You know about Google and if you have an email account with them, you’ve no doubt heard about Google+. The social network was introduced in mid-2011, with hundreds of thousands jumping on board and getting their own Google+ page. But if you were a business, you couldn’t get one until recently. In late October, Google…Click to read more >
Instagram Should Be Your New Favorite App
What outlet is quickly climbing the list of top 10 social media sites? Instagram. The photo-based sharing application allows users to take a photo with a smartphone (or tablet) and share it with followers. You can download Instagram for free through the iTunes App Store or for Android. It is similar to Facebook in that…Click to read more >
Pinterest Pushing Deeper Into Ads
A quick glance at the digital scrapbook Pinterest makes it seem like the anti-Facebook. It has no stream filled with friends’ faces and baby pictures, but rather a sprawling, colorful grid of recipes, photographs of clothes and a shopping list of presents to buy for loved ones. Yet Pinterest wants to be like Facebook in…Click to read more >
10 Tips to Improve Your Pinterest Marketing Strategy
Did you know 69% of online consumers who visit Pinterest have a clear intention of purchasing products? So, are you making Pinterest part of the social media marketing strategy for your business? If not, it’s still a huge opportunity for brand awareness and sales. The best part is, Pinterest has proven to be the most…Click to read more >
Does Your Business Use Instagram?
Beverly Hames, an owner of Fox & Fawn, a vintage boutique in Brooklyn, says that sales arising from pictures she posts free on the store’s Instagram feed, now account for 20 to 40 percent of daily revenue. On Instagram, a Bazaar Where You Least Expect It By Jenna Wortham, March 8, 2014 Instagram, the photo-sharing…Click to read more >
4 Features Of An Effective Event Hashtag
By Lauren Dugan on December 28, 2013 Most of the conferences and networking events you’ll go to this year will have their own hashtag. The hashtag has become so ubiquitous that it has now become odd not to have one. Hashtags help event attendees organize their online conversations – about panels, speakers, ideas and opinions…Click to read more >
Facebook’s New Graph Search
Facebook announced the release of its new Graph Search late last week and is beginning to roll it out to users. Since its beginning the Facebook search results have paled in comparison with Google’s search capabilities and it’s often easier to use Google to find a business page on Facebook than to use its own…Click to read more >