Monthly Archives: May 2012

Facebook Finally Lets Page Admins Schedule Posts, Have Different Roles | Mashable

mashable.com5/30/12 Third-party apps like HootSuite just got a little less relevant with an update from Facebook that lets Page admins schedule posts. A new help center page from Facebook also outlines how brand pages can now dole out specific duties … Continue reading

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Google Places Marries Google+, Gives Birth To New Google+ Local Pages

www.smallbusinesssem.com5/30/12 Say goodbye to Google Place Pages, and say hello to Google+ Local Pages. That’s the name for Google’s new baby — a result of the marriage, or merger, of Google Places and Google+. …read more

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Go Beyond Basic Local Search: Get Hyper-Local | MarketingProfs

www.marketingprofs.com5/25/2012 A whopping 83% of local search users contacted businesses offline … and half of all local business searchers eventually made purchases. These days, a basic local search strategy isn’t enough to bring them smiling to your storefront; no, your business needs to … Continue reading

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Facebook Page Marketing Management Suite (press release)

news.google.com TabSite Facebook Page Builder system combined with Plan Your Post together offer Facebook Page Admins a powerful, complete dashboard for managing fan page features and marketing. …read more

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Video Marketing Tools and Resources for Your Local Business

In a Forbes October 2010 report, they shared that close to 60% of businesspeople surveyed watched an online video before they read the text on that same page, and 50% of the executives surveyed said they watched videos on YouTube … Continue reading

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“I want a million followers” is not a social media strategy | Social Media Today

socialmediatoday.com5/25/12 Often the first result that people want from their social media strategy is a mass of followers. Let’s be realistic here – it often takes time to see large levels of growth, and careful planning and development of a … Continue reading

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Facebook Trivia: 10 Things You Didn’t Know… | Mashable

mashable.com5/24/12 Here’s a collection of interesting Facebook stats… See how much you know! …read more

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Google Search Plus Your World – What’s the Point?

Back in January, Google integrated Google+ with Google Search, making it possible for Google+ users to see Google+ results integrated with ‘regular’ search results when logged in to their Google+ accounts.   When that happened, Google Search Plus Your World was … Continue reading

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Facebook Adds File Sharing For Groups | AllFacebook

allfacebook.com5/10/12 Fewer than one-half of Facebook’s 900 million-plus monthly average users take advantage of its groups functionality, and many say it is the most underused feature. But this may soon change, and we may see a spike in … …read … Continue reading

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Social Media Is Taking Over Search & SEO | Social Media Today

socialmediatoday.com5/14/12 I would argue that without participation in social media your SEO and search effort is working at 50%. If you think sophisticated audiences aren’t using social, then think again. …read more

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