Five Effective Social Media Strategies for Small Businesses

Many small business owners I’ve come across are either too busy for social media or do not fully understand how to leverage the resourcefulness of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, et al.  As a result, the responsibility is passed on to an intern or a specialist (secretary or receptionist). While I understand that it can be difficult […]

Making a powerful, positive impact in 140 characters or less: Why I love Twitter!

I attended Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival, a campus-wide event that showcases the innovative and creative spirit of Rochester Institute of Technology students, faculty and staff. More than 30,000 people were in attendance to see the various exhibitions, demonstrations and live performances – at times, there were so many simultaneous displays, it was actually […]

Pinterest is not your SEO Social Silver Bullet

During Carol McManus‘ LinkedIn Lady show last Friday, I asked Carol and Ken Herron their thoughts about Social Media Examiner’s research showing roughly twenty percent of small business use photo sharing sites. Ken immediately tweeted: “I interpret that as #SMBs NOT yet taking full advantage of “visual marketing” (see: @teresafritschi http://pinterest.com/teresafritschi/all-that-i-need-passion/).” and “It’s all about where YOUR customers hang out, AND there can […]

Search Engine Advertising Works

PPC advertising on search engines work. If you have an online marketing strategy, there’s a good chance Google AdWords or other search engine advertising initiatives are an important part of it. You’re probably carefully monitoring, and hopefully optimizing, your performance. The advantages with search engine advertising are aplenty as campaigns can be adjusted immediately, ads can […]