Foursquare Checks In To Create Buzz About The Vote

Posted by Shelly Kramer on November 2, 2010 · 1 Comment

Share Location based marketing tech darling Foursquare is playing a role in the election drama that unfolds as Americans participate in yet another Election Day. Tech savvy voters are checking in at the polls and earning the #IVotedToday badge and doing their part to raise awareness and urge others to take part in the election. [...]

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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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Driving Sales Through Social Media

Posted by Katherine Meyer on October 22, 2010 · 16 Comments

Share Social media has enabled companies (even some with notoriously poor customer service) to better field consumer questions and concerns. Major brands like Comcast, Dell and Best Buy have embraced social media as it has allowed them to connect with their consumers in a more immediate and impactful manner. If companies participating in the social [...]

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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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Learn From UK Businesses, Where Twitter Rules

Posted by Shelly Kramer on September 2, 2010 · 7 Comments

Share I read a BizReport article this morning reporting that 33% of some 5,000 UK businesses surveyed by Virgin Media prefer Twitter over Facebook for communicating with their customers. In that regard, the UK is far ahead of businesses on this side of the pond, and really leading the world when it comes to capitalizing [...]

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