LinkedIn is one of the most popular and enduring of social media sites. Through the second quarter of 2014, LinkedIn boasted users in 200 countries, with 300 million users worldwide and 100 million in the United States alone. Every month, 187 million unique visitors go to LinkedIn, and 2 of every 5 LinkedIn users go to the site…
For those who believe that Twitter will be left out in the social media rat race in 2015, you’ll be disappointed. According to Jeff Bullas, there are over 241 million monthly users on Twitter and the figures are just continuing to increase by the day. Twitter is used by not only bloggers and influencers like…
This is the tenth post in a 12 month series on the use of Instagram for businesses. If you’re using Instagram for your business, you definitely want more, targeted fans, you want better interactions and engagement, and you want to reward your followers. Fortunately, Instagram contest are the best way to do this! And, on top of…
We’re in the final quarter of 2014, which means there are less than 90 days until the New Year and the celebration of a new year on its way. 2014 has been yet another banner year for social media, digital marketing, and the era of curation as the companies surrounding the trend make waves. For…
Want Your Website to Convert Traffic? Clean navigation for website conversion and visitor appeal, along with good frameworks like WordPress, will provide you with a rockn’ website that directs your visitors to take the actions that will convert them into prospects and customers. An effective website is one that is clear, focused, and makes a…
By Barry Feldman True or false: You should do what online marketing experts say. Tralse? Fue? Help me. I’m looking for some middle ground. See, online marketing is: (A) Hard (B) Ever-changing (C) Continuously experimental (D) Different for everybody (E) All of the above You bet your life the answer’s (E). Marketing changes at the speed of…
By Bryan Kramer Humans are social creatures; this is something we all know and understand. But last year, at the Pivot conference in New York, I had the pleasure of interviewing Scott Hebner (VP of Social Business at IBM) and friend Kare Anderson (author, speaker, columnist and coach) on a main stage appearance about how…
With the rapid growth of digital consumption and what seems like daily proliferation of social media channels, marketers are faced with more choices than ever when considering how they want to reach the consumer. With each choice comes a certain amount of risk as marketers choosing to put a heavy investment in one channel…
We’re in the final quarter of 2014, which means there are less than 90 days until the New Year and the celebration of a new year on its way. 2014 has been yet another banner year for social media, digital marketing, and the era of curation as the companies surrounding the trend make waves. For…
Twitter is one of the top social networks that brands and businesses engage on for more opportunities, leads, and sales. Did you know that there are currently over 270 million active users around the world, and eMarketer reports a growth of sales by 124% from 2013 to 2014? Bottom line is – if you aren’t…
