Social Media

Pinterest Analytics: Shows You What Drives Traffic to Your Site

By Annie Pilon - Mar 12, 2013 - 2 Comments

Pinterest just unveiled a new traffic measuring tool that website owners can use to see their site’s activity from the social site. Pinterest Web Analytics can show how many people have pinned images from your website, how many other users have viewed these pins, and how many people have visited … Read More

Check Your Google+ Page: Cover Images Now Much Larger

By Anita Campbell - Mar 11, 2013 - 8 Comments

Google+ surprised people by suddenly making cover images much larger on the social network. Cover images are the big wide image at the top of your Google+ page. They will now be a HUGE 2120 pixels by 1192 pixels. That is much wider and taller - previously the dimensions were 940 x … Read More

Facebook: Is the Free Ride Over for Businesses?

By Annie Pilon - Mar 8, 2013 - 5 Comments

If you use Facebook to spread the word about your brand, you may have seen a drop-off in the number of interactions your posts receive. Business owners, marketers and others are noticing—and they are not happy. Of course, Facebook does offer paid promotions to increase the visibility of your … Read More

Tips and Tricks For You to Research the Social Web

By Amanda DiSilvestro - Mar 7, 2013 - 8 Comments

Without a doubt, research is incredibly important in every industry. You not only want to research a specific topic in your field or a topic that interests you, but you want to research - how to research. It’s research that powers Google and gives search engines such importance. In the world … Read More

B2B Businesses and the Potential of Social Media Infographic

By David Wallace - Mar 6, 2013 - 10 Comments

Social media can facilitate customer acquisition and retention for businesses of all sizes. While a good social media marketing strategy promotes credibility and professionalism of a brand, it also offers tremendous potential for networking. There is nothing better than facts and figures to get … Read More

You Can Use LinkedIn As a Landing Page and Facebook For Blogging

By Deborah Shane - Mar 5, 2013 - 15 Comments

Facebook's 1 billion users and 552 million daily visits and LinkedIn's recent 200 million member milestone (click the image for a full size infographic) and 25 million daily visits have secured their top spot in our online professional and social networking world. They can also be powerful, … Read More

Control Your Email Inbox: Stop Email Notifications From Twitter, Facebook

By Ann Smarty - Mar 5, 2013 - 14 Comments

Social media is one of the greatest inventions of the modern world. It allows us to connect with people we lost touch with, keep up with the daily lives of people we care about but don't see often in real life, and share content that can be truly rewarding. Not to mention the ability to find others … Read More

The Buffer Social App May Be A Time Saver for You

By Melissa Fach - Mar 4, 2013 - 13 Comments

If you are trying to keep an active presence on social that shares information, but are finding it difficult to keep up because of work and other obligations I might have a solution for you, Buffer. As I have stated previously I use Twitter to gather information on my industry and I share … Read More

Which Social Media Sites Are Hot, and Which Not?

By Anita Campbell - Mar 3, 2013 - 10 Comments

You only have so much time for social media sites, to create a business presence on them. So it's important to pick and choose where to spend your limited time and resources. That said, where should you spend your time? Exactly which social media sites are hot? Will the beautifully redesigned … Read More

6 Benefits of Social Media for Small Businesses

By Timothy Carter - Feb 26, 2013 - 83 Comments

The social media revolution has changed the way that successful small businesses interact with customers and reach out to new markets. These six benefits will show you how important it is for your small business to start using social media. Social Media Increases Website Traffic Web Traffic … Read More

Compose Your Twitter Tweets At Least 2 Characters Shorter

By Anita Campbell - Feb 25, 2013 - 5 Comments

You will now need to make your Twitter verbiage a bit shorter, if you plan to include a link to a Web page in a tweet. Twitter is now allowing you only 118 characters for a tweet (outside of the link itself). That's two characters fewer than the 120-characters-plus-a-link we've all been used … Read More

The 5 Biggest Brands on Facebook And How They Do It

By Amie Marse - Feb 25, 2013 - 7 Comments

Unless you’re living under a rock, then you know that having a strong business Facebook page is important. To say that the subject of “how to use Facebook” has been covered at this point is an understatement. It’s been thoroughly exhausted. So, I won’t bore you with the standard … Read More