Small Business Mavericks

JULY 31, 2012

You’ve likely heard that a DIY social media campaign is free. Sure, it’s free to sign up for a social media account. Whether you sign up at Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or one of thousands of social media websites online, it doesn’t cost you anything – most of the time.

Social Media 98

Social Media ROI Cost Course 98

Small Business Mavericks

JULY 14, 2012

More and more, businesses are using social media for more than just marketing. And social media can help you with that too. Many companies are now using social media to maintain those lines of communication between partners and suppliers, not just customers. Social media is a business tool.

Social Media 98

Social Media Reputation LinkedIn Tools 98

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 8, 2013

Which is these three is most important: Authority, Branding, or Social Media? Social Media. We’ll start with social media because, in my opinion, it doesn’t matter until you’ve established the other two. Social media is a tool. It doesn’t establish them.

Social Media 87

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Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 4, 2014

A few days ago, WebProNews discussed What Brands Are Doing Wrong With Visual Social Media with Apu Gupta( the founder of visual analytics company Curalate ). Here’s the highlights, in Gupta’s own words: “I’ve always looked at this as less of a social network phenomenon and more of a consumer behavior one.”.

Social Media 98

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 18, 2013

I’ve recommended using social media for customer service before, but that doesn’t mean it’s a cure-all. But what if you posted customer service hours for your social media accounts? But what if you posted customer service hours for your social media accounts? It’s just a thought.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 3, 2015

Social media marketing is a necessity in today’s online marketing world. The only question to answer now is, which social media sites are most appropriate for your brand? Why Social Media Is Necessary. Social media has become a marketing channel of its own. So have a plan.

Social Media 70

Social Media Mobile Questions Industry 70

Small Business Mavericks

JULY 3, 2015

Social media marketing is a necessity in today’s online marketing world. The only question to answer now is, which social media sites are most appropriate for your brand? Why Social Media Is Necessary. Social media has become a marketing channel of its own. So have a plan.

Social Media 70

Social Media Mobile Questions Industry 70

Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

.&# It’s a great article except that the five ways shared can apply to any social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, you name it. Fail to hire social media experts. You might think that you can do social media yourself, but that could be a fatal mistake. A social media firm does it every day.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 27, 2014

Social media is one of the biggest advantages today’s business world has over the way things used to be done, but it also can be the thing that brings a business to its figurative knees in defeat. There are three basic areas where a business can make mistakes in its social media strategy.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 11, 2012

More and more, companies are starting to use social media for more than straight up marketing. Here are three very powerful ways to use social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, et. Do it openly so that everyone following you can see that you are a company that takes customer service seriously.

Social Media 110

Social Media Reputation Discount Issues 110

Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

According to one survey , Facebook is the riskiest social media site for businesses online. Company and third-party blogs are considered less risky than Twitter or Facebook, which indicates that businesses are warming up to blogging. I’d like to see which social sites businesses consider most rewarding.

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Sites Social Media Foursquare Survey 105

Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 9, 2012

You might think that one social media account for any business is enough, but I would beg to differ. I think many businesses – even small businesses – can benefit by allowing their employees to participate in social media as well. They also represent your company online. Encourage its use.

Social Media 98

Social Media Discount Guidelines Small Business 98

Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 5, 2015

A survey of small business owners (SMBs) indicates that 61% of them show no return on investment (ROI) with social media. However, they’re still willing to spend money on social media. increasing the time they spend on social media? How are they comparing the social media platforms?

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ROI Social Media Survey Small Business 70

Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We all know that these platforms are social media where you can connect with friends and family to keep abreast of things in each other’s world. Social media is the new way of advertising and marketing your business. Most of you have heard of tweet, Facebook, YouTube and Myspace.

Small Business 87

Small Business Social Media MySpace YouTube 87

Small Business Mavericks

JULY 17, 2012

Other social media sites scored on customer satisfaction including Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. These social networks all scored 64, 63, and 69, respectively. The survey places Facebook at the bottom of 20 companies on customer satisfaction, which is quite alarming. Are you happy with your social network?

Social Media 101

Social Media Wikipedia Survey Yahoo 101

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 4, 2011

The ONLY Way To Manage Your Twitter Account » Is Social Media Inherently Viral? Social media offers Internet marketers a powerful way to get our message across, but it is work. 3 Responses to “Is Social Media Inherently Viral?&# Did you know Jackie Chan died? I didn’t either.

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Small Business Mavericks

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Companies doing business on LinkedIn have been able to connect with audiences through business pages. Now, LinkedIn has rolled out an additional level of social media for companies with multiple brands and divisions called Showcase Pages. In order to use Showcase Pages you first need to have a company page.

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LinkedIn Small Business Company Social Media 132

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 22, 2011

Do you have a company blog ? About the Mavericks | Services | Social Media | Proffessional Speaking | Resources | Case Studies | Why Small Business Mavericks? Of course, you only get these benefits if your blog and if you blog in the right manner. If not, why not? You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

Small Business 168

Small Business SEO Case Study Press Release 168

Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 4, 2016

Not only should you concern yourself with search engine results, but you should give serious thought to how you want your company to be represented in the search results. Social media – There is a lot to social media than simply sharing links. How do you distribute information about your company?

Brands 70

Brands Engineering Social Media Company 70

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 6, 2014

One of the big benefits to being active on social media is the proof of your reputation. It’s called social proof and it’s powerful. Here’s a question: How much social proof do you need to be credible? Social proof is the accumulation of positive and negative talk your company or brand receives online.

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Klout Reputation Influencer Review 101

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 18, 2011

The Changing Face Of Article Marketing » UberMedia, Mixx, And Twitter Remember the social media website Mixx ? Companies come and go, mergers happen, and acquisitions change the landscape for users. There are always changes in the market. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

Small Business 156

Small Business Tweetdeck Twitter Case Study 156

Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 23, 2011

WebProNews has a very thoughtful article about corporate brands trying to use social media and failing to engage. The article asks if these companies are “antisocial.&#. But I prefer to use the word “contrasocial&# to describe the way these companies operate in the social media environment.

Patterns 164

Patterns Social Media Types Engagement 164

Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 25, 2013

Social media persona – Do you use social media as yourself or do you use an alias. Furthermore, how do you conduct yourself on social media? Consider how people see you on social media. That will hurt your company in the long run. That will hurt your company in the long run.

Reputation 98

Reputation SEO Engineering Social Media 98

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

One of the questions asked on Search Engine Journal in the interview between Kelsey Jones and Pamela Lund, a well-known PPC marketing specialist, is which companies would do better with paid social campaigns rather than paid search. Without a strong social presence on the particular network, the advertising may not be as effective.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 30, 2013

If you’ve been paying attention to the rise of social media in the past few years, then you know that Facebook has risen to be the No. 1 site online, and you may know that social media traffic has been on a steady rise, as well. Other social media sites that do well in sending traffic to websites include: YouTube.

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Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 13, 2013

It’s not really a big surprise to those of us who keep an eye on social media developments. Probably, the most powerful feature of Facebook hashtags is being able to click the hashtag and see what people on other social media services are saying with that hashtag. Social Media Branding facebook hashtag'

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 24, 2012

One bad customer service experience can have huge repercussions in the age of social media. A few years ago an incident like this could have gone months before the company saw any negative publicity – if at all. Social media is the great equalizer between customers and large businesses.

Reputation 96

Reputation Small Business Training Social Media 96

Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Use App: If your company has its own app, this could be a button to open the app on your mobile device. Play Game: If you’re a mobile app development company, this could be a link to play your latest game. Social Media facebook business pages facebook call-to-action buttons facebook rankings'

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Facebook Hotels Overview Journal 125

Small Business Mavericks

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

A few years ago, no one thought about social media. There weren’t any social media strategies. There were SEO strategies , but they didn’t involve social media. Social media – Going forward, companies without a social media strategy are going to fall into obscurity.

SEO 105

SEO Small Business Engineering Social Media 105

Small Business Mavericks

JULY 18, 2014

86% of the respondents use email marketing regularly but they also use social media marketing (72%), SEO(70%) and content marketing(64%). Budget plans vary according to the size of the budget but social media marketing(38%), content marketing(28%) and email marketing(25%) are definitely in the mix.

Survey 111

Survey Small Business SEO Social Media 111

Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 5, 2011

They’ve abandoned the old-fashioned Internet marketing channel of search engine optimization in favor of the easier to manage social media channel. The reason businesses are abandoning SEO in favor of social media is because it is getting more and more difficult. Nevertheless, companies are abandoning it.

SEO 173

SEO Small Business Fashion Engineering 173

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

While small businesses aren’t quite in the same category as Inc 500 companies, there are a few things the small- and medium-sized businesses can learn from their larger counterparts. In 2011, according to this study , companies were excited about LinkedIn and YouTube. As an outgrowth of No. This is a telling study.

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LinkedIn Facebook Loyalty Small Business 87

Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 8, 2012

Many companies have gone online to build a website and start marketing only to consider how they will rank in the search engines, and nothing more. These days, many companies will think about SEO and social media , and that will be it. You can do it through social media. You can do it with SEO.

SEO 93

SEO Brands Engineering Social Media 93

Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 28, 2014

Organic Search sends 51% of the traffic to company websites when you combine all the industries, but they do vary when you break them down. Social media, a place that takes a lot of time and effort for many businesses, doesn’t do very well at all. Organic Search Wins. The thing is, you need to know what is working for you.

Sites 98

Sites Paid Search MySpace Retail 98

Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 22, 2016

Social media engagement – Do you engage with y our audience through social media? Do your employees like working for your company? Financially – How strong is your company? If so, how engaged are you and what is your reach? Branding – Branding is an element of positioning all of its own.

Engineering 70

Engineering Social Media Resources Brands 70

Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 5, 2014

What can you tell someone about the company that logo represents? The most effective logos are an integrated part of an entire marketing story that repeats throughout everything the company presents to the public. The website, ads, and every social media outlet are coordinated, as if one person were doing it all.

Small Business 114

Small Business Team Brands Company 114

Small Business Mavericks

JULY 24, 2013

Not all of your Facebook page posts have to be about you and your company. Your fans will appreciate getting to know more about your company and its passions. With just a little bit of effort, you can turn your Facebook page into a thriving social media community. Get them involved by having them send you their stories.

Communities 101

Communities Facebook Survey Small Business 101