Is Social Media a ‘Get Rich’ Scheme or Competition?

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Mirna Bard to Speak on Social Media Strategy in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico

Residents of Mexico are calling it a “Social Marketing Tsunami,” and I am calling it a well-deserved vacation, haha!  Tweet to be Heard, the international social marketing conference of the season will be held in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico from October 21 to October 24, 2010.
If you want to learn everything you need to know about [...]

Are You Engaged?

This is a guest post by Dr. Ivan Misner (Bio is below).
In engaged in the conversation, that is! OK, OK . . . now that I have your attention, let me explain.
In my book Truth or Delusion I bring up the point that word-of-mouth marketing is always working, it just may not be working in [...]

Social Media – The Newest Customer Service Tool

This is a guest post by Heidi McCarthy (Bio is below).
Being so ensconced in customer service, I look for every opportunity to praise good service and to offer constructive criticism when warranted.  In that regard, there is no faster, or cathartic, medium in which to speak out than social media.  Companies today do not [...]

An Infograph – 20 Fascinating Facts About YouTube

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Why Audience Engagement Matters with Social Media

Whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned social media pro, it’s important to stay connected to your audience. It’s easy to forget the purpose of being social if you’re too consumed with promoting yourself. Every now and then, we all need a reminder about how important it is to provide value and to be [...]

4 Steps to Strengthen Your Brand with Social Media

Social media is a very powerful tool for allowing businesses to efficiently and economically develop a strong brand presence in the marketplace. This is true not just when it applies to brand outreach, but also brand development at it’s core.
At Flying Pig Communications, we work with a lot of start-ups and small businesses that are [...]

25 Monitoring Tools That Will Not Cost You a Penny

Your brand, industry, and competitors are being discussed online whether you use social media or not. Actively monitoring what people are saying about you, your brand, your industry, and your competitors has many benefits, including protecting your brand reputation, discovering what customers want and need, learning of new opportunities, staying on top of competition, avoiding [...]

Poll: How would you describe your knowledge of the Social Web as a whole?

What other polls would you like to see on this site?  Please feel free to suggest new poll questions in the comments below.

3 Undeniable Ways to Turn Competitors into Enemies on Social Media Sites

Have you heard the old saying:  “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer?”  This was said by Sun-tzu , Chinese general and military strategist.  This proverb has been applied in business as well, but it seems that many people using social media for business are not following this motto.
Here are three undeniable ways to [...]

7 Mistakes That Can Kill Your Social Media Marketing

Mirna wrote a list of 50 social media mistakes, so I thought it would be a good idea to elaborate on some of them in this guest post.
Every nine out of ten online buyers visit social media websites before buying anything and around 50% of them take decisions under the influence of information they get [...]

11 More Key E’s of Social Media

Told you I got carried away with all the E’s!  This is a continuation of yesterday’s blog post “11 Key E’s of Social Media.”
The social media E’s are listed below in alphabetical order:
1. Entertainment
A very large of your social media engagement strategy should include entertainment.  The very first step in entertaining your audience is to be a [...]

11 Key E’s of Social Media

A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about the The 21 Essential C’s of Social Media.  Since there are many more elements, I thought it may be fun to discuss  the key E’s of social media.  My friend and technology consultant, Meetu Singhal may call this the vitamin E of social media [...]

The Next Social Media Superstar from Austria Interviews Mirna Bard

I was recently interviewed by Antonia Harler, a student from Austria. Antonia and I met through Twitter and are having great conversations about social media.  She became an avid reader of my blog and asked me for an interview.
I believe Antonia is going to be one of the next social media superstars because she [...]

Keeping an Open Mind When It Comes to Social Media

Today the online world is atwitter with article after article insisting you must be on Twitter, have a presence on Facebook, and a profile on LinkedIn, not to mention have a blog and a YouTube channel and whatever other social media platforms are currently hot.
What’s the bottom line?  What do you really need to do/have?
Here’s [...]

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