Twitter has launched Moments and you can use it for your business. When you logged on to your Twitter account this week, you should have noticed a new option in the tool bar. It’s Twitter’s new Moments feature. (Look for the lightening bolt.) Before adding Moments, Twitter users could see what was new in their […]
Did you know most of your favorite business social media channels have been around longer than a decade? It’s hard to believe that much time has passed because social media is such a big part of our personal and professional lives. LinkedIn was launched in 2002, Facebook in 2004, and Twitter is coming up on […]
Can consumers really build a “relationship” with a company on social media? I’m not friends with businesses on Facebook. I like business pages, but the businesses aren’t my friends. Facebook recognized this distinction from day one, but businesses are still trying to get in the friend zone. There is a lot of talk in small business marketing […]
Does your company pay close attention to every piece of communication it releases? If you do, then congratulations! You probably offer one of the best customer experiences in your industry. For the rest of us, the busier we get as professionals, the greater the tendency we have to lean on templates and automatically generated responses. […]
A picture is worth a thousand words… and tens of thousands of clicks. Statistics like the ones below from Hubspot highlight the value of using images with visual content marketing. Tweets with images receive 18% more clicks, 89% more favorites, and 150% more retweets. A scan of Facebook brand pages showed posts with images accounted for […]
Are you using video with your small business marketing? When we think of creating a business video, often a hefty price tag comes to mind. For a high-quality HD video, a professional videographer could range anywhere from $3000 to $10000, and even more depending on what features and services you want. However, don’t let the […]
Saturday, I jumped into the car to run to the grocery store and the air conditioner wasn’t working. The vents in the back worked, but not the front vents. August + southern state means air conditioning is a must. So, I did what 93 percent of consumers do and reached out to family and friends for […]
When website visitors share your content, whether on their social media channels or on other websites, the sites will search the content for an image to associate with it. This means if you don’t include a feature image with your webpage or blog post, the tiny image in your webpage sidebar might be the one […]
I love small business. I love everything it stands for – people making their dreams come true, growing the local economy, job creation, the impact on a community – all of it. I close my eyes and cringe every time I see a “Going Out of Business” sign in a store window, or I hear of […]
Want to drive more of the right traffic to your website? You can use Twitter for that. To get the most out of your business Twitter account, begin by strategically growing your following. I’ve been growing my following by 50 to 100 (of the right) followers a day for the past two weeks using a […]