by Michael Fine | Apr 7, 2015 | Analytics, Facebook, Google, Google+, LinkedIn, SEO, SMX Social Media, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube & Video
“6 seconds? What can you market in 6 seconds?” Those are usually the first two questions I receive after telling a client to use Vine for promotional purposes. Just to clarify, there a ton of tasks you can accomplish in 6 seconds. However, this article is not about...
by Michael Fine | Apr 1, 2015 | Analytics, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Online marketing, SMX Social Media, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube & Video
I have been receiving one question quite often lately: What is the difference between a LinkedIn Company Page and a LinkedIn Group? Both of these options serve a great purpose for your company but accomplish different things. According to a HubSpot study of over...
by Nicole Betterbid | Feb 27, 2015 | Content Marketing, Facebook, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media, Twitter
Before Netflix became the media giant it is today, CEO Reed Hastings did what no other streaming service had done before. Instead of only investing in other networks’ programming, as they had been doing since the streaming service launched in 2007, he decided to...
by Michael Fine | Feb 13, 2015 | Facebook, Social Media, Twitter
Winning cures all. The statement holds true in some respects, but none more certain than with social media. Whether it’s sports or SEO, if your brand is on the up, people will want to watch. Even though this is not a sports blog, we still feel other industries...
by Michael Fine | Jan 14, 2015 | Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, SEO, SMX Social Media, Social Media, Twitter
I have had a number of clients come to me asking how do I grow my brand while simultaneously building sales through LinkedIn. Have no fear because this is all very possible to do. LinkedIn has over 330 million users and reaches 200 countries and territories. This...
by Michael Fine | Jan 8, 2015 | Facebook, LinkedIn, Online marketing, SMX Social Media, Social Media, Twitter
When a company grows from one million to over 200 million users in about four years, it’s worth a conversation. Instagram has created a new medium for companies to market their brand. Users are annoyed by sponsorship clutter on their Facebook and Twitter feeds, but a...
by Michael Fine | Jan 5, 2015 | Content Marketing, Facebook, Free SEO Tools, Google+, SEO, SMX Social Media, Social Media, Twitter
Christine Moorman is the T. Austin Finch Professor, Sr. of Business Administration at The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. I have followed Professor’s Moorman’s work on her site, www.CMOSurvey.org, and have found her studies to be very...
by Michael Fine | Dec 23, 2014 | LinkedIn, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube & Video
To respond or not? That is the question. Every business deals with it. If your brand never received a negative review how would you ever grow? The lovely internet has created multiple options for consumers to review your product. There are so many mediums to vent on...
by Michael Fine | Dec 5, 2014 | Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, SEO, SMX Social Media, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube & Video
Rebranding through Social Media Whether it’s a name or product change, transitioning to a new business model can be tricky at times. However, social media has the perfect mediums to convey the change to your clients. Recently, Virante rebranded its name to Hive...
by mtraphagen | Oct 24, 2013 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, News, Online marketing, Presentations, SEO, Social Media, Twitter
After reading several live blog notes (here and even better here) on the keynote address by Google’s Matt Cutts at Pubcon 2013 yesterday, I was seeing intriguing hints that he had spoken about some topics near and dear to me. But since these were live...
by bgassett | Oct 23, 2013 | Content Marketing, Facebook, Google+, Online marketing, Social Media, Twitter
Social Media For Real Estate As a Realtor, you will do whatever it takes to sell a home as fast as possible. After all, who doesn’t love satisfied clients and a quicker commission? But if you haven’t integrated social media into your home selling strategy, you are...
by mtraphagen | Feb 21, 2013 | Content Marketing, Social Media, Twitter
I was perusing Portent’s new “tool,” the Content Idea Generator, and wondering for what awesome purpose I could use it. For what topic do I wish I could spin out endless content ideas? And then it struck me. There is only one thing worth writing...
