10 key factors and tools to include in your social media strategy

  Creating a successful social media strategy has many factors to it and leaving out some key components can really make or break your efforts.         Here’s a quick list of the 10 top things to consider when creating and planning your overall social media strategy: Create a plan to increase your [...]

12 Great ways to encourage engagement on Social Media

The number one rule of social media success is engagement.  You can have a huge list of connections but if you aren’t engaging in conversation with them the effort is wasted.  The key to making your social media efforts work is to build relationships with people … there’s more to it then just being social [...]

Content Curation ~ Are you curating effectively?

Have you heard of content curation and are you using if effectively in your business? Did you know you are probably already doing this everyday in your social media? The key is to make sure you are doing it effectively to present yourself as a “Leader” and “Go To” person in your industry.

13 marketing strategies to get your Brand started on Pinterest

Now that Pinterest is fast becoming one of the top traffic generators online it is time to take a real good long look at it to see how your brand can start reaping the benefits of it. The first thing to do with any traffic or marketing strategy is to plan out your strategy. Here’s [...]

The New Twitter Layout:What you need to know

If you  haven’t noticed yet ~ Twitter has had some major changes in the past few days.  Here’s a quick overview of what’s new and how it will benefit you. Changes and Updates on the “New Twitter”

Why you need a Google + Brand Page for your business

With the recent release of the new Google + Brand Pages it has left a lot of small business owners thinking “Do I really need another Business Page on another Social Media Site?” … and the answer is YES!

How to use LinkedIn Groups

Have you started using LinkedIn yet as one of your social media strategies?  If not you should get started asap!  With over 80 million affluent professionals it is not to be overlooked for it’s power of influence. LinkedIn is one on my top recommended ways to market your business online.  You will find everyone from [...]

Why Referral Marketing Works So Well

I was so excited the other day to receive a message from a friend of mine that I had recently met at a business seminar.  A few months ago I attended an event given by Fabienne Fredrickson in NYC.  I drove there for the day to attend the event and learned a ton of stuff [...]

My favorite day to day business tools and resources!

Over the past few years of building my business online I have found that finding and using the right kind of business tools can be the difference between insanity and peace in my everyday world.  I not only have a business to run, I have a crazy busy household with 4 awesome children, a loving [...]

The Facebook Comments Plugin

I recently started using a cool plugin here on the blog that I wanted to share with you. It is called the Facebook Comments Plugin. This is where you can find it to add to your blog if you want to try it out https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/comments/ Here’s what Facebook says about the plugin ~