I recently had the opportunity to speak to a networking group about how small businesses should use social media. I spent a couple weeks thinking about what I was going to present, the topics that I was going to cover, and most importantly I wanted this not to be your typical “here’s how you use [...]

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Are you considering hiring an online social media consulting company for your business? Before you do, evaluate how they are approaching you about their services. Are they trying to scare you into buying their services? Here are a few questions to consider when evaluating online social media consulting companies.
1. Are they using scare tactic marketing? [...]

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I have this discussion almost on a daily basis. People really liked their Web developer when he/she first built their Website a few years back. Since then though it’s been a constant up hill battle to get updates done to their site. Why is that, they ask?
It’s really a pretty simple business reason. Web development [...]

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Hmmm, Pepsi has decided not to spend $3 million dollars on SuperBowl commericals this year. Instead, they are going to launch a $20 million dollar social media campaign.
From Time Magazine - – “Pepsi plans to give away $20 million in grant money to fund projects in six categories: health, arts and culture, food and shelter, the planet, [...]

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Want to know the most up-to-date information on a topic? Can’t wait to see what’s the latest happenings in Tiger’s world? You know Tiger, the biggest sponsor crash of the decade person. That Tiger. LOL!
Well check out a new feature that Google added to their native search results area. Real time updates on what’s being Tweeted, [...]

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There are soooo many different online social media sites out there, it gets very confusing doesn’t it?
Over time I’ve made it a point to read a bunch of different tips and pieces of advice about using these tools for small business.
 
Here’s what I’ve found are some pretty common sense suggestions to consider if you plan [...]

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I recently attended a large Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon. Each month at these events they have guest speakers. Our guest speaker this month was from a consulting/news firm and that specializess in social online media.
So here is the guest speaker sitting at the front table with the Mayor, the president of the Chamber, the three of us [...]

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This is such a great article on the perils of social online media I wanted to take a moment and provide it for those who may be reading this blog.  Remember your past and present can come back to haunt you!
Thank you Donna for providing this information:
Chris Nastav, KC Web Specialists, Experts in how business [...]

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Well, I’ve been trying for almost 10 months now to get owners of small service based businesses to tell me their success stories using Twitter.
The big zero in response!!
So, not to be dissuaded, I also asked several online social media consulting companies to please share with me their success stories of local small service business [...]

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