May 16, 2012

Promote Your Podcasts on Social Media Channels

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Search engines favor podcasts above written content on websites. If you enjoy speaking more than you do writing, you should be podcasting. It’s easy to do from home, and you don’t need to build a studio to start your own show. All you need is a telephone and Internet access to use broadcasting services like [...]

Lessons on Social Media from Dell

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Dell has made a lot of money using social media. You might think that a major company like Dell doesn’t need “little” Facebook or Twitter. If that’s your thinking, you still don’t get it regarding social media, and you’re missing opportunities to grow your business as a result. Dell has dedicated an entire department to [...]

Using Social Media Sharing to Boost Email Click through Rates

You may not have considered it before, but there’s a reason why some of the emails you receive include a social media sharing option: Emails with social media sharing options get higher click through rates than those without. The percentage of increase is nothing to sneeze at, either. For example, including a Twitter sharing option [...]

Building Contacts with Social Media

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Whether you want to grow your business or find freelance work, building contacts using social media is key. The task is daunting with so much chatter and activity on social media websites, but it can be done. Keep in mind that others want to do the same thing, so you are competing for the attention [...]

8 Examples of Social Media Marketing Goals

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It’s tough to think beyond the social media theories and statistics when you’re new to social media marketing. Entrepreneurs are in need of real life applications, and are more willing to give it try if they have examples to consider. The following is a list of social media marketing goals set by many entrepreneurs should [...]

Find Freelance Jobs Using Twitter

If you want to work from home, you may have to find freelance jobs. You’re probably already checking out job boards and ads on Craigslist, but you should also use Twitter to find jobs. Employers and independent contractors use social media marketing to meet. You’ll learn of new opportunities and you may be able to [...]

Balancing Social Media Marketing with Other Business Tasks

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Ask any entrepreneur who has any success with social media marketing, and you’ll find out the truth about it: This form of marketing is pretty labor intensive. You won’t be effective if you approach it in a hit or miss fashion. If you’re not careful, it can consume all of your time. You have to [...]

Quality Content Is Key to Your Social Media Strategy

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You may know all about the technicalities of using social media, but if you don’t have quality content, you won’t have much success. People will ignore boring and poorly written content, unless you’re an ecommerce store offering a too-good-to-pass-up sale or discount. Hire freelance writers to do it for you, so that you can concentrate [...]

3 Social Media Promotion Mistakes to Avoid

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Social media promotions help to breathe life into your marketing efforts, if you do them right. It will have the opposite effect if you make mistakes, which can drive people away. Mistake #1: Don’t Announce Winners The assumption that most people will draw when you don’t announce winners to your giveaways or contents is that [...]

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