by charliezegers | Nov 8, 2011 | Social Media
Last summer, I went on a quest. The goal? Accumulate 2,000 followers on Twitter, as quickly as possible. The motivation? A somewhat arbitrary goal, set by one of my employers. Long story short, if I could “prove” my account was valuable to people by...
by charliezegers | Jul 13, 2011 | Social Media, Uncategorized
One of the toughest… and most important… parts of running a small business is self promotion. If you’re in a service business (like, say, this one) or a content business (like several others I run) it becomes even more important, as the...
by charliezegers | Jul 11, 2011 | Social Media, Uncategorized
If you pay any attention at all to such things, you’ve probably heard about Google’s rollout of the new “Google Plus” social network. And if you’ve followed some of the search giant’s other recent product releases (Google Buzz,...
by charliezegers | Jun 1, 2011 | Services, Social Media, Uncategorized
Google has rolled out its answer to the ubiquitous “Facebook Like” and “Tweet This” buttons… the new +1 button. The +1 button will allow visitors to your site to recommend it to others, in a way that will be displayed in Google’s...
by charliezegers | May 20, 2011 | Social Media, Uncategorized
Internet guru Peter Shankman posted an interesting diatribe today about so-called “Social Media Experts” and why he’d never consider hiring a person billed as such. Social Media is just another facet of marketing and customer service. Say it with me....