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Social Media: Virtual Word of Mouth

For businesses, social media can spread both good and bad news about your company very rapidly. As part of your social media plan, you should incorporate an online reputation management (ORM) strategy so that your business is properly promoted through online and social media channels. A social media plan should use the virtual word-of-mouth capabil…
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How Businesses Can Use Instagram

The popular photo-sharing app Instagram has taken mobile social media by storm – and businesses should definitely consider the marketing opportunities available through this interactive and widely used social media channel. Because Instagram profiles can run on multiple platforms including web, Windows, Android and iPhone devices, your business has…
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How to Improve Facebook Engagement

According to Hubspot, 71 percent of consumers are more likely to make a purchase because of a social media referral. LinkedIn notes that almost half of all IT purchase decisions are influenced by social networks, and of them, Facebook is the giant. The bottom line? Your business must include Facebook as a key component of your social media strategy…
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Social Media is Constantly Changing – Here’s How to Keep Up

The pace of technology can be quite intimidating for some marketers and business managers. It seems that as soon as you get one initiative implemented, three more added to the queue. So how do you keep up? How do you keep your marketing strategy on the leading edge of these trends? Let’s take a look at three of the hottest trends in social media fo…
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Social Media Has Changed the Way People Make Purchase Decisions

Not too long ago, consumers would visit local businesses, browse their products and make a decision to buy based on what they saw at the store. Sometimes a consumer would be influenced by an advertisement in a newspaper or on radio or television. But generally most shopping involved a visit to a store with very little up-front knowledge about the p…
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Characteristics of Highly Effective Social Brands

Social media for companies has proven itself to be a powerful approach to promote businesses and engage customers. At an exponential rate, companies are jumping into social media and making this channel a priority in their marketing strategies. But, before taking the big leap into social media, it’s wise to take a look at some businesses that have …
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What’s Your Mobile Strategy for Social Media and Advertising?

From smartphones to tablets, iPhones to iPads and more – mobile technology is here to stay. The momentum of growth in mobile technology is astounding, and it’s not expected to slow anytime soon. Along with the growth in mobile technology come tremendous opportunities in marketing. And mobile technology and social media is an interesting combination…
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Top 10 Tips for Developing Content for Social Media

Social media thrives on content. To get the most out of your social media marketing strategy, it’s important to have a good plan for generating and managing your content. The following 10 tips for social media marketing will help you generate content that gets noticed.
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5 Key Methods to Leverage LinkedIn for Your Company

LinkedIn is unique among social networks in that it’s specifically designed for business and professional use. This means that the tools it provides you are different from the ones on Facebook or Twitter, and the opportunities available are ones you wouldn’t have elsewhere. It also means that LinkedIn lends itself perfectly to marketing. So how do …
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5 Ways to Make a YouTube Channel Work for Your Brand

Unless your field is specifically related to visual media, you might not think about using YouTube to promote your brand. Can producing videos really help if your business is, say, auto repair or financial planning? It can if you do it right. Here are five ways to make a YouTube channel work for your brand.
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What Social Networks are Best for Your Business?

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube…the list goes on. There are so many different social networks out there that it’s difficult to keep track. They may all seem the same sometimes, but each has a different format and a different focus. So in order to market your brand on social media, you need to determine which social networks your target audienc…
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10 Tips on How Brands Can Use Twitter Successfully

So your company is finally on Twitter, but what can you actually do with it? Here are 10 tips on how brands can use Twitter successfully.
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