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The Shocking Truth: Why You Don’t Show Up in LinkedIn Search

ShareHow many of you have a LinkedIn profile? Probably most of you…right? Now, how many of you have been contacted on LinkedIn by someone who found you through search? Probably just a few. But it doesn’t make sense, huh? You groomed your profile so it had a compelling headline. You put the keywords with which [...]

Dwolla’s Ben Milne Shares Entrepreneurial Journey, Lessons

ShareDuring last night’s Technology Entrepreneur Speakers Program, Dwolla co-founder and CEO Ben Milne spoke to an attentive audience about start-ups, entrepreneurial lessons and, of course, Ashton Kutcher (more on that in a minute). In a candid discussion, Ben shared his entrepreneurial journey, starting with a painful year of family illnesses and deaths that gave him [...]

Tips for Job Hunters: Count On A Click, Not Six Seconds

ShareIf you’re looking for tips for job hunters, this is the post for you. According to The Ladders’ latest research on reviewing resumes, you have about six seconds to get a thumbs-up or thumbs-down decision on your resume. Yep, six seconds to determine if you go on to career glory or your resume ends up [...]

Learn How to Put Technology to Work for Your Company

ShareKansas City business owners have a great opportunity to learn how to put technology to work for their businesses in the coming weeks. But before we discuss that, let’s talk a little about technology—and what it means for you and your business. David Smith, a futurist at a tech conference hosted by McGladrey that I [...]

Data and Contextual Analysis: The Road to Good Decisions

ShareNow that adoption of social media and social networking is becoming more common, things that we love – things like data, analysis, context and interpretation – are critical. Social listening is, most definitely, not enough. Brands and agencies who are serious about producing results for themselves and for their clients must be data driven and [...]

Measuring Influence? Learn How to Reach the Influencers

ShareMeasuring influence is a growing trend and a multimillion dollar business. There lots of players in the market already and, in one way or the other, the tools available allow you to know who the influencers are in a certain subject, demographic, etc. My opinion about the available tools is well known: Unless these tools [...]

Key to Business Success: Websites That Work

ShareEvery day we have conversations about building and growing businesses and there’s one universally critical element: companies need websites that work. Doesn’t matter how big or how small your business is, or whether you’re in B2B or B2C markets—maximizing your website is key. Why? Customers and prospective customers typically find products or services they want [...]

Measure Social Media ROI with Google Analytics Social

ShareMeasuring social media ROI is understandably the holy grail for marketers. And with Google’s recent launch of Social Reports, tracking social media ROI just got a little easier. Wondering why we’re excited about this? Think of it this way–you’ve spent time and money building and implementing your digital marketing strategy, but do you really have [...]

It’s All About Storytelling…It Always Has Been, Always Will Be

ShareIf the past number of years has taught us anything, it’s that the Internet and social media is constantly evolving. New features get launched, favorite ones get phased out, and new social platforms turn into the latest must-do for marketers while others disappear, absorbed by a competing platform or wither from lack of use. This [...]

How to Maximize Facebook Timeline for Your Brand or Business Page

ShareIf you’re still working on figuring out how to maximize Facebook timeline, D-Day is almost here. Friday, March 30, is when your Facebook pages will automatically convert to the new Timeline format. If you haven’t already started to think about the look and content strategy for your new Timeline page, consider this a swift kick [...]

Research Shows Half of Facebook Pages Have Less Than 256 Fans

ShareDespite the prevalence of Facebook pages, a recent study conducted by Recommend.ly indicates that more than half of them (56 percent, to be exact) have less than 256 fans. This research is the result a study of some 1.7 million Facebook pages. And that examination netted the following: Thirty-one percent of Facebook pages have less [...]

Content Marketing: How Businesses Can Create A Successful Content Strategy

ShareContent marketing is undoubtedly one of the hot digital marketing terms of 2012, but there’s far more to identifying—and implementing—a successful content strategy than simply creating content. In fact, when considering the components of creating a content marketing strategy, writing is the easy part of the equation. In today’s increasingly crowded content marketplace, your brand [...]

A Brief History of Content Marketing and the Elements of Success

ShareContent marketing is the buzzword of the moment, but in reality, it’s a marketing concept that’s been around for decades—heck, even longer than that. And when you think about it, that’s not surprising. After all, the technology and devices with which we produce and consume content have drastically changed, but words and stories are nothing [...]

Avoid Google Penalty For Too Much SEO – Get Your Content In Shape

ShareGoogle’s likely to penalize websites for too much SEO—at least that’s what the newest changes to its algorithm suggest. Matt Cutts’ mention of an impending algorithm change at SXSW this past week seems certain to make content marketing–and the creation of relevant content–even more critical to businesses of all sizes. And yes, Virginia, apparently there [...]

Facebook Commerce Success Stories and The Impact of Timeline

ShareAlthough Facebook commerce (F-commerce) is in its early stages, it’s the next step in the eCommerce evolution—and especially in light of the introduction of Facebook’s Timeline for Pages, it’s a concept to which brands and businesses need to be paying attention. Recent accounts that detail the closing of high-profile F-commerce stores from brands like Gap [...]

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