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Social Media Emergency Averted
Tweet Buffer Have you ever done something, and after you did it wish you could immediately undo it? That happened to me last week. I read a blog post with great tips, nothing new. Many times I immediately follow those tips because the authors are people I’ve come to know and trust their content. What [...]
Why Build a Fan Page If You’re Going To Abandon It?
Tweet Buffer I see it EVERY DAY! A fan page with few likes and zero activity. I ask myself WHY? Why do people pay to have fan pages created or create a fan page and then abandon it? Because they take work! The average business creates their fan page and makes posts that are little [...]
Social Media Engagement Tools: Part 2
Tweet Buffer What are Social Media Engagement Tools? If you remember, back in November, I wrote a post, Social Media Engagement Tools: Part 1. In this post, I shared a few tools I reviewed you could use to engage on various social media platforms. I won’t go into the technical definition as I did in [...]
Are You Drowning In Social Media?
Tweet Buffer I’m often asked, which social media (platforms) are the most important? There are so many available, so many accounts to set up and keep track of, how is a person to know which social media platforms are truly important, which ones can really help you get noticed, which ones will provide [...]
When’s the Best Time for YOU to be Online?
Tweet Buffer What have studies shown about the best time to be online? I wrote in a recent post that the most active time for both Facebook and Twitter users to be online was around 3:00 pm. I have since done my own study because I want to do what’s best for my business and [...]
SEO Keywords & How to Use Them in Your Post
Tweet Buffer Search Engine Optimization otherwise known as SEO. Just the mention of those three letters makes many bloggers and business owners break out into a cold sweat. SEO doesn’t have to be a daunting task to be successful. This post is an example. Keywords What are keywords? You choose a word or words that [...]
The Dirty Little Secret to Being Pretty Darn Famous on Social Media
Tweet Buffer What do Chris Brogan, Lady Gaga, Alyssa Milano and Carlos Whittaker all have in common? That’s right: they’re all social media rock stars. No surprise there. [If you don’t know who Carlos Whittaker is, you will in a minute.] Neither will you be surprised when I tell you that they accomplished this feat [...]
Top Posts of the Day
Tweet Buffer I recently read a few really good posts and realized I had not posted my Top Posts of the Day in a while. It’s important that you know, the posts I share here aren’t being shared just for the sake of filling space. So here they are for today, the first of which [...]
Why Buy the Social Media Cow?
Tweet Buffer You know the rest of the saying… complete it – you know you want to. Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? Well there are several reasons really. When you buy it, it’s packaged nicely, cold, ready to drink. No fuss, no muss, everything is done for you [...]
Top Posts of the Day
Tweet Buffer This first post is brought to you by one of my favorites, BitRebels. If you’ve been here before, you know by now, they are one of my favorite reference sites. Richard Darrell’s post about How To: Use Social Media Services explains the top plat forms and what each of them do in an [...]
