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Facebook Photo Albums: Maximize the Marketing Value

Facebook Photo Albums: Maximize the Marketing Value

In last week's article, "Using Facebook's New App Icons to Promote Your Business," I discussed how to modify Facebook Page app ... 1 Comment | Read More »

23 Twitter Chats for Small Businesses

23 Twitter Chats for Small Businesses

One of the best ways to harness Twitter is by participating in chats, scheduled hashtag discussions that focus on specific topi... 7 Comments | Read More »

Using Facebook's New App Icons to Promote Your Business

Using Facebook's New App Icons to Promote Your Business

Now that Facebook has transferred commercial Fan pages to the new Timeline format, links to custom tabs — now called "apps" — r... 3 Comments | Read More »

5 Creative Ideas for Facebook Timeline Covers

5 Creative Ideas for Facebook Timeline Covers

This article builds on "Facebook Timeline Cover Images: 6 Pointers," my article last week. Here are five ways to creatively ... 7 Comments | Read More »

Facebook Timeline Cover Images: 6 Pointers

Facebook Timeline Cover Images: 6 Pointers

Facebook states that on Friday, March 30, it will convert all Fan pages to the new Timeline format. The most obvious component ... 16 Comments | Read More »

Facebook Launches 'Offers' for Facebook Pages

Facebook Launches 'Offers' for Facebook Pages

Facebook is shuttering its check-in deals program — which worked only for brick and mortar businesses — in favor of a new featu... 1 Comment | Read More »

8 Innovative Brand Promotions Using Social Media

8 Innovative Brand Promotions Using Social Media

With the growing number of social media outlets, businesses are developing innovative ways to promote their products, using new... 0 Comments | Read More »

10 Commandments for Effective Online Social Networking

10 Commandments for Effective Online Social Networking

Here is a ten-step game plan for effective social network engagement. These are ten practical guidelines that will make you a b... 3 Comments | Read More »

Fancy Is a Pinterest-like Alternative for Ecommerce Merchants

Fancy Is a Pinterest-like Alternative for Ecommerce Merchants

There is a lot of interest in Pinterest. It encourages content curation through user self-expression. With over 11 million user... 3 Comments | Read More »

3 New Facebook Marketing Tools: Timeline, Reach Generator, Premium

3 New Facebook Marketing Tools: Timeline, Reach Generator, Premium

At last week’s Facebook Marketing Conference, the social media giant unveiled three new marketing solutions to drive business g... 1 Comment | Read More »

How to Shorten Google+ URLs

How to Shorten Google+ URLs

Google+ business page URLs can be long and unwieldy. But there are a couple of easy ways you can create a short alias addresses... 2 Comments | Read More »

Facebook Implements Timeline for Business Pages

Facebook Implements Timeline for Business Pages

At its first-ever marketing conference on February 29, Facebook announced sweeping changes to its platform that have direct bea... 1 Comment | Read More »

Using Amateur Videos for Marketing Success; 2 Examples

Using Amateur Videos for Marketing Success; 2 Examples

In the past, if you wanted to make a video for your business, you had to hire a production company or ad agency, spend tens of ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Ecommerce Comes to Twitter

Ecommerce Comes to Twitter

Twitter has served as a marketing and customer service channel by small businesses for years. Now merchants can use it to promo... 4 Comments | Read More »

5 Free Facebook Welcome Tab Apps; Pros and Cons

5 Free Facebook Welcome Tab Apps; Pros and Cons

A number of companies offer free apps that give merchants the ability to add custom content, such as a Welcome tab, to Facebook... 3 Comments | Read More »

How Does Facebook Make Money?

How Does Facebook Make Money?

Facebook has finally filed its long anticipated SEC S-1 registration to take the company public. The filing is straightforward,... 1 Comment | Read More »

14 Brands on Pinterest

14 Brands on Pinterest

Business is booming on Pinterest. According to data from Monetate, a testing and personalization firm, from September to Decemb... 8 Comments | Read More »

10 Useful WordPress Plugins

10 Useful WordPress Plugins

Many ecommerce merchants publish blogs to connect with their audiences and enhance their search engine optimization efforts. Wo... 0 Comments | Read More »

Google+ Scrapbook: Creative Examples from Top Companies

Google+ Scrapbook: Creative Examples from Top Companies

Google's new social network, Google+, is woefully lacking in customization options. One feature, however, the Scrapbook photo a... 0 Comments | Read More »

You Can't Buy Real Followers and Fans

You Can't Buy Real Followers and Fans

You cannot buy real Fans and followers. The practice of purchasing Twitter followers and Facebook Fans is called "cherry blosso... 4 Comments | Read More »

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