Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Company and third-party blogs are considered less risky than Twitter or Facebook, which indicates that businesses are warming up to blogging. LinkedIn is considered slightly risky by 43% of businesses and not risky by 35%, making it more trusted than Facebook, Twitter, video sharing sites, or blogs. These are interesting numbers.

Sites 105

Sites Social Media Foursquare Survey 105

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 21, 2012

When it comes to meaningful comments, and deep discussions, forget Facebook and Twitter. If you do go the Facebook and Twitter route, you need to maintain a lot of control over what you do and don’t become involved in. If anything, they can flood you with banal comments that take a lot of time yet deliver little in results.

Comments 161

Comments Social Media Foursquare LinkedIn 161

Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Twitter – Not long after Google+, Twitter introduced brand pages. First, Twitter brand pages were open only to specific brands for testing purposes. Twitter calls its brand page product “Enhanced Profile Pages.” Use your Google+ brand page wisely and it will return positive results.

Foursquare 101

Foursquare Brands Engineering Google 101

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Tweetups – Tweetups are Meetups for Twitter users. If you are active on Twitter and have a loyal local following, why not invite them to a Tweetup? Facebook-Foursquare – Everyone’s on Facebook, right? Facebook-Foursquare – Everyone’s on Facebook, right? Invite them to join you.

Foursquare 87

Foursquare Social Networking Google Hosting 87

Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 11, 2011

I recently noticed that the service has added several other social media services to its metrics, which increases its value a hundred-fold (though I’d still say it’s overly weighted toward Twitter). Among the services that Klout now tracks are: Tumblr – A blogging platform somewhat like a cross between Twitter and Blogger.

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Klout Picasa Influencer Social Media 173

Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

You could promote your content through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Klout, Foursquare, YouTube, and every other social media giant out there and do just fine. You can feasibly build a business model completely around social media marketing, in which case keywords are not necessary. No keywords necessary.

Klout 168

Klout Foursquare SEO Engineering 168

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 7, 2015

A real estate agent had a slump in business and decided to experiment with IFTTT (IF This Then That), Twitter, and her business page on Foursquare. Social Media IFTTT social media lead generation Twitter' Brianna Collier has a simple guide to this process on the Showing Suite real estate blog.)

Real Estate 70

Real Estate Foursquare Social Media List 70