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5 Ways to Make Your Social Media Efforts More Efficient

  • December 27th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Social media can be a powerful tool to use in growing your business. The more your organization is involved in social media, the more connections and relationships you’ll develop; however, if it’s not handled efficiently, social media can also become a huge consumer of your time.
The following are five ways… Read more

Were You Facebooking on Christmas Morning?

  • December 26th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Let’s face it, even on a day like Christmas that is supposed to be sacrosanct, Facebook will no doubt be choc-a-block full of users spreading Christmas cheer and sharing information. In fact research indicates that Christmas day could be the busiest of the year on Social Networking sites. What gives?
These… Read more

5 Social Travel Companies that Make Trip Planning Fun

  • December 22nd, 2011 by Annie Wallace

Social networking was the most popular online activity in 2011, and it will continue its momentum in 2012. As a consequence, many companies will include social networking features, to enhance user experience, and to keep up with an increasingly competitive market.
For the travel industry, 2011 was social as well, and… Read more

The Most Important Step To Achieving Success With Online Marketing

  • December 22nd, 2011 by SEM Contributor

There is a very easy to understand reason why over 90% of those that start a journey with online marketing fail. They don’t fail because they lack the skills or they don’t have the money. The main reason people fail with online marketing is because they are lazy. Laziness is the… Read more

Why Aren’t Many Older Business Owners Using Social Media?

  • December 22nd, 2011 by Annie Wallace

Social media is a powerful tool that all businesses should integrate into their marketing campaigns.
However, there are many older businesses owners that avoid, or even refuse to use social media.
According to a report from The Business Journals, the younger business professionals more so than older business pros view technology… Read more

5 Good Tips to Gaining Twitter Followers and 1 Bad Tip

  • December 21st, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Twitter has been gaining a lot of headway lately and with the new user interface you can be sure to see an increase in usage. You are going to want to get a hold of some followers along the way to build your social network. It isn’t always easy to gain… Read more

5 Steps Avoiding Social Media Blackmail

  • December 21st, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Years ago, it was difficult for ordinary individuals to get the attention of the masses. Today, social media makes it possible for anybody to become popular through the Internet by getting others to follow them through social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others.
This is well and good,… Read more

Most Popular Social Media Games of 2011

  • December 20th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Don’t act like you didn’t sit at work and play FarmVille all day when it first came out, until your company banned Facebook that is. Ha ha *points and laughs*.
Running a virtual farm may have appealed to a microwave-food addicted generation, but despite how massively popular it was when it… Read more

Social Networking for Tweens

  • December 20th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Tweens
There is a particular age when children may not be little kids anymore but are not yet considered teenagers. This in-between age group is known as tweens. Tweens can also be called a tweenager. More specifically a tween is a child between the ages of eight and 12. A tweenager… Read more

The 5 Hottest Start Ups in Australia

  • December 19th, 2011 by SEM Contributor

Australia is fast becoming one of the hottest spots in the world where entrepreneurs can meet success. Whether it is technology, travel, cuisine or any other industry, there is a huge market in Australia with lots of room for growth. Below are just a very few startups whose owners have taken… Read more