Look, I’m a technology loving girl. The internet has truly changed the way we live, and I’m thankful for that everyday, especially since I have made my career out of owning blogs and using social media. Ahhh… social media. That really is the heart of the matter. Yes, the internet opened the world up to [...]
The majority of blog and website owners want traffic. They could pay for advertising. Or they could pay for some very fancy SEO work. But not everyone can afford those options. Using social media to increase blog traffic is a better option — it’s affordable and easy to do! Here are some tips on getting [...]
Yesterday, we talked about spring cleaning your website and blog. Today, we are going to talk about spring cleaning your social media! Social media is a great tool for meeting new people and marketing your business, but if you’re not using it right, it’s not going to be much help at all. Facebook Fan Page [...]
Social media is all the rage. Business owners are smart to tap into these tools to drive traffic to their sites, yet many are missing the mark. Here are some tips: 1. Offer insight about your industry. When you’re online at your social networking site of choice it’s absolutely important to participate, but how you [...]
Last night was the first Winter Biz Sessions call. If you are not familiar with what that is, The Winter Biz Sessions is a fun way to learn something new for your business, via conference line. We’ll be meeting each Tuesday night from now through the end of March, with a different presenter and topic [...]
I admit it – I’m a sucker for clever word play. (That explains why I like Pete Wentz’s song titles so much.) I recently came across a new book titled Friends With Benefits: A Social Media Handbook by Darren Barefoot and Julie Szabo. That title caught my attention! The book is well put together and [...]
Earlier today, I posed this question on my Facebook: “If Facebook is my husband, is Twitter my boyfriend? Or am I just in a plural marriage?” Of course, that was meant to be a joke, but your connection to social media can be a lot like a relationship. You spend a lot of time with [...]
In the past, people left their homes in the morning, went to work, and at 5pm they clocked out and went home. Work was kept at work, and people were free to enjoy their home life on their own terms. Today, the line between “work life” and “personal life” is often blurred. We are now [...]
