Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 18, 2014

Some may be active on Google+ and Twitter. You can cross-promote your products, services, and brands with hashtags in very powerful ways that before was not possible. Suppose you sell yellow widgets. Some of your target audience may be active on Pinterest but none of the other networks. Others may stick to Facebook.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Twitter has announced that they will have a new version of Twitter coming out. Businesses will now be able to choose what content they want on their home page at Twitter, along with a videos they choose to share on their page. You can go to fly.twitter.com in order to see how to get the new profile pages for your business.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Almost everyone is on Facebook today, or Twitter, or LinkedIn. You can post your blog to several websites that will send your blog to many areas of the internet. You will have people reading about your business from half a world away. Start a fan page on Facebook. Once again, post something every day about your business.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 10, 2012

Twitter chats are a strange phenomenon that are becoming increasingly popular. Twitter chats make use of the hash tag to connect like minded people in a chat session. That doesn’t mean that Twitter chats are useless. Twitter chats can be useful additions to the social media marketing options for many small businesses.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 5, 2011

» The ONLY Way To Manage Your Twitter Account Leave it to Marketing Pilgrim to think outside of the Twox (Twitter box). The right idea is to manage your Twitter account YOUR WAY. There are so-called Twitter gurus out there who would have you believe that there is only one right way to manage your Twitter account.

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Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 29, 2013

You can make these public, share them on Twitter, and relegate them to your connections. As long as you aren’t making a nuisance of yourself, groups can be a solid way to position yourself as an expert on LinkedIn. Updates - Post a status update with a link or short commentary on a link.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 11, 2012

Twitter chats are a strange phenomenon that are becoming increasingly popular. Twitter chats make use of the hash tag to connect like minded people in a chat session. That doesn’t mean that Twitter chats are useless. Twitter chats can be useful additions to the social media marketing options for many small businesses.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 31, 2012

For Mcdonalds, they spent money buying Twitter hashtags. Every bad story about McDonalds steadily flowed through Twitter. The other upside is that others, like us here today, are talking about how McDonalds lost control of a social media marketing campaign.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 18, 2013

You should be promoting your blog posts through social media , and that includes Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google+. 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.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 15, 2011

How Q&A Sites Can Boost Your SEO » Is Twitter Still A Good Marketing Tool? Twitter has posted some impressive numbers about its service and Frank at Marketing Pilgrim has picked up on them, and he’s asking some really pertinent questions. Not every Twitter account holder is active. Many people are.

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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. All Facebook has a blog post titled “5 Ways To Fail At Facebook.&# Here they are in a recap: Fail to understand your audience. Fail to use your imagination. Fail to track your marketing efforts.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 8, 2013

Share to LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook, and Twitter. Then share those on your Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn profiles. After that, you need to get some inbound links – quickly. To add links to your website, start by sharing your first web pages to all the popular social networks. If you have images, share to Pinterest.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 8, 2011

Twitter – Who do you follow? Twitter Trends. You just have to know how to capitalize on them. No matter what industry or niche you serve, these 21 sources for blog post ideas are golden opportunities. Check out their links. There’s probably gold in those tweets. Google Alerts. You should. Blog Catalog.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

I’m on a Twitter kick this week. If you’ll forgive me, I’ll throw in another post about Twitter – although this one is about Twitter and Facebook shares. Just to recap, check out these earlier posts about Twitter: How To Get More Tweets (And Retweets). Building Links With Twitter.

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Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 6, 2012

In fact, Pinterest drives more revenue per click than Facebook or Twitter and since it is so simple and visual, the site drives a lot of click-through traffic. Let’s take a look at how you can get these same results: Add a Pin It Button to Products & Homepage. You can follow Jayme on Twitter as well, @jpretz.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It’s good that you are active on social media, but how effective is your marketing? It’s not that there are right and wrong ways of marketing through social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, but you can be more effective with a few simple tweaks to your strategy. Don’t just focus on text-based shares.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It’s good that you are active on social media, but how effective is your marketing? It’s not that there are right and wrong ways of marketing through social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, but you can be more effective with a few simple tweaks to your strategy. Don’t just focus on text-based shares.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 23, 2013

In fact, some of your favorite television shows probably also have multiplayer video games and maybe use Twitter to post tweets and persona comments from their characters. Use Twitter and Facebook in a similar fashion but create different posts. New entertainment channels are starting to use transmedia storytelling more and more.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Moving into today with today’s technology with Facebook, Twitter and others, in addition to email marketing will keep businesses alive and well. It is almost like learning how to use cell phones fifteen years ago. None of us knew how to use them very well, but we thought they were cool.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Facebook had risen to #1 status online, LinkedIn and Twitter were going strong, and social media was an increasing part of daily life. Take the time to learn how to use the tools and the numbers at your disposal so that 2015 is the year you measure your progress successfully.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 21, 2012

If you have the occasional page from your website pinned, for example an advice or recipe or how to page, then you shouldn’t have too many problems. The feature that most businesses will find helpful is that pins can be shared between users and through Facebook and Twitter.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Twitter has always been a heavy traffic source for all kinds of websites, and Pinterest is no slouch either. If you haven’t figured out yet how to measure important social media stats, now is the time to learn. I believe this is a trend you are going to see more and more of in the next few years – starting in 2014.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 16, 2013

One great way to use hashtags on Facebook that is more difficult to accomplish successfully on Twitter is to associate your hashtag with an image. It’s time for small businesses to figure out how to use them for creative marketing and online branding. Facebook hashtags are here to stay. Social Media facebook hashtags'

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

That’s also true of any social network – Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, et. The key is in learning how to use them to reach the audience you want to reach. Still, the more you use it the higher your Google+ profile rises in the SERPs. That means taking the time to learn their features.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 3, 2014

Copyright restrictions taken out of the picture, microvideos could be a great way to promote your brand on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. But that’s just dreaming until someone figures out how to do it without violating copyright laws or the rights of others. As for me, I think it’s a sublime idea.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 22, 2011

How To Increase Your Twitter Followers » Q&A Sites And Competitive Intelligence I’ve discussed the value and virtues of Q&A sites before. But I haven’t discussed them in relation to using them for competitive research. They are actually quite valuable for that type of information gathering.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Klout bills itself as a social media influence metric, but until now it was largely limited in how it measured influence. Recently – like, within the last month – they’ve expanded how to measure influence to include Wikipedia entries, LinkedIn titles, and +K. More are to come. Stay tuned.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 12, 2015

These are helpful suggestions that may be exactly what you are looking for: Learn how to unsubscribe from blog posts and unclutter your inbox. Target Facebook and Twitter ads to LinkedIn connections. Research competitors on LinkedIn and see how you stack up. Changing the frequency of a group digest can make life less hectic.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and others is standing at 16%. If you are just learning the ropes on SEO and how to market your business, think about speaking with a consultant who can give you tips and ideas on the direction you need to go as far as your business is concerned. The proof is there.

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Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 21, 2015

If you publish a weekly newsletter, share it once a month on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn. All you really have to do is know how to write and get the job done. Share Your Newsletter – I’m not talking about every issue. Even Pinterest. Generating leads through social media isn’t rocket science.

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Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 21, 2015

If you publish a weekly newsletter, share it once a month on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn. All you really have to do is know how to write and get the job done. Share Your Newsletter - I’m not talking about every issue. Even Pinterest. Share it with a strong call to action anywhere you have a social media presence.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 9, 2011

Here it is in action, from SocialDitto’s own Facebook page: SocialDitto SocialDitto has been updated to include Twitter! Ditto your tweets in the new or old Twitter formats! Seriously, this isn’t a mind-sweeping technological advancement. Widgets and tools that allow for embedded content have been around for years.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 3, 2012

That conversation starts off site at places like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Savvy marketers figure out how to get the conversation from these social media outlets to their blog. And that’s not counting the benefits you get from internal link building, photo and image optimization, video embeds, etc.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Not only do they clue readers in on what your content is about, but search engine spiders pick up on keywords to determine how to rank those pages. But put it out there on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+ too. Spend a little extra time coming up with great headlines and page titles. Yes, do that.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 20, 2011

Let’s see – there’s Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and a whole host of other websites that have both a global reach as well as a local reach. According to an article on My Edmonds News website, small businesses stand to profit more from social media than big businesses or corporations.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 24, 2011

That doesn’t mean that the number of users on sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn will start to decline. Social Times is predicting that social media marketing is going to get harder , not easier. But at some point, that rapid growth is going to slow down. After all, there are only so many new people to enter the market.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 31, 2011

You can use the comments on your blog, Twitter stream, LinkedIn and Facebook walls, and anywhere else online to get real-time feedback on your business, your service, and your products. However, by the time a traditional television show reaches its audience, the next several shows have already been filmed. See a common theme?

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