Not long after the Pinterest craze went mainstream earlier this year, other related sites began to emerge such as Pinerly, a Pinterest measurement tool, and sites like Dudepins, Gentelmint and MANteresting image sharing sites for guys.
Colin Brown one of the Co-Founders of Dudepins spent sometime with me to talk about social image sharing sites, Dudepins specifically and entrepreneurship.
Contests are a great way to engage your social media following and can be done very cost effectively. If you host a good contest it has the potential to go viral! Here are 5 simple steps to hosting a Pin It To Win It contest on Pinterest.
Birchbox, a beauty sample startup, identified the Zoya Blogger Collection nail polish as a desirable prize. It can be purchased for $22.00.
Tip: It’s even better if the prize is visually appealing so it lends it’s self to sharing! Continue reading
I have compiled a list of top notch people who post about social media on Twitter. If you are involved in the field of social media you should be following these people! These accounts were chosen for sharing content related to social media and responsiveness to others on Twitter. The accounts listed below are in no particular order. Happy following!
Klout, in my opinion, makes it hard to figure out how to give out a +K.
Say you were recently influenced my Mashable’s Samantha Murphy (@MurphySamanthaJ) via her articles on Klout ”7 Surefire Ways to Increase Your Klout Score“ or “Klout CEO Revelas How To Leverage Score for Fame, Fortune, Perks” and you wanted to give her a +K on Klout. This can be a bit tricky to figure out. Continue reading
60 seconds may not seem like enough time to do anything. However, with the technological capabilities that make up social media you can do a lot with a few clicks.
People respond to quality content. It’s that simple. If you want blog comments, page views, re-tweets, increased SEO, or Twitter mentions then you have to give people something they want to talk about.
Put yourself in the customer’s position. What would get you talking? Don’t generate content just to have something out there. Stop tweeting boring Sh!t, if you don’t stop it will take away your credibility. Continue reading
Asking for permission is something we are all taught at the youngest age possible… but it is also something you don’t necessarily grow out of. Certainly it changes, and it probably changes a lot, (at least I hope so). There are many times in business where you need approval from a superior or sometimes even a subordinate. It is a way to double check our work and keep people accountable. Its also a way to ensure we… well, to say it straight, don’t screw stuff up! When using CommerceTools, companies run into many scenarios that require approval rules. It helps them create processes that are near flawless. We’ve taken that seriously and built our application in a way that allows for approval rules to be setup. Read this common case question below to learn how to set up your own approval rules!
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A Twitter chat is a chat on Twitter set for a specific time around a designated topic. There is a hashtag (#) associated with the chat topic so participants can monitor the chat as it happens and after the fact. (Ex. #PinChat is about Pinterest)
There are tools to help you follow and participate in Twitter chats such as TweetChat and TweetDeck. Continue reading
Social media can suck you in and before you know it, 3 hours have passed and all you have to show for it are a few retweets, likes, pins, and a blog post or two read.
Being productive on social media sites can be challenging, but it is a useful skill to have! Below are some time saving tips to use when working on social media. Continue reading
Recently, I have been subscribing to and reading a variety of blogs about social media and have compiled a list of the top blogs in the industry. I suggest checking them out if you’re in the field of social media! They are displayed in no particular order. Continue reading