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3 New Studies Show Value of Social Media & Businesses Slow Response | Social Media Examiner

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:02:42 +0000

There are some interesting studies surfacing lately in the world of social media. Here’s a summary of three recent research findings covering the benefits of social media marketing, how forums help brands and how businesses are employing social media marketing.

via 3 New Studies Show Value of Social Media & Businesses Slow Response | Social Media Examiner.

8 Simple Steps to Growing a Quality Twitter Following | Social Media Examiner

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:19:31 +0000

Are you using Twitter and wondering whether it’s doing anything for your business?

Do you have a strategy? Or do you find yourself haphazardly tweeting at all hours of the day about everything from what you had for breakfast to news in your industry?

If so, you need a tweet plan.

via 8 Simple Steps to Growing a Quality Twitter Following | Social Media Examiner.

BirdHerd – Add Multiple Users To A Single Twitter Account – UsefulTools.com

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:54:39 +0000

If you have a Twitter account for your website or business, you may want to allow multiple users to manage it. Allowing each individual user to identify themselves helps make the account seem more personal, showing that your account is being handled by a real person.

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30 Twitter Tools to Help Grow Your Community | Tools | instantShift

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:06:10 +0000

Twitter is a powerful micro-blogging service that’s evolving into one of the most sought out and widely used services online.

With Twitter, professionals are able to avidly share, distribute, and promote information with the people who are following them. After all, finding an effective way to spread content throughout the web is becoming scarce these days. However, setting up a Twitter account and posting a tweet isn’t the end of the line. You need to know how to grow and manage a community of followers that will not only will be interested in what you have to say, but they will also want to share with others the things you tweet. This is the idea behind a solid community. We can take this into account, and apply the same concepts to the success of our Twitter communities.

via 30 Twitter Tools to Help Grow Your Community | Tools | instantShift.

How to Create a Cutsom Facebook Page with FBJS | Web Resources | WebAppers

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:39:55 +0000

A Facebook Page is a public Profile that enables information about business and products to be shared with Facebook users and the public. An user should be able to create one in a few minutes. This article “Creating a Custom Facebook Page” explains how to add custom tabs to your Facebook page to make it do more. He has explained how to built a carousel, navigation tabs, forms, etc on your facebook page easily.

You will need to use FBJS (Facebook Javascript). This provides the functionality we need to develop custom facebook pages. This is also to protect other users privacy at the same time and restrict Javascript features that can be abused. This tutorial helps you cut short your search and gives you a head start in your quest to build custom tabs within Facebook pages.

via How to Create a Cutsom Facebook Page with FBJS | Web Resources | WebAppers.

How to: Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet for Any Topic

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:13:50 +0000

Let’s say you’re a butcher, a baker or a candlestick maker. You want to get up to speed on the social media activity in your market, as fast as you can. Or perhaps you want to sell things to candlestick makers online, or you’re a journalist writing a story about blogging butchers, or maybe you’ve got some kind of weird baking fetish or academic interest. Is there any way to ramp up your knowledge of these fields, fast, other than the “Google and wander” method? We think there is. Below you’ll find step-by-step instructions, with screen shots, for the process we use when we want to get smart about a new field in a hurry.

via How to: Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet for Any Topic.

5 Misuses of Social Media That Could Kill Your Freelance Business | FreelanceFolder

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:46:31 +0000

Unless you’ve been living under a rock this year, you have witnessed the explosion of social media as a tool for marketing, networking and branding in new and exciting ways. What started out as a few different methods for communicating and sharing online with friends and family has spawned entirely new occupations, from social media marketers to brand management organizations to software applications for everything from backing up your social media profile to monitoring your brand online.

via 5 Misuses of Social Media That Could Kill Your Freelance Business | FreelanceFolder.

How to Compel Your Visitors Into Subscribing to Your Blog

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:13:09 +0000

Adding RSS subscription link within your blog’s sidebar isn’t enough these days. Yes, those links will get clicked on and you will get some subscribers, but you won’t convert a lot of those visitors into readers.

If you want to convert a high percentage of your visitors into RSS subscribers, here is what you can do:

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The Freelancer’s Guide to Getting Started on LinkedIn | FreelanceFolder

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:22:38 +0000

LinkedIn is a good tool for freelancers because it provides instant access to employers, clients, and colleagues. Maintaining these contacts is important because referrals are one of the top ways to get new freelancing projects.

By now, many freelancers understand the opportunities that social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook can provide. Most have already set up an account with one, or both, of these popular social media tools. What they may have overlooked is the value of having a LinkedIn account.

While some freelancers are already actively using LinkedIn, many others may be unfamiliar with this social media tool. Today, we’ll be looking at the basics of getting started with LinkedIn.

via The Freelancer’s Guide to Getting Started on LinkedIn | FreelanceFolder.