Posts Tagged ‘Social Media’
5 Awesome Tools for Running a Small Business
Regardless of size, running a business is no piece of cake. From acquiring new customers to retaining existing ones; from successfully managing projects to maintaining happy employees; and from growth planning to profit evaluation; there are many considerations for businesses to address. Considering the importance of technology and the power of apps, entrepreneurs should leverage…
Read MoreSocial Media Mistakes That Can Hold Your Business Back
Social media can be a fun method of interacting with friends, family and old school mates, but once you start using social media platforms to market your business, you need to understand that the smallest mistake can cost you your money and reputation. Whether you do social media in-house or you outsource the job to…
Read More3 Examples of High Performing Facebook Ads That Drive Leads and Sales
Social media advertising is now a core skill that businesses need to master. It sits next to email marketing and content marketing as a core competency that the marketing team needs to have in their toolkit. The top social media channel that most digital marketers have as their “go to network” is Facebook. But Facebook…
Read MoreWhat Can Social Media Do for Your Business? Your Top Questions Answered
Not so long ago, the majority of adults thought that social media was a fad, a trend that would pass, something only the kids really got the hang of, and something that wasn’t particularly useful except for gossip or wasting time avoiding true, real, live social contact. How many of these adults have been proven…
Read MoreHow Can the New LinkedIn Help Your Small Business?
When LinkedIn first came out most people were reluctant to join. It was just seen as an online resume – something else you have to update every time you gain new work experience. More people joined after a while, but they still only logged on once or twice a year to update their resumes and…
Read MoreHow Video Can Help You Connect with Your Audience Through Social Media
The popularity of video in marketing has risen in recent years. Here at Sparkhouse, a leading video-production and online-marketing company based out of southern, California, we aren’t aware of a decrease in literacy (though the replacement of emoticons for words might say otherwise), but perhaps it tickles a certain part of the brain that enjoys…
Read More6 Proven Strategies to Grow Your Business with Online Marketing
The internet has brought radical changes to our society in every field you can imagine. From allowing instant worldwide communication to creating new opportunities for entertainment, almost half of the world’s population uses the internet on a regular basis. However, despite its huge marketing potential, few entrepreneurs really understand how to take advantage of this…
Read MoreHow to Make and Use GIFs to Increase Twitter Engagement
Each social media platform has evolved to excel at sharing certain kinds of content and – despite its shortcomings – Twitter is one of the best platforms for sharing news about your business, your blog posts, and certain graphics, especially GIFs. GIFs (Graphics Interchange Format) are those animated mini-movie graphics that last just a second…
Read MoreHow Businesses Will Succeed on Social Media
Any small business worth its salt has a social media presence today where they post articles, interesting blurbs, or new deals. And as social media plays a larger role in our lives, the consequences of social media mistakes can become more severe. But just launching a Twitter account and posting a short blurb is no…
Read MoreLinkedIn Strategies
One of the most under-utilized social networks, from a business and marketing perspective, is LinkedIn. Despite boasting over 396 million users, the truth is that most of the users have no idea what to do with their LinkedIn account besides collecting connections in a random fashion. It’s actually a very robust business tool that you should be…
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