tell their stories for them. It is really about using the channels so well, building such good relationships with one’s community, that they are energized to tell your story for you. I’ll never forget that. pts Settings.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 20, 2011

Let’s see – there’s Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and a whole host of other websites that have both a global reach as well as a local reach. Conduct a little survey and choose the sites that have the most potential for helping you grow your business where you want it to grow. About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 19, 2011

The 2011 way to market yourself through articles is to distribute them through other channels. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. About Us What’s a Maverick? They may work and they may not. Try HubPages, Google Knol, and Squidoo Lenses.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 4, 2011

Then, watch your site visitors drool over your words. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. About Us What’s a Maverick? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 2, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The New Year Edition January 2nd, 2011 Tweet The champagne has been popped and you might be recuperating from the New Year’s Eve festivities. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 30, 2011

Facebook and Twitter – If you thought social media was a trend that would go away, you’d better face it. Today, if you have an online presence with your business, you’d better be on Facebook and Twitter – at a minimum. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali An Ode To Monday February 7th, 2011 Tweet You wake up to Monday ; what will it bring? This post was mentioned on Twitter by Shonali Burke, Davina Brewer @3hats. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 20, 2015

If your site isn’t mobile-friendly, your SEO probably won’t be as high… or may even drop. However, his post on AudienceBloom still gives you some solid 101-type information on mobile sites, in case that’s what you need right now. How to Keep your Site Fast for Mobile-Friendly. Google does too.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

A word to the wise In my experience, communication pros these days are, more often than not, wise to SEO in general. But what about SEO for news sites, particularly Google News? You can catch up with her on Twitter or by email. This post was mentioned on Twitter by Erica Holt, Hilda, Violetta, Brian Reilly, matt_case and others.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

Get Shareaholic test Filed under Blogging for Grasshoppers , Public Relations , Social Media | Tags: addons , blogging , enhancing your blog , plugins , wordpress | Comments (13) Site settings comment help? Comment as pts moderator hackmanj Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New!

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Idaconcpts

MAY 4, 2011

The site was down for most of the day, leaving people unable to either search it or use it, and very few of the site’s visitors enjoyed the interface and feature changes which came along with the update. Traffic to the site took a huge hit and has been trying to rebound ever since. The Problem with Digg. click for larger image).

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 18, 2011

A Better Blogroll If you like highlighting other bloggers on your site via a blogroll, you will probably find that as you add more and more to them, it becomes a huuge list. Comment as pts moderator hannush Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New! Let’s get to it.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 12, 2011

This is true whether you are writing for a print publication or if you are writing for an online publication, a blog, a Twitter stream, PPC ads, or anywhere you expect to get readers. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. About Us What’s a Maverick? So how do you write a good headline, one that gets the click?

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 9, 2011

Let your customers know you have a listing at these sites (you do, don’t you?) Other sites like Yelp and CitySearch offer local business listings and a way for customers to review a business. Other sites like Yelp and CitySearch offer local business listings and a way for customers to review a business.

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