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10 Reasons Why Mothers Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Join Facebook

  • January 17th, 2012 by SEM Contributor

At this moment in time the social networking site Facebook is on track to hit the one billion user mark in 2012 – wow!
Although it’s still possible to remember a time when FB was a mere twinkle in the Zuckerberg boy’s eye it has quickly become part of our… Read more

Update on the Color iPhone App

  • January 13th, 2012 by Damian Davila

Back in May 2011, I wrote about the Color iPhone app, described as its developers back then as a service to create new, dynamic social networks for your iPhone or Android  wherever you go. What I was not aware back then was who was the man behind this app and why… Read more

Launch Your Startup with LaunchRock

  • January 12th, 2012 by Damian Davila

Launched during Philadelphia’s Startup Weekend back in January 2011, LaunchRock helps you setup a viral launching soon page in minutes. As of November 2011, LaunchRock has already streamlined over 100 startup launches ranging from developers of Flash templates to maker of cloud-based “notepads” such as Fetchnotes. The startup is backed by… Read more

Top Four Twitter Tools to Try Out

  • January 11th, 2012 by SEM Contributor

When you are trying to promote your business such as dental practice through the World Wide Web, you will definitely want to make use of Twitter. This social networking website’s microblogging platform allows dentists to communicate easily with their patients. Because of how convenient Twitter is, many businesses have integrated this… Read more

The Invisible Pedestal: Social Dangers of the Blogging Revolution

  • January 10th, 2012 by SEM Contributor

Late in the night, we sit alone behind the glow of a computer screen, typing at a speed which meets our capacity for thought. We pour ourselves into the keyboard. We put forth our opinions, our stories, our frustrations, our joys, our angers; more simply, we put forth ourselves. And when our thinking… Read more

How Can Small Businesses Learn from President Barack Obama’s Social Media Promotion Tactics?

  • January 6th, 2012 by SEM Contributor

Social media must be part of your marketing plan if you want to be successful, plain and simple. In most cases the tools of social media are free and this is a plus to small businesses everywhere looking to save money but reach more people. Everyone understands that social media is… Read more

Why You Should Have a Business Profile on Twitter, Google+ and Facebook

  • January 5th, 2012 by SEM Contributor

It would seem that Twitter, Facebook and Google+ are copying features from each other that it is getting to be difficult to differentiate one social network from the other.
For instance, Google has made sure that its user profiles look and feel like it is similar to Facebook, only simplified down… Read more

3 Unbelievably Stupid Mistakes Small Businesses Make With Social Media

  • January 3rd, 2012 by SEM Contributor

Social media has been around for a few years now. Yet, small businesses and small business owners still don’t understand how to use it properly. I continuously see small businesses engaged in strategies that can only be named stupid.
If you are a small business owner, or just someone from their… Read more

The 5 Biggest Faults of Social Media

  • January 2nd, 2012 by SEM Contributor

Since social media is a fairly new medium for which to communicate ‘socially’ with friends and family, there have been many flaws in the system, and dealing with the death of one of it’s members has been one of many.  The others, privacy, child safety, difficulty terminating accounts, misplaced advertising, spam,… Read more

The Biggest Twitter Trends of 2011

  • December 29th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

There’s no denying that Twitter is getting bigger and better every year. 2011 has been no different, and has been a landmark year, seeing the site reach the 250 million members mark. Although this is a long way from challenging the Social Networking giant Facebook, it’s still pretty damn impressive.
The… Read more