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Will Twitter Stay Alive?

Facebook is starting to incorporate several key Twitter functions such as @mentions, #tags, and search which significantly reduce the value of Twitter. Not all of these new features have been rolled out to everybody yet, but expect to see them in your Facebook account over the coming weeks. But truthfully, why would you use Twitter

Posted in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter by / September 14th, 2009 / No Comments » Read More

What happens when Social Media tools are no longer free?

We are very interested in your feedback on this topic so please comment on this post with your thoughts. Would you pay for Twitter? Facebook? LinkedIn? The day is quickly approaching when these services will need to find better revenue models in order to sustain themselves. There are many rumors on what their plans will

Facebook Search Provides New Opportunities for Business

Today Facebook made two significant announcements: the acquisition of FriendFeed and the release of its next generation of search (which is still not activated in our Facebook accounts as of the time of this post). Both of these announcements are meant to enhance Facebook features where it currently has significant weaknesses when compared to Twitter.

Posted in Facebook, Uncategorized by / August 11th, 2009 / No Comments » Read More

“What I need to know about Social Media” – Class on August 8th

Topic: “What I need to know about Social Media” Date: Saturday, August 8th, 2009 from 9AM – Noon Details: We will cover Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and how you can make a social media marketing strategy for your business. Bring with you your current marketing objectives and together we will tackle these goals with Social Media

On the radio!

I was on the radio today. You can listen in by clicking play: [mp3_embed blog_plyrs="2"] Or download the MP3 by right-clicking and hitting “save target as”

Posted in SMCpros, Uncategorized by / July 17th, 2009 / 1 Comment » Read More

On the cover of New Business Minnesota

Check out the July Issue of New Business Minnesota. All new Minnesota business startups in the last 12 months received a copy of the newspaper with Tyler Olson, President of SMCpros, on the cover. Download available here - NBM July 2009 – Social Networking Issue. [scribd id=17389752 key=key-2oia3gikyro1llfq695v]

Posted in SMCpros, Uncategorized by / July 16th, 2009 / No Comments » Read More

An Exciting Update

The partnership of Tyler Olson, Adam Maikkula and Tim Barsness, is forming Social Media Consulting LLC for the purpose of helping business professionals more effectively utilize social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to generate leads and manage relationships online. These sites have received significant media attention in recent months and, as you

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