4 Ways To Maximize Your Blog's ROI With 7,000 new blogs coming online every day, it's hard to stand out in a crowd. Follow these expert tips to ensure your site comes out on top.
Updated Wed Dec 7, 2011
13 Business Books That Will Blow Your Mind There are business books that teach you how to balance your ledger, hire the right people, and manage your cash flow. These aren't those books. These are the books that open your mind to new ways of doing business. Take a look at these 13 mind-blowing business books and add your own suggestions on what was left out.
Updated Wed Dec 7, 2011
Facebook Power Tips For Small Business Are you struggling with how to grow and engage your Facebook fan base? These five tips will help you make your Fan Page a marketing powerhouse.
Updated Mon Nov 21, 2011
The Complete Entrepreneurs Guide to Google+ Response to Google+, the new social networking platform from Google, has ranged from excitement to groans from people already overwhelmed with too much social media activity. If you haven't yet gotten on Google+, or haven't started really exploring the platform, here's what you need to know.
Updated Tue Jul 26, 2011
How To Make YouTube Part Of Your Social Media Marketing Small businesses often don't appreciate all the benefits of online video--and especially YouTube--to their social media marketing. Here are some expert tips on how to use YouTube to your advantage.
Updated Mon Jun 20, 2011
6 Classic Fails for Twitter Auto DMs Not sure how to craft that auto DM (direct message) on Twitter? Here's how.
Updated Thu Feb 24, 2011
13 Creative Ways to Use QR Codes for Marketing QR Codes, the 2D barcodes that more business are using in their print material, are gaining traction in the US. How can your small business use QR Codes to build awareness, engage customers, and build your business?
Updated Tue Feb 8, 2011
What's the Best Blog Platform? Many bloggers wonder what's the best platform for their blog. Find out which is the best platform for your business needs, and why.
Updated Fri Jan 7, 2011
LinkedIn Power Tips for Growing Your Network: Lewis Howes Interview LinkedIn isn't the sexiest of the "big three" social networking platforms (the other two being Twitter and Facebook). However, Lewis Howes is proof that you can build your career--in fact, you can completely reinvent yourself--by using LinkedIn the right way.
Mon Nov 22, 2010
3 Steps to Avoid Being the Next Cooks Source You no longer need to be as big as BP to create a giant oil spill of negative PR on the web. Just look at Cooks Source, a small business that generated a colossal amount of bad press by the way it treated a single blogger. Here's what you can do to avoid the same problem.
Sun Nov 7, 2010
How to Stake Your Claim on Facebook Places With half a billion potential users, businesses can't afford to ignore Facebook Places. But how to you claim your "place" and start taking advantage of Places? Here's how.
Tue Aug 31, 2010
Is Email the True Social Media Killer App? Email digests of social media activity can help marketers dodge company firewalls, manage their time more effectively, and more easily keep tabs of what's being said about them and their company in the social media space.
Mon Jul 19, 2010
Six Ways Non-Profits Can Use Social Media to Grow Non-profits can use social media to engage their audience, raise funds and handle internal and external communication. Non-profit consultant Alex Steed explains how.
Sun Jun 13, 2010
A Blog Won't Help Your Business Have you ever heard that a blog will help your business? Sadly, not true. Find out what *will* help you increase your online visibility, establish your credibility and drive qualified leads to your site.
Thu May 20, 2010
Is SMO (Social Media Optimization) The New SEO? Brian Solis, widely recognized as a thought leader on new media, argues that "we are media" and discusses the importance of social media optimization for businesses and organizations.
Thu Apr 15, 2010
7 Things Brands Need to Know About Building Community Communities offer brands and companies amazing opportunities to build loyalty, get to know their customers, and bring new people into the fold. But how do you get one started, or how do you access a community that's already created itself?
Wed Apr 14, 2010
How Can Businesses Harness the Power of Social Media Marketing? Shama Hyder Kabani, author of The Zen of Social Media Marketing, talks about which sites businesses should concentrate, the power of video, and the opportunities with location-based apps.
Thu Apr 8, 2010
The Secret Ingredient of Social Media Is... What is the secret ingredient that makes some people and businesses successful in social media, while others fail spectacularly?
Mon Mar 29, 2010
The Zen of Social Media Marketing by Shama Hyder Kabani If you're looking for a solid book on how any small-to-midsized business or solopreneur can get started and leverage social media, look no further. Shama Hyder Kabani's
Wed Mar 24, 2010
Is Crowd Sourcing Killing South By Southwest? Opening up the approval process of presentations to participants seems like a good idea, but is it slowly killing the popular SXSW conference?
Sat Mar 13, 2010
