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Why Social Media For Small Business Is Important

Saying It Social

APRIL 23, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Why Social Media Marketing For Small Business Is Important “Social Media Marketing” – this is a HUGE buzzword in our industry right now. It’s very informative and full of substance.

Small Business

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Happy National Small Business Week

Saying It Social

MAY 26, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Happy National Small Business Week Why National Small Business Week? As part of National Small Business Week, the U.S. This year, National Small Business Week will honor the estimated 27.2

Small Business

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Social Media Complainers – your new BFF's

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 31, 2011

The quicker the response, the happier the complainer and the more impressed the social media listeners are. Give them a private way to stay in touch (so they can voice their concerns to their new friend on the inside as opposed to using social media). What’s your social currency? But not really.

Social Media

Social Media Klout Policies Forums

I Started A Social Media Marketing Program Two Months Ago, Where.

Saying It Social

MAY 18, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials I Started A Social Media Marketing Program Two Months Ago, Where Are My Leads? Social media marketing is about forming, developing, and maintaining relationships.

Social Media

Social Media Marketing Small Business Cost

A Thousand Little Cuts of Social Media – A Kaizen Approach

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 24, 2011

THEN, I’m going to tell you why its relevant to social media. How does Kaizen relate to social media? Consider the fear most businesses (yours?) have when beginning a social media program. Start by asking your employees simple questions about social media.

Social Media

Social Media Klout Policies Small Business

A Comprehensive List of Social Media Tips, Guides, Plugins.

Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

of upcoming trends [link] Seesmic – Twitter & FB app [link] Twitterrific – Mac & iPhone app [link] TweetDeck – Twitter, FB & MySpace app [link] Power Twitter – Firefox Add-on https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9591 Twuffer – schedule tweets for later! Buzz Index – Today?s

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List Social Media Tips TweetBeep

How Social Media ROI is like Santa Claus

Saying It Social

JULY 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How Social Media ROI is like Santa Claus I entered this contest where I had to post “sweet&# advice about social marketing. Thank you in advance for your support!!

ROI

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Join us for a Webinar “Social Media Marketing for Franchisees.

Saying It Social

MAY 25, 2010

This webinar will be conducted by AK Stout, Owner & Social Media Strategist at Saying It Social, LLC. About AK: AK has been working with social media for the past 6 years, having been amongst the first group of people introduced to Facebook. Space is limited and “seats&# are filling up fast.

Social Media

Social Media Real Estate Marketing Small Business

On Alice in Wonderland and Social Media

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

The White Rabbit was talking to her, but much of it was non-nonsensical, Alice was intrigued, so she began to follow the talking White Rabbit, until she found herself falling into an endless, cavernous rabbit hole, when she finally stopped falling, she found herself in another world.Wonderland, also known as Social Media.

Social Media

Social Media Klout Policies Consultant

How to Create a Customer Loyalty Program via Social Media (via PR.

Saying It Social

JULY 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Create a Customer Loyalty Program via Social Media (via PR Workbench) I’m a huge proponent of retail locations using Foursquare to enhance customer experience. Leave a comment Click here to cancel reply.

Loyalty

Loyalty Foursquare Social Media Retail

Back by popular demand: The Basics of Social Media ROI (via The.

Saying It Social

AUGUST 13, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Back by popular demand: The Basics of Social Media R.O.I. via The BrandBuilder Blog) Hope everyone who is currently running a social media marketing program or has someone doing it on their behalf watches this video!

ROI

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Proceed with Caution When Being Active on Social Media Sites

Saying It Social

MARCH 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Proceed with Caution When Being Active on Social Media Sites Being active on social media networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter is a great way to build business relationships.

Sites

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What AK Knows About Social Media Marketing « Saying It Social

Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials What AK Knows About Social Media Marketing I am by no means a self-proclaimed social media marketing expert, however I have learned a great deal by doing and analyzing, and would like to take this opportunity to share a little bit with you.

Social Media

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12 Reasons Your Business Needs a Social Media Marketing Program.

Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials 12 Reasons Your Business Needs a Social Media Marketing Program YESTERDAY 1. It’s important to claim your brand name across all the major social media platforms.

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Social Media NoFollow Marketing Social Bookmarking

Musings on Joining New Social Media Sites, Site Recommendations.

Saying It Social

JULY 12, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Musings on Joining New Social Media Sites, Site Recommendations and On-Going Participation A while back I set up accounts on Amplify and Clipmarks. This post was mentioned on Twitter by Social Media Insider.

Sites

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Getting Started with Integrating Search and Social Media

Saying It Social

MARCH 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials It’s Time to Think about Integrating Search & Social Media Google and Microsoft’s Bing recently struck deals to incorporate social media into their real-time search results. get me top rankings!

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Book Review Wednesday: Wikibrands: Reinventing your company in.

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 23, 2011

There are so many layers to this topic that entire (worthy) books have been written on social media philosophy, content creation or audience engagement. With all the dynamics elements to creating a successful social media presence, its sometimes hard to know where to start or even what books are worth the time investment.

Review

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What's your social currency?

Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. Your currency is your social media VALUE.

Lurker

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Tool Tuesday: SocialOomph

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

This is a discussion in social media circles today, and everyone has their opinion. What’s your social currency? Social Media Complainers – your new BFF’s Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses A Thousand Little Cuts of Social Media – A Kaizen Approach I recommend.

Tools

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

Social Media

Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0

Saying It Social is Now Accepting Client Sign-Ups for April!

Saying It Social

MARCH 29, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Saying It Social is Now Accepting Client Sign-Ups for April! Calling all franchise owners, small business owners, medium sized business owners & big business owners (heck, we don’t discriminate!)

Engineering

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Corporate Social Media Reading List

Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Corporate Social Media Reading List I’m a huge fan of social media. I try to follow the trends and news around social media as best I can. What I found were a collection of sites and posts that spoke to my social media needs.

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Auto-Post Your Blog Posts to Digg « Saying It Social

Saying It Social

AUGUST 26, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Auto-Post Your Blog Posts to Digg The new Digg lets you set it up so that your blog posts will auto post to Digg! And 85 percent believe a company should not only be present, but also interact with its customers via social media.&#

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Twitter-ups the future of events, sponsorship and event marketing

Akamai Marketing

APRIL 30, 2009

Social media has reached the masses. Does anyone else think its interesting that Twitter, the hottest social media network today, is generating events? What’s your social currency? Everyone is doing it. Ah, events. They just won’t go away, despite the trendiness of the web.

Eventful

Eventful Twitter Klout Policies

Jack Welch supports events and their business uses.

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 9, 2009

By taracoomans – March 9, 2009 Posted in: economy Jack Welch supports events and their business uses. What’s your social currency? Social Media Complainers – your new BFF’s Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses A Thousand Little Cuts of Social Media – A Kaizen Approach I recommend.

Eventful

Eventful Klout Tourism Policies

Free Tools for Social SEO

Saying It Social

MARCH 11, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Free Tools for Social SEO Plenty of bloggers are talking about the inevitable intersection of social media marketing and search engine optimization.

SEO

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Weekly Roundup: The New Year Edition

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 2, 2011

Social Media Measurement 2011: Five things to forget and five things to learn , by Don Bartholomew. Be a social business: PR trends in 2011 , from Sally Falkow’s The Proactive Report. Why: social media has become the touch point by which many business functions converge.

Postrank

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How to Subscribe to Facebook Business/Fan Page Posts in Your.

Saying It Social

JULY 30, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Subscribe to Facebook Business/Fan Page Posts in Your Favorite Feed Reader Hint: You can also use these tactics to get the RSS Feed URL of your page if you wish to import your Facebook Page’s feed on your blog or other sites!

Feed Reader

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How to add Social Networking Buttons to Your Email Signature in.

Saying It Social

MARCH 18, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to add Social Networking Buttons to Your Email Signature in Outlook 1st Ta sk: Downloading the Icons to Your Desktop Go to [link]. Click on the name of the icon you want to download. Last Task: Assign and save.

Social Networking

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Tool Tuesday: PostRank Analytics

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Because if you are creating content, you are likely distributing and promoting that content in variety of ways, including social media. What I wish they would improve: While this data is great, none of this can be exported, even for paying users (there is a freemium model for bloggers), making long-term trends harder to identify.

Postrank

Postrank Analytics Tools Klout

How To Leverage Your Social Networking Sites When Visiting.

Saying It Social

APRIL 8, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How To Leverage Your Social Networking Sites When Visiting Influence Centers & Referral Sources While this post is specific to my friends at Senior Helpers , the underlying principle is applicable for all businesses – so read on!

Social Networking

Social Networking Sites How To StumbleUpon

Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile makes appearance in Hawaii | Akamai.

Akamai Marketing

JUNE 28, 2009

What’s your social currency? Social Media Complainers – your new BFF’s Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses A Thousand Little Cuts of Social Media – A Kaizen Approach I recommend. All Rights Reserved.

Mobile

Mobile Klout Policies Tourism

Now People Can Join Your Facebook Fan/Business Page via SMS/Text.

Saying It Social

APRIL 6, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Now People Can Join Your Facebook Fan/Business Page via SMS/Text Message Just found out about a neat new way to get more “Likers&# to your Facebook Page, via text message!

SMS

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Organic Marketing Vs. Pay Per Click (PPC)

Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Organic Marketing Vs. Pay Per Click (PPC) Where do you click?? « Previous | Next » About Saying It Social, LLC provides Social Media Marketing & Local SEO Services for Franchisees & other Small Businesses.

Organization

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Track the Online Metrics that Matter and Sales Isn't One of Them.

Saying It Social

AUGUST 27, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Track the Online Metrics that Matter and Sales Isn’t One of Them Unless you have all the clients you could possibly want right now you’ve probably heard you should be online marketing. Want more leads?

Metrics

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Saying It Social has Added Two New and Exciting Services!

Saying It Social

JUNE 16, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Saying It Social Adds Two New and Exciting Services! « Previous | Next » About Saying It Social, LLC provides Social Media Marketing & Local SEO Services for Franchisees & other Small Businesses.

Social Networking

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Is your business easy to find for local and mobile searchers.

Saying It Social

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Is your business easy to find for local and mobile searchers? “According to the Cone Business in Social Media Study, 93 percent of Americans expect companies they do business with to have a social media presence.

Mobile

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I Attended a Networking Event…Now What?

Saying It Social

JUNE 16, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials I Attended a Networking Event…Now What? You already understand the importance of networking for growing your business.

Eventful

Eventful StumbleUpon Digg Reddit

The bus to Hawaii: Marriott boosts Hawaii Bookings 40% with event.

Akamai Marketing

MARCH 9, 2009

What’s your social currency? Social Media Complainers – your new BFF’s Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses A Thousand Little Cuts of Social Media – A Kaizen Approach I recommend. All Rights Reserved.

Eventful

Eventful Tourism Klout Travel

Do you carefully read every article before you re-post/share.

Saying It Social

MARCH 16, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Do you carefully read every article before you re-post/share? « Previous | Next » About Saying It Social, LLC provides Social Media Marketing & Local SEO Services for Franchisees & other Small Businesses.

StumbleUpon

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Google To Introduce Opt Out Browser Plug In For Analytics

Saying It Social

MARCH 25, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Google To Introduce Opt Out Browser Plug In For Analytics Up until just a few minutes ago when I started reading some reports about what I’m about to tell you, I’ve been a huge Google “junkie&#.

Analytics

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Location-based Marketing a Must for Local Businesses

Saying It Social

AUGUST 27, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Location-based Marketing a Must for Local Businesses Its official – the Location Based Marketing train is full steam ahead and if you’re not on it you’re missing a huge opportunity.

Foursquare

Foursquare Marketing StumbleUpon Digg

Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities

Saying It Social

APRIL 11, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities I’d like to use this blog post to step out of our social-networking-for-business mentality and talk a little bit about using social networking for special causes.

Social Networking

Social Networking Communities scribd StumbleUpon

Are You Skilling the First Step of Your Daily Social Networking.

Saying It Social

MAY 6, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Are You Skipping the First Step of Your Daily Social Networking Maintenance? Daily Social Networking Tasks: It’s not all about content blasting.

Social Networking

Social Networking Skills StumbleUpon Digg

Why Social Media For Small Business Is Important

Happy National Small Business Week

Trending Sources

Social Media Complainers – your new BFF's

I Started A Social Media Marketing Program Two Months Ago, Where.

A Thousand Little Cuts of Social Media – A Kaizen Approach

A Comprehensive List of Social Media Tips, Guides, Plugins.

How Social Media ROI is like Santa Claus

Join us for a Webinar “Social Media Marketing for Franchisees.

On Alice in Wonderland and Social Media

How to Create a Customer Loyalty Program via Social Media (via PR.

Back by popular demand: The Basics of Social Media ROI (via The.

Proceed with Caution When Being Active on Social Media Sites

What AK Knows About Social Media Marketing « Saying It Social

12 Reasons Your Business Needs a Social Media Marketing Program.

Musings on Joining New Social Media Sites, Site Recommendations.

Getting Started with Integrating Search and Social Media

Book Review Wednesday: Wikibrands: Reinventing your company in.

What's your social currency?

Tool Tuesday: SocialOomph

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Saying It Social is Now Accepting Client Sign-Ups for April!

Corporate Social Media Reading List

Auto-Post Your Blog Posts to Digg « Saying It Social

Twitter-ups the future of events, sponsorship and event marketing

Jack Welch supports events and their business uses.

Free Tools for Social SEO

Weekly Roundup: The New Year Edition

How to Subscribe to Facebook Business/Fan Page Posts in Your.

How to add Social Networking Buttons to Your Email Signature in.

Tool Tuesday: PostRank Analytics

How To Leverage Your Social Networking Sites When Visiting.

Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile makes appearance in Hawaii | Akamai.

Now People Can Join Your Facebook Fan/Business Page via SMS/Text.

Organic Marketing Vs. Pay Per Click (PPC)

Track the Online Metrics that Matter and Sales Isn't One of Them.

Saying It Social has Added Two New and Exciting Services!

Is your business easy to find for local and mobile searchers.

I Attended a Networking Event…Now What?

The bus to Hawaii: Marriott boosts Hawaii Bookings 40% with event.

Do you carefully read every article before you re-post/share.

Google To Introduce Opt Out Browser Plug In For Analytics

Location-based Marketing a Must for Local Businesses

Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities

Are You Skilling the First Step of Your Daily Social Networking.

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