Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts

Google Street View Rolls Out New Features

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Want to know more about a business when using Google Street View?  A new feature for the service let's one do just that.

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Mobile Coupon Use on the Rise

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Coupon use on a mobile device expected to grow 400% this year alone.  How much that means to businesses, marketers and advertisers.

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Paying for Online Content Has Little Support

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Would you be willing to pay for content online you now receive for free?  Statistics reveal the answer.

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Twitter homepage revised adding Twitter 101

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You may have noticed something new if you visited Twitter.com today. Actually that something was big, as the home page has gone through a complete revision, including adding something called “Twitter 101.”

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Facebook and BigCommerce make online storefronts social

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Facebook is more than keeping up with friends, following your favorite things and playing Farmville. Recently, online storefronts for retail goods are have become more abundant on Facebook, making the social network giant a virtual shopping mall.

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Twitter Contributors feature goes live

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Twitter is up to something big. Businesses, advertisers and marketers should perk up and will be forgiven if they squeal with excitement. What is it? It would appear the Twitter Contributors feature has gone live.

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Facebook page admins now receive weekly email stats

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Today I received an email with the subject line, “Your Weekly Facebook Page Update.” It was not spam. In fact, Facebook has quietly begun sending weekly email reports to Facebook Page administrators (I am an admin for 6 Dallas-area businesses alone) providing key metrics such as the number of new fans, Wall posts, comments and visitors in the prior week.

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Apple iPhone use and what it means for the iPad and business

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When do you most use your Apple iPhone, and soon, iPad, for applications and data transfer? A question we were all wondering, admit it. A study by Localytics, provides insight that answers the question above and has implications for oft criticized for their sometimes spotty coverage, Dallas-based AT&T.

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Google Product Search use Huge for Mobile Shoppers

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Google Product Search for mobile is an interesting development for businesses, with real-time ramifications that the advertising and marketing world should pay attention to immediately.

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LinkedIn marketing tips for business

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LinkedIn maybe the last social network you think of when considering applications to advertise or market your business’ products and services. Once you delve into the site a little further you’ll find it is more useful as a social media network than you ever dreamed possible.


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Target Coupons Go Mobile

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Target announced today that it is launching a mobile coupon program. One of the ten largest retailers in the nation with 1,740 stores in 49 states, Target is the first to offer a program of this kind.

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5 tips for Successful Twitter Marketing

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Twitter use for business is not as easy as setting up an account. There are many factors to consider when using Twitter to grow brand awareness and expand beyond traditional methods of marketing and advertising.

Below are 5 tips for using Twitter which will aid in using this powerful tool to build new client relationships and strengthen existing ones.

Twitter's Future Growing

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Perhaps it is too soon to proclaim the most recent statistics on Twitter usage "the rise of Twitter Youth", but for businesses looking to capture the interest and loyalty of a key and loose pocketed demographic, numbers like these are a positive sign for advertising and marketing one's product/service via Twitter. At the end of 2008, persons under 25 accounted for only about 20% of Twitter users. That number has grown to 30% at present. What demographic saw the largest spike and greatest decline?

10 Tips for Starting a Small Business Blog

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There are many ways a small business can choose to promote their new venture in order to gain traction, buzz, and create a niche. In times long ago, the '90's, methods included; an ad in the Yellow Pages, purchasing expensive print ads in a local newspaper or mailer, passing out flyers, and word of mouth. In today's digital age, most small businesses start with a website, establish a Twitter feed, and/or create a Facebook page. One often overlooked avenue to promote a business, generate client interest, and incorporate Twitter, Facebook, and your website (if already up and running), into one, is blogging. What follows are 10 tips to creating a successful blog that will positively impact your bottom line.


Social Media and Web 2.0: Insight From One Successful Company

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Business decisions are complex, driven by many factors. One increasing factor driving advertising and marketing decisions is Social Media, tweets, blogs, Facebook fans, ect... With respect to Social Media, the key to many businesses is how much does use of Social Media cost, what is the value of said use and what will it bring in return? One successful Dallas-based business gives a first hand account of how it impacts their business...

Does Socially Selling Yourself Work?

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Much business and personal discussion centers around Social Media. Are you tweeting, do you blog, how many Facebook friends do you have, ect... For businesses, all of these discussions come down to how much does use of Social Media cost, what is the value of said use and what will it bring in return? Along with providing statistics on why Social Media is important and what value it brings, 3 companies offer personal insight into Social Media use and how it impacts their business.


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For all the excitement about social media, there's a specter hanging over its use by companies. Is all this Tweeting, blogging and Facebooking paying off?

Get Out of Jail Free Card

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Note: Neither the contributors, nor the editors of this site endorse what you will see in the video that plays after clicking the link to the VERY helpful, some might call it a PSA, story, below. With that said, maybe you will find it helps you escape those mundane days spent at an office, plopped in a cubicle, in front of a computer protected by a massive firewall, and therefore, unable to use any form of Social Media. Enjoy...


Persuasion: It's Not a New Fragrance from Calvin Klein

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Do you sometimes feel as if your message, idea, story, product, ect... gets lost in the Social Media shuffle (that's Social Media shuffle, not Super Bowl Shuffle '85 Bears)? To each person or business, nothing is more important than what you have to say or are trying to sell. It is narcissistic, but it is a fact. So how do you become a listened to as opposed to a listener? Persuasion. These 6 tips can help transform you from afterthought to top of mind.

Our Little Social Media Networks Grew, Up

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As stated ad nauseum, Social Media and its' use is growing at a rapid pace. Just how fast? Recent statistics provide some insight into the growth of Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace (remember Myspace?). What does this mean for your business? The service you use, and how you use it, can allow you to target the demographic your company caters to, as well as seeking out those previously deemed unreachable, without extensive and costly market research, prior to the explosion of Social Media.

People Love Lists, and They Can Help Your Business Grow

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It's been said that people love lists. People, and increasingly businesses, also love Twitter and other Social Media platforms. One of Twitter's most recent feature additions, lists, can be an amazing tool for marketing your brand, monitoring your competition, finding new consumers, targeting those new consumers using Twitter's local trending topics feature, and ultimately, making your business more successful. If you currently use Twitter lists, want tips on how to better use them, or have no idea what they are, but you curiosity has been peeked, C4 Universe has you covered.