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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Exporting my contacts from hotmail was completed in 5 clicks. If you think that sounds easy, read on!
I went over to my Gmail account to see how I could import these contacts. To my surprise, it had its own set of steps that were much easier to say the least! One thing that really impressed [...]
Who should be blogging?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010I have had several chats with people recently about blogging, and want to share some thoughts on it. There are several groups of people who should be blogging:
Why You Should Love Wordpress
Monday, February 15th, 2010It is no secret that I have something similar to a love affair with the open source content management system Wordpress. I have stickers all over my laptop and notebooks, and even on a lamp in the office.
People often ask me why I love it so much, or why they should use it themselves. I [...]
Unplugging
Thursday, February 11th, 2010It was recently brought to my attention that I have consumed my life in the online world and everything that goes around it. When I was in college my major was marketing. Social Media as a marketing tool was not fully being embraced in school, yet students were using it as case studies for projects. [...]
Super Bowl Ads Should Reference Social Media
Sunday, February 7th, 2010While you watch tonight’s Super Bowl game, keep an eye on your favorite television ads. I bet you will see many of them mention Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, LinkedIn, and FourSquare within the ads. This is a great way for companies to direct a lot of consumers to quickly connect with them through social media. I’d [...]
Are you being LOUD enough?
Friday, February 5th, 2010Chances are you probably have several potential target customer groups. Have you stopped to think about how you are coming across to your audience? Are you being too sales-y? How well are you interacting with your audience?
A great way to start would be to set your tone to the audience as well as objective. Whether [...]
Going Mobile
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Wordpress is without a question one of the more popular blogging/website platforms. The world has been going mobile more and more lately and Wordpress is not sitting on its hands.
ROI of Social Media: Customer Service
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010This is the first post of a series that will delve into what social media can do for your Rate Of Return, aka ROI. Let’s start with customer service:
I host my websites with MediaTemple (MT). I chose them because of the support they provide, and the fact that the package they had to offer was just what [...]
The Economist: A Special Report on Social Networking
Sunday, January 31st, 2010This week’s (January 30th – February 5th 2010) issue of The Economist did a special report on Social Networking. Reading through a few of their special report articles helped me realize that no matter how much time we at SMCpros spend in social media, it is still such a young piece of global culture. [...]
Football Fever: Minnesota Vikings on Social Media
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010Who’s ready for some Vikings football Sunday night? I know I am! For a shorter blog post this week, I thought I would point out some of the players’ social media sites you might want to follow. Keep an eye on tweets coming out of New Orleans before and after the game. This should [...]
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