5 Tips for Preventing Social Media Burnout

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Making the decision to add social media to your marketing plan was a good one. There’s no question that it’s a smart, cost-efficient method for creating awareness, attracting a loyal following, building a solid customer base and boosting sales. Businesses everywhere are quick to attest to its success. But now that you’ve jumped into the social media pool with both feet, how do you keep from getting overwhelmed by the added responsibility of maintaining your calendar and keeping your content both current and effective? Take a deep breath and discover these five ways to maintain your … [Read more...]

Email Marketing is NOT Dead

  If you're using email marketing as part of your overall marketing strategy, I highly recommend watching this interview with Chris Brogan. Chris shares a lot of useful tips in this short, three and a half minute video. "...where other people go wrong though is that they stuff the email so full and if we're reading them on 3" screens, that's not good anymore...one simple call to action."       … [Read more...]

Internet Speed Test

How FAST is your Internet? I am VERY happy to say (er, type) that my Internet is super fast now -- well, it's fast for a DSL connection. Since we cut our land-line a few weeks ago, I am now enjoying (and I mean ENJOYING) a download speed of 9-10 mb/s and an approximate upload speed of 1 mp/s. Now, I can upload/download/blog/schedule appointments/make VOIP calls/surf/research like never before. My speed prior to cutting the landline was turtle slow compared to this. It also helps that my 5-month-old Toshiba laptop has the Intel® Core™ i7-720QM processor. Read more about how the … [Read more...]

Blog Comment Management

If you have a blog, are people able to comment on your blog instantly or is your blog set up so that you can approve or reject a comment before it's posted? I can't tell you how glad I am that I can read a comment and determine whether or not it's posted. Lately, I received a couple of emails requesting that I approve or reject comments that were in no way related to my blog topic. Fortunately, I can immediately mark those comments as spam and delete them. Bub bye spammer! If your blog isn't set up for comment management, ask your blog guru to change that setting. You can also have comments … [Read more...]

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