Let’s assume you want to be the number one wrestling blogger in the world. Or, you want to attract more clients to your marketing firm. Or land a new fancy job in public relations. Whatever you’d like to accomplish, you need to accompany it by a shiny, polished and irresistible personal brand. After you’ve done [...]
Why You Must Merge Your Google+ Local And Google+ Page Now
March 18, 2013 by 29 Comments
…If you have a “Local Business or Place”. If you’re a local business, you want to be found and do business within a 3 to 5 mile (4 to 8 km) radius of your street address. 43% of Google search queries are local. 74% of these local searches are conducted on mobile devices. (reviewtrackers.com ) What [...]
3 Reasons to Dust Off Your Google Plus Business Page
January 3, 2013 by 8 Comments
“Google Claus” has left a bagful of presents under the tree last Christmas.
(You can see all the goodies at GPlusResource.com)
Android users especially, must have been very good boys and girls.
But Google saved the best for the new year when businesses get….
1. To interact with profile pages regardless if they’ve been circled by them.
2. To advertise their Pages via AdWords Express on sites outside of Google+.
3. To measure social interaction on their pages
How Google+ Communities Benefit Business
December 18, 2012 by 9 Comments
Google gave us a big group hug when they pulled Google+ Communities out of Santa’s sack this month.
With the roll out of Google+ Communities, Google’s given us places where we can go to discuss, share and discover more about the things we’re passionate about.
Google+ Circles now becomes the place where we go to engage more serendipitously.
(To learn how to manage Circles and Communities, check out John Blossom’s post: Balancing Act: When to use Circles Versus Communities?)
4 Pillars of being Successfully Social Online
December 6, 2012 by 8 Comments
Your time is important, and you want to make the most of it and be efficient. Stick with these 4 pillars and you’ll be on your way to a fruitful and successful social online experience
Be Active:
If you don’t show up, how can you be social? Well you can’t. A few tweets a week, a Facebook post here and there, maybe 1-2 blog posts per month. That’s not going to cut it. You need to show consistency, otherwise how are you ever going to make any connections? Get out there and make it happen.
Promotion Methods that Attract more Eyeballs to your Blog
November 21, 2012 by 16 Comments
The meta description and keywords are in place. The tags and featured image are all set. You’ve completed your post and hit publish. You’re all done, right? Wrong. You’ve spent the time to research and write a post, but you’re not going to promote? Without promotion, your post will inevitably be stuck in mud. Too many people make this mistake. You can see it in the number of shares, or lack thereof. After publishing, it’s time for the icing. It’s time to promote your post.
Don’t be shy. Use these promotion methods to get the traffic you deserve. Be the first one to share your post to each social network. This is perfectly acceptable as long as it’s a small percentage of your overall messaging output. Make sure your share buttons are prominent and relative. Make it easy for your readers to share with their audience.
Let’s Get Social
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