Isn’t It Time You Stop Hiding and Show Up on Social Media in a Bigger Way?

Can we talk? I want you to imagine I am sitting right next you.

I’m sitting at my computer right now allowing my heart and soul to reach out to you via this medium online. I am here 100%.

So let’s get real, OK?

How’s your social media marketing REALLY going? Are you building communities that resonate with you? Do you engage frequently with your communities on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube? Are you posting compelling info to create interaction?

Are you allowing the REAL you to show up through your postings?

Or are you hiding behind the computer hesitant to post something in fear it may come across not appropriate? Are you afraid of being “seen” in the wrong way?

3 Easy Ways to Enhance Your Facebook Fan Page

If you are marketing your business online and using your Facebook Fan Page as a way to build your brand and attract more clients, I want to share with you 3 ways you can enhance your page to encourage more people to become a fan.

As I searched to find ways to engage my fans even more, I found a few Facebook Applications that I really like and wanted to share them with you.

1. Wildfire’s IFrames for Pages on Facebook –  Wildfire’s Iframe gives you the ability to create a custom landing page even if you are non-techie.  Since Facebook no longer supports the static FBML, this is a great alternative to design a unique welcome page for fans.

Free Webinar: The Keys to Effective Facebook Marketing

Are you interested in learning how to best use social media to build your business online? Would you like to discover the most effective techniques to get qualified leads and attract more clients using Facebook?

If you are ready to learn how to incorporate Facebook marketing into your business strategy, join me and Lavada Thompson of Gems Shine Consulting on July 31st  at 8:00pm EST for our FREE webinar as we share with you, The Keys to Effective Facebook Marketing.

During this 6o minute webinar, we will discuss invaluable information to help you begin to get the results you desire when using Facebook to generate leads and attract your ideal clients.

For all the details and to register, visit here

TheCEOMamma Top Tips for Social Media Marketers

Building an online business using primarily Social Media, has been the most effective way for me to establish my brand, generate qualified leads and increase sales, all while investing next to nothing, excluding my time.

Although Social Media Marketing is an easy way to gain exposure for your business, there are still rules and procedures that need to be adopted to assure a productive marketing experience.

I have compiled a list of my top posts in 3 sections, to help you understand and grasp the concept of marketing your business online using social media.

Networking – Building Professional Relationships

  1. How to Build Your Personal Brand on Social Networks
  2. How to Create Connections to Expand Your Social Media

3 Ways to Engage Your Facebook Fans

Since more small business owners are starting to see the value of having a Facebook Fan Page for their business, there seems to still be many who find it difficult to effectively use it to grow their business.

During our recent Twitter Party, one of our topic discussions was - How to better engage Facebook Fans. What many of the ladies shared was that they weren’t sure how to create interactions and entice participation with their fans.

What I shared was that your Fan Page is a community. Think of your community (Fan Page) as a way for people to come together in one place. Take it a step further and recognize that they are there to “discuss, share and learn”, about a particular topic of interest to THEM.

Why You Must Work at Building Your Facebook Following

If you are serious about building your business online and creating buzz for your business using Facebook, you have to accept the fact that you are going to have to work at building your following. Understand that just because you create a Fan Page or Page for your business, does not mean people will automatically follow you.

When consulting with new business owners, I find the most common mistake being made is creating a Fan Page without a purpose. Realize that your Fan Page is another marketing tool for your business which first requires planning a strategy to implement.

Before you jump right in and start a Fan Page because “it’s what everybody else is doing”…Determine Your Purpose.

5 Social Media Etiquette Tips: Mind Your Manners

I’ve been meaning to write a post on Social Media Etiquette for a while now because it seems like some people still don’t get it or flat out don’t know how to act. Just because we are ‘socializing’ online, does not give you the right to have your way with me… (you know what I mean!)

Believe me when I say, I have a laundry list of Social Media Do’s and Don’ts but the ones I will share with you today, are the ones that really need to be addressed.

5 Social Media Etiquette Tips

Do Not Friend Me to Spam Me. This happens most often on Facebook. I’m very picky when it comes to the ‘friends’ I accept, however, once in a while a Clever Claire charms her way through.

Business Blogging and Marketing Tips

Recently, I was invited to join a new, very active and interesting group for bloggers called: The Blogging Mastermind Comment Tribe on Facebook. I must say, within a short time the group is developing nicely and a bunch of great bloggers are sharing their awesome content.

There are only a few rules to adhere to the group. (1) Share a minimum of two blog posts per week and, (2) Read and comment on other members blog posts.

These simple yet effective rules are helping many of us generate more traffic to our blogs, grow our following and gain lots of exposure – all by sharing our content with others!

4 Reasons Why Small Businesses Can Benefit From Social Media

By: Sylvia Browder

In today’s business world, social media can’t be ignored.  By utilizing social media as a part of your marketing strategy is an obvious step towards growth of your business.  Social media is a great way to leverage your products or services. It is an easy and inexpensive way to connect to people around the world and an opportunity to make friends with people who have similar interests, find solutions to problems by collaborating with others, as well as attract clients that might need your products or services.

According to a recent survey on online social networking by the Institute for Corporate Productivity:

  • 65% of business professionals use some form of personal or professional social network

3 Simple Ways to Create Buzz for Your Business Using Your Blog

When I first decided to launch this blog at the end of 2009, I knew that my first priority was to reach as many people in my target audience as possible. Of course I had a clearly defined marketing plan laid out but my objective was to create some major “BUZZ” to reach my goal as quickly as possible.

The reason I created this blog was to have a designated “place” that promoted my various online business ventures which primarily consisted of affiliate programs. Even though this was my intention, my goal was NOT to make money in the beginning.

Confused? Let me break it down.