How Busy People Find Time For Updating Their Facebook Fan Page One way that busy people can work in a little time to post an update on their social media pages is by posting via their mobile phones.  I’m not suggesting that you use your phone while driving, in a meeting or spending time with [...]

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The Poway Chamber of Commerce Marketing Advisory Team (MAT) launched their first Marketing Seminar Series, “Developing Your Marketing Playbook”, in March of 2013. “Developing Your Marketing Playbook” is a series of three seminars that were designed to provide actionable tips that attendees can implement to attract & retain more customers.  The first seminar in the [...]

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Facebook created Fan Pages (a.k.a. Business Pages) several years ago so users could use Facebook for business purposes without promoting their business on their personal Facebook profiles AND alienating their friends.  A Facebook fan page allows a user to keep their personal posts and their business posts completely separate and to control who sees what [...]

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If you are like a lot of people, you may use social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc… for personal use and because they are fun.  But, you may not know how these same sites could benefit your business or company if you use them strategically. The Stats Tell The Story The fact is [...]

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10 Questions Your Blogging Strategy Must Answer

There are many blogs on the internet that have been started and then abandoned within a very short time frame.  In many cases, this is because the company did not have a clear blogging strategy before they started the blog and/or the blog writers did not have a passion for the blog’s main focus. Developing [...]

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Poway Chamber Launches Marketing Seminar Series on March 27th

The Poway Chamber of Commerce Marketing Advisory Team (a.k.a. MAT) launches their first Marketing Seminar Series, “Developing Your Marketing Playbook”, on March 27, 2013. “Developing Your Marketing Playbook” was created to provide seminar attendees specific tips on attracting & retaining more customers while utilizing technology.  Topics covered in the MAT’s initial three Marketing Seminars will [...]

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How To Detect & Block Blog Comment SPAM

While working with clients I’ve come across many blog comments that they “approved” that were actually “spam” comments.  Spam comments are often left by automated robots but they can also be left by humans who are just looking to promote their own business or get a link back to their website/blog. Spam Can Hurt Your [...]

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Social Media Training: 6 New Workshops in San Diego

Drum roll please…  New Workshops Just Announced!  Starting in November/December, I will be teaching Social Media Workshops in the Del Mar area.  Most of them are “hands-on” workshops where you can bring a laptop and work on your social media profiles during the class. Workshop Titles & Overviews For this initial launch in Del Mar, [...]

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9 Lesser Known Twitter Tricks Including Twitter Connect & Discover

Per Twitter, their social networking website has 100 million users.  If you are one of the 100 million and you only know the basics of using the site, then this blog post is for you.  Today I came across an article on nytimes.com that explains 9 lesser known ways to use Twitter including: Posting photos [...]

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3 Ways To Get Found Online More Often

I just had a consulting client say that they are totally lost when it comes to how to promote their new website and Facebook fan page.  This blog post is meant to help answer that question for you in case you are in the same situation. There is only so much you can do to [...]

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