5 Tips For Implementing Social Media For Your Business

Posted by Shelly Kramer on October 28, 2010 · 14 Comments

Share Small business owners and marketing consultants are well aware that they should be paying serious attention to social media as a way to reach customers. But few realize how to really leverage this channel and many screw it up royally. Some erroneously assume social media is yet another channel to use to push out [...]

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Groupon: Just Say NO to Ad Agencies

Posted by Shelly Kramer on September 20, 2010 · 16 Comments

Share Today’s AdWeek features a story about the Internet darling of the moment, Groupon. Groupon’s Deal of the Day offer has managed to capture a significant share of voice, largely as a result of its inherently viral nature. Those elements, coupled with a struggling economy, deal-seeking consumers and businesses that need to sell more stuff [...]

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5 Ways the Fortune 500 Are Using Social Media

Posted by Shelly Kramer on September 3, 2010 · 6 Comments

Share I love it when my smart friends agree to write guests posts for the V3 blog. This one is from Jamie Turner, Chief Content Officer at the 60 Second Marketer. The Internet is packed with tips on how to use Twitter, how to supercharge LinkedIn, and how to get the most from Facebook. They’re [...]

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How to ROCK Your Small Business

Posted by Shelly Kramer on August 6, 2010 · 7 Comments

Share Vision without execution is a daydream. Execution without vision is a nightmare. Japanese Proverb That proverb made me think of many of the small business owners I know. A strategic marketing plan is often the step that most small business owners overlook, yet is really the most critical to their ultimate success. And, for [...]

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Vlogging – It Just Gets Easier!

Posted by Shelly Kramer on August 2, 2010 · 19 Comments

Share Okay, so in an effort to practice what I preach when it comes to marketing consulting in general and pretty much life as well, I found the nerve a few weeks ago to begin video blogging or, vlogging, as the cool cats say. And you know what, I’ve quickly learned that it’s not so [...]

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