Regarding the Social Media Revolution

December 29, 2009

twitterOne definition of the word revolution is a sudden and complete change in something. A famous example, of course, is the American Revolution. Another is the counterculture revolution of the U. S. and much of Europe in the 1960s. Currently, the social media revolution is spreading the most.

People have become content producers instead of content consumers because of social network media. In short, the inmates run the asylum. The spread of information and knowledge as dramatically changed. In the past, the norm was broadcast media monologues, where one person distributes information to the masses. TV newscasts and newspaper accounts are the more well known of this. Read more

Social Media Tips – Online Tools to Increase Your Networking Contacts

December 20, 2009

networkingMany of my business coaching clients often ask me for advice on what I consider the best social media sites and tools to use for small business networking. Here are a few:

As part of our new media strategy, we use a variety of tools. Some examples:

1. Twitter – You should regularly Tweet important company announcements and links to information that could be useful for the industries you cover. Be on Twitter a lot! You should routinely Tweet important company announcements as well as links to information that might be useful for your community. Read more

How to Be a Social Media Advisor – 3 Easy Steps

December 11, 2009

mediaEver have the inkling to do something different and earn money doing it? How about something along the lines of social media. These days, social media is on the rise. It is commonly used for social networking, but it is being more widely used to promote a person, market a brand or bring in money for charities and businesses.

But most people have not caught onto the rising trend. You can make money by being a social media advisor and advising other people how to market themselves or their business through media! Read more

Promoting Your Brand Through Social Media Marketing

December 7, 2009

brandPromoting your brand using Internet marketing is a great way to sell your online products particularly if you have eBooks, software, videos to sell etc. Getting it right from the outset though is very important.

There are many ways to market online and a great way is to use Social Media Marketing. Social media marketing is proving to be very effective and there are many resources that can be used to make this successful. A popular starting point is to find what are the best social media websites to market on. Many are very easy to set and extremely user friendly. Many you can also set for free as well. Building a list of contacts is crucial but it is important to take your time and build up the relevant contacts to market too. You can market to people on your friends list but it is very important not to pitch your products directly to people but instead build a relationship with people online. Read more

Ways of Optimizing Social Media

November 30, 2009

mediaSocial media sites have been the favorite destination of many online marketers these past years. These web sites offer a whole new different way of people communicating to one another with the use of videos, forums, or blogs. For an effective online marketing using social media, you must be able to apply optimization methods for your site to gain the popularity it needs. By being popular in these sites would mean more people will get acquainted with what you are promoting on the net. Your site will be able to generate the traffic it needs in order to achieve your target sales in the long run. Read more

Social Media Marketing For Your Business

November 15, 2009

facebookSocial media marketing is a term that has been coined recently. It is the process of using social networks like FaceBook, orkut, twitter, online communities, forums and blogs to market a business. With Web 2.0 technology, it has become extremely easy for marketers to manage these online communities since a large part of the content that is created is done by the users themselves.

Social media marketing functions on a few basic concepts. It is a process where marketers try and create positive word of mouth in the online space so that awareness of their business and online activities grows. The buzz around is created based on events, tweets, videos, contests and blogs that a social media marketer creates for the benefit of its stakeholders. Read more

Using Social Media For Skip Tracing

November 3, 2009

sosialSocial media tools are used every day by collectors as skip tracing tools more than as a way to collect a debt from someone. Social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn may help someone to locate a debtor; however, using any one of those websites’ to announce any type of pending or ongoing collection activity would violate the FDCPA in a multitude of ways. Utilizing social networking sites to gather information and investigate a person’s history requires a lot of work, and even when it is successful, it often will give you only a single chance at getting a payment. Read more

Social Media Marketing Success – Pulling it Together and Getting Started

May 18, 2009

What is that makes an interesting person?

If you were telling your friends about someone you’d met who was really interesting, and you were recommending that your friends check this person out – what would it be about this person that caused you to do that? here are some suggestions: Read more

Social Media Marketing in 8 Simple Steps

April 21, 2009

Online social marketing and social networking has been around a long time, but only recently has it been experiencing an explosion in participation and promotion from around the world, in every market imaginable. It has definitely gone ‘mainstream’ and is now even more important as a tool in your internet marketing strategy. Read more