Google & Social: A Cautionary Tale
Google’s recent acquisition of Wildfire was just the latest in a long series of big moves made by the search giant in their quest for prominence in the social sphere. But it was the first significant one in a...
How to Jump Content from Your Facebook Page to Your Profile
So you have a Facebook Page for your business, but the audience size is a far cry from notable companies such as Starbucks or Coca-Cola. You started out on Facebook from a personal level and have a ton of friends...
Small Biz Social Secrets – Episode 5: Mike Simonsen [VIDEO]
We’re excited to bring you our fifth installment of the Small Biz Social Secrets video series. This time we’re chatting with Mike Simonsen, CEO of Altos Research. In this video, Mike shares how social...
How Colorado Businesses Used Social Media During the Fires
Colorado suffered some catastrophic fires, which put a lot of people and businesses in danger. Currently, the fires haven’t been put out, but hopefully when this post goes live, they will be. I’m from...
Does Your Small Business Need a Social Media Policy?
The short answer is: heck yeah! A social media policy summarizes company procedures for employee communication in the online world. Just because you’re not as huge as Exxon Mobil doesn’t mean you can’t get yourself...
Small Biz Social Secrets – Episode 4: Lauren Friedman [VIDEO]
We’re very excited about our fourth installment of the Small Biz Social Secrets video series. This time we’re chatting with Lauren Friedman, Manager of the Community Engagement Team at Adobe Social. In...
Using Photos to Maximize Facebook Engagement
Today’s social media platforms allow you to communicate like never before. We can connect with old high school friends and family members all over the world. But as we see mega social platform Facebook nearing one...
New Report: Marketers Still Embracing, Learning Social Media
A new report from Michael Stelzner and his team at Social Media Examiner reveals that social media adoption by marketers is growing steadily, but that we still have room to do more and have plenty of questions when...
Is LinkedIn Really a Social Network?
If you’re on LinkedIn, you more than likely have your work history on it. You probably get connection requests from it all the time. Heck, you may even send your Twitter feed to it. But does all this type of...