This is the ninth post in a 12 month series on the use of Instagram for businesses. If you’re using Instagram for your business, then you want to expand your reach and get in front of more customers and potential customers. Having more, targeted followers on Instagram will ensure more people see your message and increase…
Back in 2003 a new online professional networking service called LinkedIn was launched out into the world. But, Oh Baby, have things changed since then! In the early days this growing social media tool for job seekers, businesses and brands was quite different – a mere shell of what it is today. Now there are…
If you have kids you know that hollering and screaming does no good. Many small business marketers act like parents, and think they have to holler scream shout, and froth at the mouth, to get people’s attention. This is not needed in any scenario. Unless, that scenario is overly crowded, and then I still don’t think that yelling…
By Michael Brenner At a marketing conference last year, I was asked my opinion on what is the biggest opportunity in Content Marketing? Without hesitation, I answered “Slideshare.” Slideshare is one of the top websites in the world and should be a key focus of any B2B content marketing program. According to Comscore, Slideshare is…
Did you know that according to a study performed by Maritz and Evolve 24 that more than 70 percent of customer-service complaints made on Twitter go unanswered? That’s right, ignored. Either blatantly or by mere ignorance and neglect of the company, customers are ignored and when that happens it has a snowball effect that many…
By Lee Traupel I can’t believe the amount of content shared targeting small business that rhapsodizes about the endless rewards bigger brands are generating with social media marketing like Toms, SAP, Cisco, Intel, SalesForce, et al. Many of you do not have the marketing resources, staff and/or technical expertise to create and deploy this…
Topics, not Keywords Equals Success for Your Website If you are still using 2010 tactics that include heavy usage of keywords in your content, my guess is that your website doesn’t rank like it used to. In order for your business to rank these days you can’t use the old SEO model for your content.…
With Autumn before us, also comes the holiday season. Whether you’re a small business, corporation, or somewhere in between, this means campaigns, content, and craziness for marketing departments alike. Luckily social media changes quarter to quarter too, and we deliver the big changes in our quarterly report. Check out what’s new: The Death of Click-Bait…
By Greg Satell In 2010 Pepsi pulled its Super Bowl ads and invested $20 million into its Refresh project, which employed crowdsourcing to support good causes. It was an astounding social media success, with more than 87 million votes cast. Unfortunately, as this HBR case study points out, it was an abysmal business failure and…
By Bryan Kramer We live in a time when emotions are high because they’re publicly shared, and displayed, in social media. In essence, we’ve opened up “Pandora’s Box” filled with emotions, both positive and negative, for all to see. Regardless of the sentiment of the emotion shared, sharing our feelings with each other builds connection,…
