You hear it on a daily basis, “Don’t reveal too much personal information in Facebook”. “Don’t tell people when you are not at home.”
Check out this CNN story about a couple that was burglarized by one of their Facebook friends while they were at a concert. A concert they [...]

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Content is king! Change is Queen! Google loves companies that put lots of content on the Internet and change it often.
Google finds the technology/database/language that blogs are based on, very easy to understand and index. So what you have is a technology tool that is easy to index, it’s [...]

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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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How can you get more people to your Website?
As always I like to keep my answers simple….
The best way to get more people to your Website is to spend time or money getting them there.
Sorry, but there’s no magic to it. Just create a detailed plan of how [...]

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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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First off, let me explain what Bing is? Bing is the third largest search engine out there. Number 1 is Google, number 2 is Yahoo, and then comes Bing. Bing used to be called MSN Search, but Microsoft wanted to shake up the name and establish a better search engine brand so they upgraded the MSN search engine and [...]

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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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