What makes social media so compelling and attractive for selling? It is a myth or just media hype? How should you sell on social media? Will aggressive selling work on social networks? These are some of the questions I’m often asked by marketers who are wary of how to sell online using social media. There’s no rocket science involved in …

Marketing success is measured by how well you locate your target market and how effectively you convert its members into customers. This measurement is just as relevant if you are using social media as a vehicle to let the world know about you and your business. Locate and follow your target audience: it’s like a “seek and destroy” mission in …

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With the new iPad made available to the public for purchase in most markets on Friday, one could only imagine the possibilities it facilitates to creators and consumers. The versatility of this all-in-one device has inspired the info graphic below:   Source: NextWorth

Last month, I wrote about various ways in which you can use Pinterest for your business. Since then, I’ve been flooded with requests to provide more insights into how businesses can use Pinterest specifically for Public Relations. If you don’t know what Pinterest is all about, I’d highly recommend that you read my earlier post first. In this post, I …

The much-anticipated Facebook Page Timeline is now available for business users. I personally believe it’s a welcome change as it provides more flexibility for businesses to structure their page and interact with their audience – thereby making it a valuable branding and conversation tool. In this post, I present you 7 tips on how to use the Facebook Page timeline …

When Google+ launched, it was widely projected as the next big Facebook Killer. While that didn’t happen, Google did a remarkable job of exploiting Facebook’s weaknesses with innovative features such as Circles and Hangouts. The world’s leading social network eventually hit back in style and as time passed, the initial euphoria over Google+ begin to fade away. All this while, …

The evolution of social media demands the repetitional implications of its implementation on and offline. The ultimate benefit of every social contact is to activate social engagement that builds your personal or corporate brand. If your brand is soiled and you’re are looking to give it a facelift, or you’re are looking at boosting your online reputation, here are three …

Some say Blogging is an art while others claim it’s a science with well-defined logic. I personally believe writing blog posts that Search Engines like is a mix of both – your blog needs to be creative, but at the same time, it needs to adhere to SEO and SMM guidelines. Blogs are one of the oldest forms of social …

Ever since the beginning of New Year, I’ve heard the “social media bubble burst” claims several times so I couldn’t resist the temptation of writing a piece on it sooner than later. Social media critics believe that this year will spell doom’s day for Facebook, Twitter and other well known social networks. While some of them argue that social media …

The one thing, that each of us can’t get enough of for our blogposts is simple: tweets, likes and other shares of our blogposts. A lot of it comes down to us providing great content for our readers. The better your articles, the more shares you get, it’s very straight forward. Yet, at the same time, there are some smaller …

The thing which I love most about social media is that it keeps producing one game changer after the other. If you have been following social media circles off-late, there’s a good chance that you’ve heard about Pinterest. In fact, Pinterest is not a recently launched social network; it has been around for about two years but its bagged limelight …

How do you become an effective blogger? How do you ensure your blog gets more quality readers? Does it just depend on your blog content, is it determined by how you market your blog or is it dependent on all of these factors? I believe the trick to effective blogging is not to try and reinvent the wheel but to …

In the last couple of weeks, I’ve covered the major fundamentals of blogging including how to blog, where to blog, how do you make your blog successful and lastly how to promote your blog using old media. So, are all bloggers alike? What makes a particular blog stand out from others? What are the various types of bloggers and how …

A blog needs to be promoted like a product. While blogging itself represents one of the most popular forms of new media, old media techniques play a key role in publicizing blogs. While it’s true that media industry has been completely transformed in the last decade, there’s no denial that print, TV and radio are evergreen publicity channels. So, should …