If video is the wave of the future on Social Networks, how do you go about creating a quality video with your smartphone? Well, first and foremost, there is no replacement to working with a professional videographer to create a quality profile for your company. Yet, there will be those times when you are in […]
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by Alyse Mitten Twitter is such an under used and unappreciated “social network” for business use. In fact, in a survey conducted by Pew Research, only 19 percent of online adults use Twitter verses 71 percent using Facebook. With that said, those businesses not incorporating Twitter with running a major event are missing the mark
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by Alyse Mitten There are a few rules to remember when building and maintaining a LinkedIn profile. It’s also important to note, if your clients are businesses and not consumers, you want to concentrate on LinkedIn as your social network of choice. With that said, these are four rules to build and manage a successful
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by Alyse MittenAs I was preparing for this month’s column, I thought it would be a great idea to share what is being said by other Social Media Experts throughout the cybersphere.It’s no surprise that social networks continue to find more ways to monetize their networks and make it more difficult for businesses to organically
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Thanksgiving is behind us as well as Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, three of the major shopping days of the year. I hope these events were successful for your business. Now is no time to rest and coast through the last month of the year when it comes to finishing out your
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by Alyse Mitten I am going to go a bit off course this month and not focus on just social networks. Why you ask? Well, I wanted to talk about a book written by David Meerman Scott called The New Rules of Marketing & PR. I love the one section of his book that talks
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by Alyse Mitten There’s more than one way for your business to be found through search engines. Businesses who are active on social networks are finding that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or LinkedIn are showing up as part of their search and sometimes before their website. When social networks are optimized, it is called Social Media
by Alyse Mitten When teaching a class about Social Media Mastery, I find it interesting to see the level of knowledge and involvement when it comes to using social networks as a marketing and sales tool for business. It goes the gammit, from total lack of involvement, to over the top, in your face. To
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Anytime we experience those cold, harsh winters I always welcome spring with open arms and the opportunity to work in my garden and dig in the dirt. I find it amazing to think what you can yield from one, single seed. With the proper planning, planting, watering, and harvesting, one seedling from a green bean
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“You never know when your next client needs you until they need you.” –by Alyse Mitten This is one of my favorite sayings. And, it’s true. How many of you with brick and mortar stores and businesses take down your signage when you’re closed. Answer, “You don’t.” You are advertising even when you’re not
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I’m sure all of us who have traveled to the Carolina’s on Rt. 95 have seen the cleaver signage advertising “South of the Border.” Yes, Pedro the donkey. We can learn that with a creative message which creates curiosity we can get people to notice. As we traveled in South Dakota a couple years ago,
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This past week I was asked this question. “I am working on a newsletter and I am trying to link the pictures via Dropbox. Can I do that?” The answer is yes, by using the public folder in your Dropbox file. Here is how you do it. There are two ways to access your dropbox
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