Is investing time on social media sites worth it for small business owners? Here are some industry statistics that might answer that question: 150 million Facebook users (socialbakers) 107.7 million Twitter users (Media Bistro) 69% of businesses receive recommendations from Facebook fans (Infographioclabs) While these numbers show the potential audience, they don’t do a good
You’ve done your research. You’ve picked a username. You’ve figured out your place in the crowd, and you’re ready for takeoff…but what do you say? We’d like to show you what to write about and how to maintain a genuine connection through Twitter. [source: Emma Shannon, Vistaprint] 1. Get going. Start by putting yourself in your customer’s shoes. What would you want
Twitter is a really powerful tool for online social networking, promoting your online work and getting to know people in the Web world around you. To maximize your use of Twitter, you want to gain followers on the site. The more people that you have following you there, the more likely it is that they
If you look closely, nearly every social media property plays some form of follow the leader, or at the very least "follow the features." The latest installment of this game happened this week when it was announced that Twitter would be opening up it's advertising platform to small and medium sized merchants, allowing these groups to
Most of you know that Twitter can be used for much more than just announcing what you ate for breakfast. Many of you already know Twitter’s value in business, but you can still take it further and use it to land gigs, market your business, grow your network and gain free publicity — all in 140 characters