Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

He suggests that: Even if your audience isn’t active there, it’s almost mandatory to have a profile and be active there because of the way Google is showing more Google+ content in its regular search results. The key is to be active and to try and build circles.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 25, 2011

That leaves you four hours for other activity. In my opinion, you should be spending three hours on search engine marketing activities (blogging, PPC, or content creation) and the remaining one hour on social media and non-SEM activities. You must be logged in to post a comment. How are you filling that four hours?

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Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 22, 2014

Landing pages are what keeps your site active. Leave a comment and start a discussion on this important topic. Remember your audience — target individual buyer profiles and use your customer data to develop your strategy. But I can see where there may be room for some other ideas on this list and I’d like to hear from you.

Tips 107

Tips Conversation Sites Activities 107

Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

This is particularly true if your goal is +1s and comments, but the reshares happen with images. If you are active on Google+ as a social media marketing tool, brush up on your camera skills. So what does this mean for us?

Google 110

Google Skills Social Media Strategy 110

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

This can be in blog comments, writing guest posts, being active on forums related to your niche, and the obvious social media realms such as Facebook and Twitter. This can include commenting on other people’s pages, retweeting tweets that are of interest, and being involved in conversations.

Brands 101

Brands Tips Small Business Forums 101

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 2, 2014

If you don’t have a social media policy in place, I strongly encourage you to figure it out and get it going because your employees are active in social media already and some of them might handle your email and postings. Think through things like: response times for comments and emails — sooner is better than later.

Policies 70

Policies Training Social Media Guidelines 70

Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 7, 2014

Moz came out with the results of The New Link Building Survey 2014 , so of course it’s interesting because it’s the feedback from 315 people who are actively involved in link building as part of their job. As always, the comments section is the place that gives the most insights. The Right Kind of Link Building.

Directory 87

Directory Survey Project SEO 87

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 5, 2014

You may have seen Twitter’s recent study called “Discovering the Value of Earned Audiences — How Twitter Expressions Activate Consumers.” It might be somebody else’s history, but all earned media is seen in retweets, shares, and recommendations.

Paid Search 79

Paid Search Study Twitter Activities 79

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 6, 2012

Blogs have become a standard business tool for creating interest, generating traffic, and connecting social media activities with your business. You’ll be surprised at easy it becomes after a month or two, and once you start to receive comments, how enjoyable it can also become.

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WordPress Small Business Software Consultant 107

Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 19, 2015

Keep yourself limited so you don’t spend too much time on frivolous activities. Respond to questions and comments that are directly related to your business niche. Check your messages, but only respond to the most important ones. Check into 2 or 3 groups. Don’t allow yourself to get off topic.

Social Media 70

Social Media Social Networking Small Business LinkedIn 70

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 30, 2012

Conversely, peaks are when you should be active around your business. You will also be onhand to respond to any comments left on your site. Chances are, your customers are just not ready for you at that time. Instead, those slow times could be ideal opportunities for site upgrades, backing up your website, or to work on other projects.

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Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 19, 2015

Keep yourself limited so you don’t spend too much time on frivolous activities. Respond to questions and comments that are directly related to your business niche. Check your messages, but only respond to the most important ones. Check into 2 or 3 groups. Don’t allow yourself to get off topic.

Social Media 70

Social Media Social Networking Small Business LinkedIn 70

Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 17, 2018

Boosting posts will get comments, shares, and reactions—but it won’t generate sales. Facebook can help you target far more precisely when it’s able to track activity and events on your website. This is proof that advertising with Facebook is a powerful and cost-effective advertising vehicle. Beyond the boost. Don’t be one of them.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 24, 2012

There has been a lot of discussion of late surrounding comments made by both Google and Bing representatives related to the ‘over optimization’ of web pages. To begin with, Google has been active in fighting ‘over optimization’ for a long time, it’s nothing new.

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Domain Name Engineering SEO Issues 105

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Proactive online reputation management is staying active. You must be logged in to post a comment. But here’s the catch: If you’re doing the first kind of reputation management well, then you’ll need the second kind less often, maybe never. In effect, you always have something going on.

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Reputation Case Study Press Release Small Business 156

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 21, 2011

Social networking – Pick two or three social networks and be active on those networks about an hour every day. You must be logged in to post a comment. Social bookmarking – Bookmark and share all of your content at two or three social bookmarking sites daily. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

Small Business 161

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 11, 2011

But you can drive traffic to your profile page from your active social networks, which makes it a worthwhile starting place if you are just getting involved in Internet marketing. You must be logged in to post a comment. I wouldn’t expect a great deal of search engine traffic from About.Me.Me Another thing I like about About.Me

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Small Business Domain Name Case Study Press Release 150

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

You had to actively promote those pages. You must be logged in to post a comment. In the past, Facebook has been reluctant to allow brands to browse Facebook and interact with Facebook pages as brands. In the past, Facebook has been reluctant to allow brands to browse Facebook and interact with Facebook pages as brands.

Small Business 87

Small Business Features Facebook Case Study 87

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 15, 2011

Not every Twitter account holder is active. You must be logged in to post a comment. But Frank asks other good questions too, like “If you took away the social media ‘insiders’, in other the words the ‘super user’ how many tweets would you have?&# OK, sounds cynical, doesn’t it? But I think Frank makes some good points.

Small Business 93

Small Business Tools Postrank Twitter 93

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 16, 2011

I couldn’t say it any better than Neil himself: While it’s not a good idea to habitually kick customers from social media platforms to your web site, your social media content and activities can be used to improve your search rankings. You must be logged in to post a comment. Do it moderately and your SEO can sing great harmony.

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Small Business ROI Social Media Case Study 177