Safety in Facebook
October 14, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Facebook Friday
Everyone loves Facebook. This is a known fact. It is believed that four in every ten people are on Facebook nowadays, such is the appeal and allure of this social media phenomenon. Members of this social media site range from everyday individuals seeking to re-establish contact with long-lost friends to entire corporations using the site [...]
Facebook and Internet: The Great Irony
October 7, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Facebook Friday
Many may not realize it, but social media is actually one of the greatest examples of irony today. Why irony, you might ask. This is very easily explained. Let us first take a look at the elements of social media so as to better understand just why it is one of the foremost examples of [...]
Twitter & Creative Marketing: Two Success Stories
October 6, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Small Business Thursday
As with most social media, Twitter has become an increasingly popular marketing tool for businesses. The service has millions of users all over the world so it’s not hard to understand why making use of tweets could be a great idea for building a brand or reaching new audiences. However, many companies have struggled in [...]
The Hidden Side Of Social Media
October 4, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Twitter Tuesday
There is a very good chance that 8 to 9 out of 10 of your friends are into social media, what with everyone spending more and more time in front of computers posting endless streams of their thoughts and comments. Out of the these 8 to 9 friends, there is a good chance that 6 [...]
Why People Use Twitter
September 27, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Twitter Tuesday
Just like most people, I like social media. I actually spend a good chunk of my time daily engaging on it, mostly because it affords me the luxury of actually not having to do something that can be remotely described as “boring”, such as study, work, or chores. While I am no stranger to social [...]
Grounding The Psychology Behind Facebook
September 23, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Facebook Friday
While some may scoff and simply dismiss the idea of social media as something that “maladjusted, introverted social pariahs” engage in, it is arguably one of the most phenomenal social media sites to ever be featured on the internet. With an untold number of members all over the world, Facebook is a considerable presence on [...]
Reaching Out To The World Through Twitter
September 13, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Twitter Tuesday
Reputation is one of the most essential things that any person or business should always consider, especially in establishing any form of public legitimacy. In practically any industry where competition exists, sullying or even destroying one’s reputation is one form of getting ahead of others, even if it doesn’t appear to be a fair method [...]
Hook, Line And Facebook
September 9, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Facebook Friday
Throughout the years, numerous marketing gurus, advertising experts, and super sales people have come up with sometimes novel, other times laughable ways of reaching and grabbing the collective attention of the consuming public. Some methods have been lauded as modern breakthroughs, others the newest strategies in contemporary marketing strategies, with all claiming to have used [...]
Why Use Facebook In Marketing At All
September 2, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Facebook Friday
Social media being what it is now provides an immensely effective way of marketing your business online, in what would otherwise be an extremely crowded and saturated market. What was once a fad and a way to connect with old friends now is now a full blown marketing sensation. Facebook is one of the more [...]
Creating a Buzz: Online Marketing Success
September 1, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Small Business Thursday
If the Internet has taught us nothing else about marketing, it has taught us the importance of getting people to start talking about your product. With hundreds of millions of people around the world on every continent turning to the Internet for news, information, entertainment and more, it is definitely the best place to start [...]
Twitting Into The Market
August 30, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Twitter Tuesday
Twitter Tuesday Tip of the Week: In a thoroughly saturated market, which is mostly the best way to describe the situation today, it is almost impossible to make any sort of headway amidst all the brands, businesses, and companies all seeking to elbow each other out of the collective attention of the consuming public. Given [...]
Why Is Twitter Even As Effective As It Is?
August 23, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Twitter Tuesday
Twitter Tuesday Tip of the Week: Just like a little bird that never seems to stop twitting and flitting about, Twitter has been one of the most effective online tools nowadays to create any form of buzz, be it to scandalize a personality, broadcast an event, or simply let people know what you’re up to. [...]
Facebook For Business
August 19, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Facebook Friday, Google, Strategies
Facebook: New guide provides advice on how to make the most of the site Facebook has launched a new page called Facebook for Business. The how-to page guides businesses on how to best use the site’s pages, ads, deals, social plugins and sponsored stories. The page was added to Facebook after Google not only asked [...]
Establishing the Right Voice – A Twitter Case Study and More
July 29, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Marketing & Promotion, Social Media, Twitter
When we talk about establishing the right voice from the perspective of social networking marketing, and use a specific Twitter case study as an example; we must also understand that the ‘right voice’ applies to all marketing situations. Obviously there are certain tendencies in varied directions for all marketing vehicles, but online these don’t vary [...]
Eight Tips to Develop Good Twitter Followers
January 25, 2011 by Lennie Appelquist
Filed under Twitter Tuesday
Twitter Tuesday Tip of the Week: Adding Awesome Followers! Twitter is almost everywhere these days and used by companies both large and small. Some have a reasonable base of followers but not all have good followers who are actively interested in the product or company and who read the tweets. There are seven simple steps [...]
