Facebook Places – Stake Your Claim.

Facebook Places is here. Do you have a business that’s a brick and mortar location? Customers that visit you in person? You will likely find yourself in Facebook Places. Similar to Foursquare or Gowalla, Facebook Places will list your business, pretty much without asking or telling you. With over 500 million members, Facebook is the [...]

5 Ways to Clean Up Your Social Media Identity

by Zachary Sniderman
There’s an implicit pressure on social media enthusiasts to be connected in more than one way. It’s not enough to have a Facebook page, you need a Twitter account as well. What do you mean you’re not on LinkedIn? Well, at least you have a blog on Wordpress or [...]

How To Build Your Twitter Strategy for Business

You know your business can’t just wing it on Twitter, you need a strategy. But how do you get there?

Facebook Privacy – What You Need To Do Right Now.

Face it, by sheer design, Facebook is not about privacy.  It’s about sharing your life with others.  But who you share it with is somewhat in your control. I am amazed daily by friends and family who sign up for Facebook, set a few controls and proceed to share some pretty personal stuff with the [...]

Social Networks and Small “Local” Business Revenue

You own a small business. You rely primarily on foot traffic. You wonder if social media can really help YOUR bottom line?

9 Killer Tips for Location-Based Marketing

…social media can mean more foot traffic and profits for business owners.

Enjoy Facebook and “Appear” Offline

check Facebook without “announcing” you’re online…

Facebook to use @ in Status Updates and Posts

Facebook has Twitter envy. No doubt about it. Facebook is about to roll out the ability to “tag” your friends in your status updates with the “@”, which until now, has been used only by Twitter Tweeple.
Although the concept is a direct copy, Facebook engineer Tom Occhino explains that the @replies do come with some [...]

Push-Pull Marketing – Tangible Twitter for Small Business

build brand awareness…engage your customer…join the conversation
…utilize the power of community…create buzz…
You have no doubt heard these terms and are aware of or have visited sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. But how do you, the small business owner, utilize Social Media to improve your bottom line?
I’d have to write a book or two [...]

19 Reasons You Should Blog and Not Just Tweet

Coffee and Adam Singer’s blog.  It’s a great way to start your day.  here’s a post from Adam:

Unscientific observation:  most bloggers use Twitter, but many Twitter users do not blog.

Twitter is popular because it is easy.  It is easy to setup, easy to copy-paste links into, and easy to write 140 character bits.  But, having [...]