Small Business Marketing
A few weeks ago, we answered the question Is Facebook Right for Marketing my Small Business? Today we shift focus to a different social media marketing platform, LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a professional networking platform with social elements, like status updates, groups and…
Read MoreSome marketing campaigns are so groan-worthy you have to share (and turn them into an object lesson). I received the following email from Microsoft, proclaiming, “You’re social, we’re social”: Object Lesson #1: Don’t Beg There are few things more pathetic than…
Read MoreIn an apparent effort to raise advertising revenues, Facebook is now encouraging individuals to develop a marketing plan for their personal lives by advertising “important news” to their friends and family. Find that hard to believe? It happened to me…
Read MoreIn this marketing podcast, Dave asks if a Pilates studio could use Pinterest in their small business marketing plan. I use this example to demonstrate how Pinterest could work for small businesses– and which businesses should just forget this social…
Read MoreWith 14.9 million users as of July 2012, Pinterest is certainly a growing social network. But should it be part of your marketing plan? If you answer “yes” to the questions in my Pinterest Marketing Checklist, a Pinterest marketing campaign should…
Read MoreFacebook’s stock price plummeted on the news that 83 million of its user accounts are fake— either duplicates, spambots or (most interestingly) pet accounts. That’s 8.7% of Facebook’s 955 million monthly active users. Despite the market’s reaction to this news,…
Read MoreRussell Ball guest-hosted “Getting Down to Business” when we discussed today’s top social media networks and how they fit into your small business marketing plan. Listen for specific marketing advice on Twitter, LinkedIn and more. Download or listen below: Marketing…
Read MoreSaturday morning, Cincinnati’s Esquire Theatre introduced little-known movie Moonrise Kingdom on Facebook. Saturday evening, from my observation, both showings of Moonrise Kingdom appeared to sell out. As my husband and I, who aren’t particularly ardent film buffs, took our seats in the…
Read MoreAs a marketing consultant, businesses often ask me which social media networks they should include in their marketing plans. The number of social media networks is skyrocketing beyond yesterday’s trifecta of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn (although those are still the…
Read MoreGroupon is the group coupon website that features daily deals– if enough customers want to buy the deal, they get a coupon for a 50-90% discount. Otherwise, the deal is canceled. But since the discounts are hefty, and Groupon itself…
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