The success stories usually go something like this: Company X starts using Twitter and watches sales spike because of the exposure. Company Y makes a Facebook page and grows its client list by 200 percent in six months.
The benefits that social media can offer have businesses of all types jumping on board. But lost in the excitement are some com
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Avoiding social media mistakes
Posted by ferdinandtan under Social MediaFrom http://www.heraldonline.com 5562 days ago
Made Hot by: ZaneSafrit on August 26, 2009 2:46 pm
How smart is your social media strategy?
Posted by ferdinandtan under Social MediaFrom http://www.citizen-times.com 5562 days ago
If you have dismissed social media sites as a passing fad, you may be hurting your business.
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5 Common Mistakes When Measuring Social Media ROI
Posted by williswee under Social MediaFrom http://www.penn-olson.com 5562 days ago
Made Hot by: aliciatrinidad on August 24, 2009 2:40 pm
The biggest mistake you can make in social media marketing is failure to measure these returns. We have seen how to measure social media ROI but what are some of the common mistakes that people make when measuring social media performance?
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5 Mistakes I Made When I Started My Business & How to Avoid Them
Posted by RickMick under Social MediaFrom http://smallbizbee.com 5562 days ago
Made Hot by: Jed on August 25, 2009 2:38 pm
Interview with Rieva Lesonsky, CEO of GrowBiz Media, candidly sharing the top 5 mistakes she made when starting a business, and how you can avoid the same errors.
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How to Solve a Biz Problem
Posted by TonyJohnston_CNi under ManagementFrom http://www.the123of.com 5563 days ago
Made Hot by: shanegibson on August 24, 2009 9:57 pm
When things aren't going well, business can be awfully tough. So, if your situation is one that's not much fun, maybe you have 'a problem'. Is this you? Don't despair, almost every problem has a number of reasonable and workable solutions if you only...
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8 Reasons Why Businesses Avoid Using Social Media
Posted by williswee under Social MediaFrom http://www.penn-olson.com 5565 days ago
There are many businesses who are (very) skeptical about this whole social media idea. Are you that stubborn businessman who is unwilling to try these new tools?
If you are, you will most probably agree with the points stated but look out for the counter-arguments!
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Are You Making Enough Profit to Grow?
Posted by stillwagon428 under FinanceFrom http://www.openforum.com 5565 days ago
I have spoken to many small business owners recently. I wanted to know from them what their plans to grow are. This is what I realized when I talked to them.
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How to create an effective marketing strategy | Duct Tape Marketing
Posted by ducttape under MarketingFrom http://www.ducttapemarketing.com 5565 days ago
Made Hot by: tiroberts on August 22, 2009 2:23 am
Small business owners resist creating marketing strategy like many resist getting their teeth cleaned.
Over the years, I've discovered why this is:
An effective marketing strategy requires understanding who you are, choosing to be different than everyone else, and committing to one simple way of doing, acting and creating — to the exclusion of
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Failure to Lend
Posted by BizBox under NewsFrom http://bizbox.slate.com 5565 days ago
Made Hot by: DebMark on August 22, 2009 12:46 pm
BizBox's Anonymous Banker explains how the federal government's small-business lending program has utterly failed, and which banks are to blame.
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NEW: Twitter Tags Location to Your Tweets
Posted by Sarah_Chong under Social MediaFrom http://www.penn-olson.com 5565 days ago
Made Hot by: ritchelalms on August 21, 2009 3:49 pm
Twitter is planning to tag location to your tweets more accurately.
Tagging location right now depends on users to fill in their current location manually. With people putting their location as “at the top of your mind!” or “in your heart”, it doesn't really make up to reliable location data.
This new API will allow developers to add latitude an
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