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Monday, December 30, 2013

How to Use Twitter Ads for More Exposure, Leads and Sales

Are you interested in learning more about advertising on Twitter? Have you followed the latest on Twitter ads? Twitter has many paid options to help you gain more exposure. Keep reading to discover three ways to use Twitter ads to grow your business. Why Twitter Advertising? When Twitter released their advertising platforms, there was a [...]



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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Vine Vanity URLs: This Week in Social Media

Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Twitter Launches Vanity URLs for Vine Users: “A profile URL is a unique Vine profile address accessible from [...]



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Thursday, December 26, 2013

How to Clean Up Your Digital Footprint and Your Online Identity

Is there anything from your online past that you would not want people to see? Do you want to start cleaning up your online identity? Your digital footprint is everything that shows up when people search for you online. From images to comments and blog posts, this collective first impression can make or break your [...]



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Monday, December 23, 2013

5 Ways to Grow Your Email List With Social Media

Do you want more email subscribers? Are you looking for ways to move social media fans and followers to your email list? In this article, I’ll show you 5 ways to use social media to build your email list. Why Email? At least 91% of consumers check their email every day. One of the most [...]



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Thursday, December 19, 2013

6 Ways to Protect Your Twitter Reputation

Do you use Twitter to market your business? How’s your Twitter reputation? Twitter’s short form messages require the same care you put into Facebook and other longer-form social media platforms. In this article, I’ll show you six tips to help you protect your Twitter reputation by avoiding some common mistakes. #1: Verify Everything You Tweet [...]



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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

26 Ways to Make Pinterest Work for Your Business

Are you looking for tips on how to use Pinterest strategically? Is your business benefiting from Pinterest? Pinterest is an effective tool for businesses of all sizes and sectors. From B2B to B2C, there are a number of goals you can pursue—from driving web and foot traffic to increasing visibility with influencers and consumers. In [...]



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Monday, December 16, 2013

Nominate Your Favorite Social Media Blog: 5th Annual Top 10 Social Media Blog Contest

We are accepting nominations for our 5th annual Top 10 Social Media Blogs contest, the biggest contest for social media blogs. We are looking for your nomination for the Top 10 Social Media Blogs. The winners will be promoted in our 230,000-reader newsletter and announced on Social Media Examiner. How to Nominate Please make a [...]



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Saturday, December 14, 2013

Instagram Direct: This Week in Social Media

Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Instagram Introduces Instagram Direct: Instagram Direct gives you “a new way to send photo and video messages to [...]



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Friday, December 13, 2013

Blog Growth: How to Build a Mega-Following

Do you want to attract a bigger audience to your blog? Are you wondering how you can write content that will generate more comments, shares and subscribers? To learn how to grow a successful blog, I interview Syed Balkhi for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast. More About This Show The Social Media [...]



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Thursday, December 12, 2013

3 Ways Responsive Design Can Benefit Your Blog

Are more of your blog visitors coming from a mobile device instead of a desktop computer? Do you wonder how responsive design can increase customer satisfaction and improve your marketing? In this article I’ll explore three ways incorporating responsive web design into your online strategy can benefit your business. What is Responsive Design? Responsive web [...]



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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

7 Ways to Grow Your Blog With Pinterest

Would you like more traffic to your blog? Are you looking for creative ways to use Pinterest to benefit your business blog? Pinterest offers a robust path to help you build your blog. You can use Pinterest to find content for your blog, grow your audience and increase your website traffic. In this article, I’ll [...]



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Monday, December 9, 2013

How to Use LinkedIn Showcase Pages

Does your business have products or services that target unique audiences? Do your customers spend time on LinkedIn? Finding an effective social strategy to reach the right audience for each of your products and services can be challenging. LinkedIn helps you solve this problem with its LinkedIn Showcase Pages. In this article, I’ll show you [...]



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Saturday, December 7, 2013

Facebook News Feed Updates: This Week in Social Media

Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Facebook News Feed Update Delivers Higher-Quality Content: Facebook will “be doing a better job of distinguishing between a [...]



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Friday, December 6, 2013

Twitter for Business: How to Use Twitter to Grow Your Influence

Do you use Twitter for your business? Are you wondering how to use Twitter to grow your online influence? To learn how to best use Twitter for your business, I interview Joel Comm for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is a show from [...]



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Thursday, December 5, 2013

How to Use Facebook Voice Messages for Your Business

Do you use your Facebook personal profile to build business relationships? Have you considered using Facebook voice messages to connect with your customers? If you connect with customers on your personal profile, you can use Facebook voice messages with great success. In this article, I’ll show you four ways Facebook voice messages can benefit your [...]



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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Mobile Social Media Exploding According to New Research

Are you looking for the latest trends in social media marketing? Has your business kept up with the growing mobile social media opportunities? New research seems to show all roads leading to mobile. Whether we’re talking about Facebook, YouTube or the latest new toy, Snapchat—research shows that well-executed mobile strategies will offer the biggest payoff [...]



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Monday, December 2, 2013

How to Enhance Your LinkedIn Profile With Professional Portfolio

Do you want to enhance the appearance of your LinkedIn profile? Are you looking for ways to get noticed and attract more business opportunities on LinkedIn? In this article, you’ll discover how to use LinkedIn’s Professional Portfolio to make your LinkedIn profile stand out. What is LinkedIn’s Professional Portfolio? LinkedIn launched Professional Portfolio to showcase [...]



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