You've probably figured out by now that social media alone doesn't make a business. In fact, at each of my social media trainings, I emphasize that social media marketing isn't a magic bullet that’s going to turn your business around overnight. Businesses take work as you know. However, social media marketing has opened the door to connecting with your buyers at various … [Read more...]
6 Tools for Creating Images for the Graphically Challenged
Photo posts are also bigger and take up more space within the Facebook newsfeed than text only posts. This means, they have more opportunity to grab eyeballs. That’s why you see those cool hybrid text as photo or photos with text. However if you’re like me and have minimal graphic skills, how to you create those? Here are 5 Tools for Creating Graphics: · PicMonkey … [Read more...]
How to Manage Your Facebook Marketing in 30 Min. a Day
Originally syndicated on BlogHer! Your day is packed with appointments, phone calls, emails and actual work, right? When are you supposed to fit in your social media time? People ask me this question all the time and my answer never varies. How much time do you already spend on marketing? This is part of your marketing. That doesn’t mean it needs to take you all day. … [Read more...]
21 Days to a Rockin’ Social Media Presence
As syndicated on BlogHer! Most business people tell me they’re overwhelmed by social media. Where should you be? How do you work it into your already crammed schedule? What’s the ROI? This article aims to help you establish or improve your online presence in bite-size chunks -- 10-30 minutes a day over a period of 21 days. Popular research says it takes 21 days to … [Read more...]
How to Tweet Like a Pro (or Twitter Etiquette Part 2)
Twitter may look disjointed and hard to follow, yet the benefits include spontaneous conversations with business leaders, reporters and other "hard to pin" down types. Once you learn the way it works, you can harness the power of Twitter for yourself and grow your business. How to Tweet Like a Pro: 1--Be succinct. Twitter gives you 140 characters which can go fast. … [Read more...]
