Twit101

One of the most useful Twitter features for a small business is the search. You can use search.twitter.com to find information on pretty much any subject while people are talking about it.
Tracking words specific to your brand or business can really benefit from this kind of monitoring. You will know instantly when a customer has [...]

Lately, I have read a lot about online marketing, interesting stuff I know. In all the articles and post and books, there are some common messages. Below are a few to get your brain juices flowing a little.
How long are you going to “test the waters”?
Waiting, watching and reading up for the right time to [...]

The Google Chrome browser really gained momentum recently when they released a beta version which allows Firefox-like extensions.
I got a good response from the last post with this kind of video so I decided to give it another whirl.
Chrome Bird is a pretty basic Twitter extension so there isn’t a lot to show. In upcoming [...]

Picking the right Twitter tools to use can be a daunting task. It seems like almost daily something new is coming out. Some are web based, some run on your desktop and some are for your mobile phone. What makes one better than the 300 others all claiming to be the best at what they [...]

For those of you who are not avid users of Twitter tools, or really haven’t has the need for any “power user” kind of features, Tweetdeck can be a bit intimidating. Below are a couple quick videos to help you get acquainted with some of the features.
Overall the features are pretty similar to the Twitter [...]

Kick To Win

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If you didn’t read Promote Your Event For Free Part One, go back and take a look. It touches on how to find people to promote your event to.
In this part, I am going to talk about some of the  tools and methods you can use to promote your event. Many [...]

I hear comments all the time about people who think using social sites to communicate back and forth frequently is ridiculous. Non-users think we are just sitting in front of the computer or playing on our phones all day everyday.
‘Those people can’t possibly be a fully functioning member of society, they are always texting, Facebooking [...]

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Pay Off Creditors

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These days companies are looking for ways to tie their business into social media and the local communities to gain more exposure. Some are using blogs and sites like Twitter to try and sell. You have probably read over and over, that social media is not a selling tool, it’s a community. Meet and interact [...]