Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 11, 2011

It’s called the YouTube Creator Institute. YouTube is hoping to make money from your content. YouTube is one of the top video marketing and video sharing websites online. Whatever you do, if you do it well, YouTube can help you succeed and take it to new audiences. This looks like a good deal.

YouTube 79

YouTube Case Study Press Release Small Business 79

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. YouTube, for instance, is the second largest search engine on the planet. Facebook was a game changer in a big way. What Constitutes a Lead?

Social Media 70

Social Media MySpace Retail Process 70

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. YouTube, for instance, is the second largest search engine on the planet. Facebook was a game changer in a big way. What Constitutes a Lead?

Social Media 70

Social Media MySpace Retail Process 70

Small Business Mavericks

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. That’s just one more reason to go mobile.

Mobile 107

Mobile Social Media Smart Phone Upcoming 107

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 11, 2012

Social media marketing started as a real hit and miss affair. Over time it has slowly come together and social media experts can now really work the boards to drum up a lot of visitors. Those five social media components now fit very well together. What are those faces?

Social Media 101

Social Media Small Business YouTube Hosting 101

Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Most of you have heard of tweet, Facebook, YouTube and Myspace. 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.

Small Business 87

Small Business Social Media MySpace YouTube 87

Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

According to one survey , Facebook is the riskiest social media site for businesses online. If you want a “no risk” social media strategy, perhaps Foursquare is the place to be, but if you want “slightly risky” or better, then Quora, Yahoo! It’s not really surprising.

Sites 105

Sites Social Media Foursquare Survey 105

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 30, 2012

Social media is everywhere and it can often be a little daunting when for a small business owner about to engage in a social media marketing campaign. All to often a business will focus on one or two social media platforms, particularly Facebook and Twitter since they receive the most mentions.

Platform 110

Platform Social Media MySpace Forums 110

Small Business Mavericks

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

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

Social Media 107

Social Media Consultant Hashtag LinkedIn 107

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.

Social Media 105

Social Media Marketing Small Business Discount 105

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. YouTube scored a 73 and Wikipedia got a 78. Are you happy with your social network? Facebook scored a 61. Even Yahoo!

Social Media 101

Social Media Wikipedia Yahoo Survey 101

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

» Are You About To Lose Your YouTube Presence? A nasty rumor is spreading, according to WebProNews , that YouTube is considering paying celebrities to provide video content channels. YouTube provides video content and video by its nature is much more demanding of attention than 140 characters of text.

YouTube 79

YouTube Compete Case Study Press Release 79

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Just like they did with PPC advertising and social media, some YouTube video marketers have got the idea that they can buy video views and succeed. For awhile, YouTube seemed to have been complacent, or at least didn’t take notice to the bad practice of view spam. Video Marketing video YouTube'

Buy 98

Buy Video YouTube Reputation 98

Small Business Mavericks

JULY 30, 2012

It means that, more and more, small business owners should think about using Google+ as a social media service. Not only does it help your reputation by posting often to Google’s social media service, but your posts and comments on that service now could be integrated into the SERPs. But what does that mean for you?

Google 161

Google Reputation Engineering Small Business 161

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 28, 2011

How about YouTube? Hurley and Chen are co-founders of YouTube, which they sold to Google awhile back. So I suppose they had the money to buy the struggling social bookmarking website. Delicious is one of the early forerunners of social bookmarking. Do the names Chad Hurley and Steve Chen mean anything? sold Delicious.

Delicious 156

Delicious Yahoo Social Bookmarking Case Study 156

Small Business Mavericks

JULY 6, 2012

The mark of a good social media website is how serious its owners are about improving it. If the ownership team is serious about creating a useful and rewarding user experience and trying to keep up with the rapid changes of the web, then you have a good social media website. Of course I’m not knocking YouTube.

Video 98

Video Marketing YouTube Engineering 98

Small Business Mavericks

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

It didn’t take long for some people to figure out early on in social media marketing circles to link up their social media accounts.That is, whatever you post to one automatically posts to another. There are good reasons why you shouldn’t post the same information to each of your social media streams.

Tumblr 98

Tumblr API WordPress Aggregator 98

Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 17, 2014

Social Media – Social media websites present a unique opportunity for online marketers. You can promote your blog posts, interact with and engage your audience, and produce valuable content for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest, YouTube, and other social media sites then lead them back to your website.

Blogosphere 115

Blogosphere Small Business Review Sites 115

Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I certainly believe that social media has changed the stakes of the game. You can feasibly build a business model completely around social media marketing, in which case keywords are not necessary. Is there wisdom in that or is it a bit misguided? No keywords necessary.

Klout 168

Klout Foursquare SEO Engineering 168

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.

Metrics 98

Metrics Tumblr StumbleUpon B2B 98

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 14, 2012

Sure, you can create your circles, and you can share content, but it doesn’t have the same social feel as Facebook, or Twitter for that matter. Social media seems to be polarizing. They claim that 170 million people have upgraded to Google+, big numbers, but still not a patch on many of the other social media sites.

Google 107

Google MySpace SEO Fashion 107

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 26, 2013

Since 2005, however, social media has taken on a much greater importance. Instrumental in that growth have been such sites as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Pinterest. YouTube is the most popular video hosting and sharing website. Small Business Internet Marketing e-commerce images online marketing Social Media'

Marketing 93

Marketing Small Business YouTube Buy 93

Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 6, 2014

I know I’m not surprised when I see something come around social media again, because it happens all the time. She points out that social sharing happens billions of times a day, crossing various social media networks like YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and the rest.

Content 102

Content Survey Research Social Media 102

Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 25, 2012

Social media - There are several social media websites you can promote your website through. Videos – Post videos to YouTube and other video sharing websites. Online press release – Distribute a press release through one of the many online press release distribution websites.

Press Release 168

Press Release Directory Flickr Engineering 168

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Every time someone new conducts a search or uses social media, the Internet changes. Create great videos, post them on YouTube, and embed them on your blog. Branding authority blogging Google Authorship Social Media Video Marketing' Every time a new website is built, the Internet changes. If you do it right.

Brands 107

Brands Newsletter Google Video 107

Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 5, 2011

I recently came across a unique use of social media that really got me to thinking, and once you hear about it, you should start thinking too. During the next four weeks, Davinci Virtual will release clues, possibly riddles, to a contest through their social media accounts. Contestants – that’s you and me!

Social Media 121

Social Media YouTube LinkedIn Process 121

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 28, 2013

Frank Reed highlights the value that small business owners place on various social networks, including Google+, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Interestingly, more small business owners see value in Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogging, and YouTube than in Google+. More social media usage equals more search engine exposure.

Google 101

Google Small Business Engineering Forums 101

Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Videos — because YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world. Social media — because your customers can connect immediately. Streamlined URLs — because it makes sense to write the URL the way people or search engines think. What Is On Your SEO List?

SEO 126

SEO List URL Small Business 126

Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 14, 2015

Here are six powerful ways to generate leads for any business using the tools of the Internet in 2015: Social Media – Social media really needs no introduction, but there are a ton of channels to choose from. Search Engine Optimization – Search engine optimization is still a valid approach to lead generation.

Engineering 70

Engineering Mobile Consultant Social Media 70

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 18, 2012

When it comes to communicating regularly with customers, and potential customers, Facebook stands clearly above most other social media sites. While there is a lot of truth in the ‘horses for courses’ theory, Facebook does have social media’s biggest reach.

Tools 87

Tools Discount RSS YouTube 87

Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Social Media – Social media has grown into its own little ecosystem. Popular social media websites include Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Keyword – In search engine optimization language, a keyword is any word or phrase you hope to rank for.

Domain Name 70

Domain Name Marketing Small Business URL 70

Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 3, 2014

You can do it now on YouTube, but Flipagram is designed to be used with your smartphone. Video Marketing Flipagram mobile marketing Social Media' Make a video presentation with your photos and end it with a link that points back to your website. You can download the app for the IOS operating system and for Android.

Mobile 101

Mobile Library Issues Video 101

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 18, 2013

Promote your blog through social media – I’d be willing to bet that almost everyone you know has a Facebook account. You should be promoting your blog posts through social media , and that includes Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google+.

Google Reader 98

Google Reader Google Newsletter RSS 98

Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 12, 2011

No one knew that a service like YouTube would grow to become the second largest search engine. And no one knew that social media marketing would become as important as search. Google didn’t come along until 1998. In 2001, no one knew that blogging would be as popular as it has become.

Facebook 161

Facebook Trends Engineering YouTube 161

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

In 2011, according to this study , companies were excited about LinkedIn and YouTube. Blogging was seen in light of the SEO and content marketing benefit and is not replaceable by social media. None of this is to imply that social media is any less important. What happened? This is a telling study.

LinkedIn 87

LinkedIn Facebook Loyalty Small Business 87

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

It’s not hard to see why the Super Bowl is a trending topic on any social media. Social media – you can still share your content with friends and fans on all the social media sites. The top trending topic on Google+ this morning is #SuperBowl. The same topic is also trending on Twitter.

Trends 93

Trends Marketing Metrics YouTube 93

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 10, 2011

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Small Business iPhone Marketing Case Study 189