May 16, 2012

Controversial Twitter Tool to Consider for Your Business – TwitterHawk

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There is a Twitter tool that you should be aware of, and you need to decide whether it’s a tool that you want to use for social media marketing, or one that you want to stay far away from: TwitterHawk. The controversy stems from the fact that using it is borderline if not outright spammy, [...]

Houston, Texas, Bar and Restaurant Kicks out Customer over Insulting Tweet

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We’ve all heard the stories about how insulting your boss on Facebook or Twitter, or complaining about your job generally speaking, can, in some cases, land you in trouble; it can even get you fired. Recently, however, an opinion purveyed on a the social networking site Twitter got one restaurant patron thrown out of the [...]

Tweet From Rapper “The Game” Causes Problems For Compton Sheriff

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The internet and social media websites like Twitter and Facebook are well known as a form a free promotion. There are daily contest and giveaways open to those who choose to follow their favorite artist and actors. With so many people using Twitter for promotion it is hard to be noticed unless you do something [...]

Pope Benedict XVI First Tweet on Twitter

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Yes, It is true. Social media users were touched by words from one of the most important religious figures in the world. Pope Benedict XVI joined in on the social media craze by speaking to the masses via Twitter. This may not be a historical moment as of now but I am sure this moment [...]

Remember Google Adwords? Meet Twitter TweetUp

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Would you be willing to pay to get your tweets listed at the top of search results, based on keywords? That’s the idea behind TweetUp, a venture started by Bill Gross. It’s a search service that readers can use to find relevant tweets based on keywords. Business owners and others pay for the privilege of [...]

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 [...]

3 Micro-Blogging Tips for New Entrepreneurs

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Micro-blogging is different from regular blogging because the posts are shorter. Posting tweets on Twitter is the best known form of micro-blogging, and the maximum length of a tweet is 140 characters. You might be wondering how to leverage micro-blogging, given that you have such a small amount of space to say anything. Micro-blogging Tip [...]

Social Media Marketing for B2B Sales

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Much of the talk about social media marketing is centered on consumers. That may not be your target market at all. Perhaps you only serve other businesses, a consultant, wholesaler or distributor. You may be wondering whether social media marketing works for business-to-business (B2B) sales. It does, and here are a few ways it can [...]

Marketing Your Restaurant on Twitter

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You might think that restaurants are exempt from social media marketing strategies. After all, restaurants are local, and you can’t really keep people engaged with ongoing posts, discussions or tweets, right? Wrong! Social media marketing is helping to boost the sales of fledging restaurants, and it can help yours, too. Consider using Twitter to market [...]

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