Archive for Marketing

Social Media, A Day in the Life

Often times we understand what we are being told but cannot grasp the why of it.  I recently found this short explanation video that shows why you should be using social media.  What can happen in a day?  The answer is a lot. So if you are not sure why social media should be important [...]

Round-up Friday: Random Tips for the Business Owner

This week it seems there was a mishmash of topics on articles that I found useful but all will help you with business and marketing development.  So let’s get started. First up, is from Small Business Trends discussing event promotion.  What I found interesting was what they defined as an event and how to use [...]

Round-up Friday: Am I using Social Media Right?

There are no hard fast rules for social media. There are practices and uses that are acceptable and some that are not, so today focuses on social networks best practices. Let’s start with the planning and strategy stage. Danielle Leitch explains the importance of organizing your content and how to get started with a content [...]

Social Media and the Super Bowl

Yesterday being Sunday I decided to make that my unplugged day.  We were having an early dinner with friends so that was an easy decision.  When we get together there is not much else besides conversation and food.  Then it was off to watch the Super Bowl.  Now my beloved Steelers were not playing so [...]

Make A List And Check It Twice

Using social media can be quite daunting for some as your network connections increase and you feeds are flooded with updates. I like to use lists to keep my streams manageable for both Facebook and Twitter.  I can then easily read and find information from those on my list as opposed to searching through the [...]

Day 30: It’s Not Over Until It’s Over

Woohoo, day 30 of the 30 Day Ultimate Blog Challengeand I am proud to say that I missed only one posting.  So here is what I learned from 30 days of blogging.  Inspiration is everywhere.  Since I knew I would have to produce articles daily I began to really pay attention to what was trending, [...]