Twelve years of marketing, tested in public, one post at a time.
The folks over at the University of Florida’s Online MSM have put together a stunning infograph to help illustrate the growing need for educated social media marketers, and how businesses are able to turn a profit using social media, and therefore pay their new social media marketer! For instance, the infograph points out that, according to their …
How Your Social Media Obsession Can Become A Career [INFOGRAPH]Read More
While personal bloggers are free to create whatever goals for their blog that they want, business bloggers do not have that luxury. A business blog must accomplish the following: Increase Website Traffic Generate Leads Convert Leads into Sales If your blog isn’t doing those things, then it’s time to step up your game and improve your …
Super-charge your Blog Reach as a Triberr Power UserRead More
This is a post I have been holding off on writing for a while. You see, back in April, my daughter’s great grandmother passed away. Tai Ma, as she called her in Cantonese, was 85 and had been in failing health for years. My wife and I thought we were blessed when Grandma was able …
Establishing a social media presence is important for almost any brand nowadays. A recent infographic by MBA Online encourages CEOs to use social media because of some compelling statistics. For instance, data shows that 8 in 10 social media users in the U.S. would rather connect with companies on social media sites rather than on …
7 Ways You Can Effectively Lose Social Media FollowersRead More
With the proliferation of social networks and profiles, comment systems and discussion forums, and other online services, creating an account for ourselves is now second-nature. What is not yet second-nature is an understanding of just how important your profile pic really is. If you’re using a website or service for personal use, you can certainly …
Back when social media was not yet “invented,” connecting with customers old and new required a bit more effort than it does today. These days, a single hashtag (#) on Twitter and a simple “Like” on Facebook means catching the attention of more than a few people and turning more than a few “virtual heads.” …
One of the truly killer apps for social media management is called Buffer. If you’re not familiar, the idea is that, using Buffer, you connect your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts, and set schedules for each account. You can then add links to pages or stories, or craft status updates, and allow Buffer to publish …
EDITOR’S NOTE: With the demise of Google+, and an increased role in the social media space, how I use social networks has changed significantly since I originally published this article. If that interests you, let me know in the comments and I’ll publish a more extensive outline. ~ Mike, March 2019 There are many different …
How many people are you following on Twitter? If it’s more than a hundred, I bet your Home stream is crazy like mine. I don’t even look at my Home stream anymore. I have no choice but to use Lists to segregate the people I’m interested in listening to and tweeting with, and if you’re …
Taking Out the Twitter Trash: The How and Why of UnfollowingRead More
