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Foursquare Releases New Notification Settings
If stalking your friends on Facebook or Twitter is not enough, Foursquare got you covered. Last Tuesday, the location-based social network released its new notifications settings....
StumbleUpon: Why Your Business Needs It
With too many social media sites now available on the Internet, it can be overwhelming for you to pick which to use for your business....
6 Tips to Get Retweeted More Often
Maybe it is just me, but I find that getting a notification that someone has retweeted my content is really exciting. It could just be...
Does Social Media Branding for Businesses Matter?
If you’re wondering whether social media branding works for businesses, Lab42 posted an infographic saying that it really matters. The market research company surveyed 1,000...
Taking Advantage of LinkedIn Today
If you’ve been using LinkedIn for a while, you’ll notice that three top stories in your selected industry constantly appear above the updates section. This...
How to Generate Leads in LinkedIn
Based on our previous posts, there are two ways to generate leads on LinkedIn: the direct and indirect approach. Now that you know how you can...
Facebook Suspends Photo-tagging in Europe
It was reported last week that Facebook users in Europe will no longer have access to the network’s photo-tagging features—at least not for a while....
"Facebook Offers" Service Now Comes with a Price
The test run for Facebook Offers is now coming to an end. As announced by the social networking giant last Thursday, all Pages with over...
Lead Generation: How It Works on LinkedIn
Now that your business already has a LinkedIn Company Page, it’s time to get started with your inbound marketing campaign. There are two ways which...
Tweet Chat Checklist for Business
The Whole Brain Group has put together a handy “Tweet Chat Checklist for Businesses” in infographic style which should provide you all the basic information...
#SocialChat Discusses the Synergy of Search and Social
On Monday evening, Sept. 17, the #SocialChat community on Twitter gathered to discuss the relationship between SEOs and SMMs. Our guest expert, Jim Hedger, is...
Activating Status Update for LinkedIn Company Page
So your business now have a Company Page in LinkedIn, the next thing you need to do is take advantage of your profile’s features to...
Portfolio+ Tool Now on Contently
Earlier today, Contently released a new tool called the Portfolio+, which is designed to help writers build their own brands. Contently is an online platform...
Completing Your LinkedIn Company Page
Now that you already have an idea why your business needs a LinkedIn Company Page, the next thing you need to do is fill it...
Facebook Starts Testing Brand News Mobile Ads
Facebook started testing brand new mobile ads yesterday, although it is not inside the Facebook app itself. The new ads can be found in external...
Social Media Advertising: Twitter’s Advertising Platform
I have been waiting to play with Twitter’s self-serve ad platform for some time now. In fact, I wrote a post here about Twitter Advertising Strategy...
Twitter Marketing Strategies: How Your Competitors Do It
If you’re still trying what Twitter marketing can do for your business, one of the best things that you can do is to look for...
Coming on September 22: Social Good Summit
Once again, the 2012 Social Good Summit will show the unparalleled effects of people connected together through social media and technology to change the world....
LinkedIn Company Page: Why Your Business Needs It
In addition to having a profile page on LinkedIn, a Company Page for your business can do you more good. But before you are start...
Why Timing Your Tweets Matters
Majority of online marketers who use Twitter for their online marketing campaign usually time their tweets. That’s because it could be a great way to...
Bringing Facebook Fans to Your Business
With almost one billion users, Facebook has the capacity to bring a business closer to its existing and potential market all over the world. However,...
What if Albert Einstein Used Facebook and Twitter?
I’m still on my high from Walter Isaacson’s book on Steve Jobs. The high is so great that I decided to buy his book on...
StumbleUpon for Your Business: Why It Matters
It may not be as popular as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or Pinterest, but seasoned social media marketers would agree that you shouldn’t ignore StumbleUpon. But...
Discussion of Personal Privacy and Facebook on #SocialChat
#SocialChat is a weekly discussion of the best practices in Social Media Marketing hosted every Monday night at 9:00 p.m. Eastern by Alan K’necht (@aknecht)...
Send Your Song Requests to Kelly Clarkson via Twitter
Fans of Kelly Clarkson can now send their song requests in an instant, thanks to Twitter. With the help of the micro-blogging site, users can...
An Unhealthy Trend: Social Media Becoming the Bully’s Playground
This is an opinion piece (for adults), if you don’t agree with these opinions that is cool with me 🙂 I love social media. I...
What You Need to Know About Google+
Powered by Google, Googe+ is also considered as one of the youngest social media sites on the Web. Although some users don’t like it, the...
Investing Too Much on HTML is Zuckerberg’s Biggest Mistake
During his first public interview following Facebook’s IPO, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said their biggest mistake was making big bets on HTML5 for their mobile apps....
Social Media is So Much More Than Likes and Followers
Do you ever feel that social media could be doing more for your small business if you could just figure it out? Do you keep...
#Facebook CEO Addresses Stock, Mobile, and Search
Yesterday afternoon, Mark Zuckerberg made his first public appearance since the IPO this spring. He sat down with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington at the Disrupt Conference...