Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 5, 2012

But social media is a two-way conduit that requires your interaction. You can be at Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. What matters is that you use social media as a strategy. If you set a plan before you start talking you’ll have a much more focused social media presence. Both have their places.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Social media advertising is a sweet blend of pay per click advertising and social media. Business Insider recently observed that both Facebook and Twitter have surpassed the 50% revenue mark from mobile users. Mobile marketing is a big thing, but social media advertising is even bigger.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 20, 2011

According to an article on My Edmonds News website, small businesses stand to profit more from social media than big businesses or corporations. So what is meant by social media? Small businesses owners only have to spend a few minutes a day on two or three social networking sites to see any benefits.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 14, 2013

There is more to social media than simply hanging out with your friends and posting marketing messages that no one responds to. I’ve come up with 5 very powerful ways to use social media for your small business marketing. Handling customer service issues – Twitter has been used for this purpose often.

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JUNE 22, 2015

Social media has come a long way since the days of Friendster and MySpace. But other social media websites have upped the ante in some very real ways. Twitter is notorious for delivering high click-through rates (CTR) and conversions if done well. Facebook was a game changer in a big way. What Constitutes a Lead?

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Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 22, 2015

Social media has come a long way since the days of Friendster and MySpace. But other social media websites have upped the ante in some very real ways. Twitter is notorious for delivering high click-through rates (CTR) and conversions if done well. Facebook was a game changer in a big way. What Constitutes a Lead?

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 31, 2012

Social media can be a great marketing tool when things go right. A recent article looks at McDonalds; yes, we’re talking about the famous golden arches, which experienced the highs and lows of social media marketing, all in the one campaign. For Mcdonalds, they spent money buying Twitter hashtags.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 18, 2011

The Changing Face Of Article Marketing » UberMedia, Mixx, And Twitter Remember the social media website Mixx ? Not long ago Twitter announced that some third party apps weren’t going to work any longer. Mixx is popular, but it’s not as popular as, say, StumbleUpon, Digg, Facebook, or Twitter.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 24, 2012

What’s the one problem that every small business owners faces when it come to social media marketing ? There are just not enough hours in the day to manage a business, often work in the business, manage traditional marketing problems, and then manage a wide range of social media interactions.

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Social Media Marketing Small Business LinkedIn 168

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 31, 2011

There has been a lot of speculation as to whether or not Twitter is good for SEO. I think there is one thing that is evidence that Twitter is, indeed, good for SEO (but that’s not the only benefit). Both major search engines – Google and Bing – include Twitter in their search results. These are just guesses.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Mobile phones and other handheld devices have made social media more accessible to more people more often. In other words, you don’t have to sit at your computer all day long to engage with your customers and potential customers through social media.

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Small Business Mavericks

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

For about five years now, we have seen social media marketing rise to the top of the Internet marketing practices and become the most important aspect of marketing and branding online. The social media sites themselves are striving to be No. But Twitter and Google+ are vying for second place. Is it Facebook?

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APRIL 28, 2012

They look at social media like Facebook and Twitter and think wow – I can promote my business as much as I want, it’s as easy as pressing a few keys. Their social media marketing campaigns have failed miserably and they are at a loss to understand why.

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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. Having someone monitor your Facebook page or Twitter account continuously can be time consuming. But what if you posted customer service hours for your social media accounts?

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Social media can be fun. But if you are using social media to promote your business, here are eight ways to make it pay off no matter how much time you spend on it. Create a posting schedule – You can keep your social media content focused by providing a calendar or content schedule.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Social media can be fun. But if you are using social media to promote your business, here are eight ways to make it pay off no matter how much time you spend on it. Create a posting schedule – You can keep your social media content focused by providing a calendar or content schedule.

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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. It’s not really surprising. Here are a few gems I found while perusing the results.

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APRIL 8, 2011

Ghost Twittering is a controversial subject. I can’t imagine someone like Mark Cuban, for instance, using a Ghost Twitterer. Oprah Winfrey, however, has many more things to think about than tweeting 140 characters every 10 minutes (I’m not saying Oprah uses a ghost Twitterer). Some people say it’s not right.

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DECEMBER 31, 2013

Social media branding is powerful and can build a good business following with the right promotion and energy behind it. One of the least utilized ways of branding through social media is the Twitter chat. Simply hosting a chat session on Twitter can boost your brand and lead to new business.

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

That means now is a perfect time to blitz all the social media sites you use and to use email campaigns. End the year on a positive note by using social media sites to list all the last minute sales you may have. And, that includes watching emails and reading the ads on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.

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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. Mix it up a bit.

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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. Mix it up a bit.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 6, 2013

So you’ve set up a Twitter account and you’ve started following some people in your business niche. One other way you can use Twitter is to set up Twitter lists of your favorite people in a specific niche, or who have a specific skill set. Create a Twitter list. Twitter has Twitter lists.

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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. Fail to use your imagination.

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Social Media How To Campaign Social Networking 124

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.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 20, 2015

Internet marketing and social media are intertwined because the technology is overlapping. Twitter can be as spontaneous as thought and as incendiary as gossip. Social Media Has Responsive Power. Social media has a potential for interaction that is powerful.

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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.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 6, 2015

Social media has become huge lead generation tool for many businesses and online entrepreneurs, but there is more than one way to generate leads through social channels. The following five methods of generating leads through social media channels are popular and growing more so every day.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 6, 2015

Social media has become huge lead generation tool for many businesses and online entrepreneurs, but there is more than one way to generate leads through social channels. The following five methods of generating leads through social media channels are popular and growing more so every day.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 10, 2012

If you read some web gurus, there’s no such thing as too much social media marketing. I see ‘gurus’ insisting that every online business should be active on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and, in some instances, specialist social media sites such as LinkedIn. Blogs are slightly different.

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Social Media Marketing Small Business Discount 105

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APRIL 4, 2011

The ONLY Way To Manage Your Twitter Account » Is Social Media Inherently Viral? But evidently, the news went viral on Twitter and it wasn’t even true. The key lies with a Twitter account by the name of @tweetmeme, which has more than 60,000 followers. Did you know Jackie Chan died? How did that happen?

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Social Media Case Study Press Release Small Business 98

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JULY 26, 2012

Are you linking to your social media profiles? In fact, fewer than 20% of SMBs link to social media profiles, and they’re making a big mistake. There are two primary reasons you should link from your website or blog to social media websites : It builds your social authority. Social Media As SEO.

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Social Media Social Graph Reputation SEO 107

Small Business Mavericks

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

That means they are really just now discovering social media – Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn. Oh, they may have had a Twitter account three years ago. Maybe they’ve been working the social media gig for themselves in three or five years. Social is about to go haywire.

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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 social media wrong and it will backfire on you. for customer service. Don’t delete them.

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Social Media Reputation Discount Issues 110

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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. You then post the video to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 3, 2011

The question arises often about how often is often enough when posting to the popular social media sites – particularly Facebook and Twitter. A good rule of thumb for posting on the social media sites is to spend 15 minutes twice a day on each one. When it comes to Twitter and Facebook, moderation is best.

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Small Business Twitter Case Study Press Release 156

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JANUARY 28, 2015

One of the great things about social media is its immediacy — and that immediacy is also its greatest risk. on mainstream media, you have 1-2 days to put your response out. Now, I haven’t done a study, but ask yourself how much backstory you have read on the social media you are involved with.

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