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Why are the words “Subscribe” and Facebook in the same sentence?

September 21, 2011

On September 15th, Facebook released the “Subscribe” button. This way, one does not have to become a friend in order to keep up with your public updates. If you don’t know about the public updates, click on the link to learn more. Whenever someone posts something using the “Public” status, their subscribers will be able [...]

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Does Your Small Business Need Google+?

July 6, 2011

Google’s launch this past week of its own social network, Google+, has the social media sphere in an excited tizzy. So what is Google+? And perhaps more importantly, does the internet (especially your small business) need yet another social network? Tentatively speaking…yes. While Google+ is slowly being rolled out for individuals and has not yet [...]

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Does Your Small Business Have an App for That?

May 3, 2011

At The Wild WE, we love creative marketing solutions for small businesses. One innovative idea that is gaining ground is to create an application for your business. Whether it’s a shortcut to your blog or podcast, or a click-to-buy button, or even a game, having a useful application branded by your business that people can [...]

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5 Effective Ways to Use Twitter with Your Email Campaign

April 28, 2011

If you have an email newsletter, you probably already include links to your small business Twitter and Facebook accounts (and if you don’t, what are you waiting for?!). But there is more you can be doing to leverage social media. Check out these 5 ways to tie in Twitter with your e-mail newsletter. Have any [...]

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Friendster Latest Victim in Social Media War

April 26, 2011

Friendster, which pioneered social media networking and ushered in the era of MySpace and Facebook, has become the latest victim of the social media wars, which finds Facebook dominating the field. All user profiles, photos, and blogs will be deleted as of May 31, 2011 and the site has sent messages to its users advising [...]

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Another Reason to Listen to Chris Brogan

April 22, 2011

Chris Brogan–author, blogger, business consultant, and social media expert–has proven his wisdom once again with this recent blog post. A peril of the internet age is the ease in which people attack each other. Brogan has seen this all too often in social media. Instead of building one another up, people choose to tear one [...]

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The Best Time for Social Media Engagement

April 8, 2011

Shhh! We have a secret social media strategy tip to pass along. It seems like a no-brainer, but many marketers aren’t aware that Thursday and Friday are the best days of the week to focus on social media promotion for your small business. Two independent studies that were released this week show that businesses are [...]

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Quick Link: Coordinating Large Events Online

March 21, 2011

When you run your own home business, it can seem impossible to coordinate large events with many people.  However, that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.  One woman is using her laptop to run Twestival, a global charity event.  There is a lot to be learned from her approach.  Mashable recently published a guide to [...]

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Study Shows Facebook “Likes” More Profitable Than Tweets

March 17, 2011

We have a follow-up to yesterday’s post about using Facebook to market your local business. A new study by Eventbrite on its own in-site analytics shows that Facebook “Likes” translated into greater profit for them over Tweets. ($1.34 per event via Facebook vs 80 cents via Twitter) More details can be found in complete article on [...]

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Using Facebook to Market Your Local Business

March 16, 2011

When you are starting a small business from home, one of the most important questions to ask yourself is how you are going to effectively market your product or services.  A new survey from MerchantCircle found that 70% of local business owners in the U.S. use Facebook as a marketing tool, which is up 20% [...]

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