Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 18, 2013

If you’re concerned that the demise of Google Reader will kill your blog, rest your eyes. Promote your blog through social media – I’d be willing to bet that almost everyone you know has a Facebook account. It may also mean YouTube, Tumblr, Foursquare, and other social media sites. Don’t wait.

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Small Business Mavericks

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

But if you insist, here are 23 ways to link your social media accounts: Send Google+ to Twitter. Send Facebook to Twitter. Send Tumblr to Twitter. Send Google+ to Facebook. Send Twitter to Facebook. Send Tumblr to Facebook. Send your WordPress blog posts to Facebook.

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Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 11, 2011

Among the services that Klout now tracks are: Tumblr – A blogging platform somewhat like a cross between Twitter and Blogger. YouTube – The video sharing monolith owned by Google. It’s been measuring the activity on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn for some time now. Flickr – The photo sharing platform.

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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. Facebook is a big traffic referral source for a lot of websites – especially business-to-consumer sites. LinkedIn delivers a lot of traffic to B2B sites. StumbleUpon.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Moments is something like the Facebook Timeline, but it takes “your most important content” from all of the networks Klout measures and adds it to your profile. These include Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Tumblr, Instagram, Blogger, Last.fm, and WordPress.com. More are to come.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 11, 2012

You want to join everyone you know on Facebook, then on YouTube and Twitter. You’ve added a LinkedIn account, a Google+ account, a Tumblr account, a Pinterest account, and then you have way to much to keep up with. It’s easy to get carried away. There’s really no need to do all that.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Google+ (still in beta, by invitation only). The search engines – Bing and Google organic listings. Google Places and Bing Maps. When it comes to marketing online, here are a few of the channels you have at your disposal right now, today. Pay per click ads. Article directories (yes, they still work). Knol pages.

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