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by Doug Stewart on March 5, 2010
The following is a presentation prepared for Ignite Tulsa #2. It talks about how small businesses are using social media effectively. For more details on what the businesses highlighted in the presentation are doing right see: Interview with Troy Vosseller: Example of a Small Business Using Twitter Right 47% Traffic Spike to Travel Agency Website [...]
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by Doug Stewart on February 17, 2010
I built my first website back in 1998. Back then I worked for an IBM Business Partner selling printers. As a commissioned salesperson good, quality leads were extremely important to me. And the company’s website wasn’t bringing in any leads. No one could find the company website on the search engines until
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by Doug Stewart on February 10, 2010
Today’s interview is with Troy Vossoller, owner of Sconnie.com. As you listen to today’s interview you’ll hear Scott’s answers to the following
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by Doug Stewart on January 13, 2010
Important comments about getting in Google Real-Time or Live Search results: 1 – Google’s real-time search features regional/local Twitter users 2 – Some Twitter users featured in Google’s live search had less than 100 followers 3 – Twitter user’s featured actively tweeted. They usually had over 200 tweets Leave a comment if you found this video helpful or [...]
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by Doug Stewart on January 11, 2010
Two e-commerce websites that use Facebook fan pages effectively are The Popcorn Factory and 1-800-Flowers. Today the Popcorn Factory has
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by Doug Stewart on January 7, 2010
On The Bloggers’ Bulletin I recently wrote about using Facebook and your blog to promote your small business. Here is what someone asked after the post: QUESTION: “I’ve had the blog link to my Facebook page for awhile, but I never thought of starting a Facebook Biz page for my blog. If my blog is already linking to my [...]
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by Doug Stewart on January 1, 2010
If you weren’t paying attention in 2009 you might have missed these major shifts in how the internet is being used. This month we’re giving you information about how you can use these new trends to grow your business in 2010. Stay tuned for blog posts this month about: Do you know anyone using Facebook [...]
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by Doug Stewart on December 30, 2009
EXAMPLE #1. Shoebox.com gave 2 flip mino’s away in February of 2009. In exchange they got 2,000 new Twitter followers in 2 days. A Flip UltraHD Camcorderis only $139 on Amazon. Would you invest less than $300 to get 2,000 new Twitter followers? It worked for Shoemoney.com. Here are three reasons why this contest worked: 1 – Twitter users [...]
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by Doug Stewart on December 15, 2009
Want to know what you’ll get in return for the time and money invested in your social media presence? Watch the video
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by Doug Stewart on November 6, 2009
Yesterday I interviewed Nicole Nascenzi, journalist and PR coordinator for Rogers State University. In the interview Nicole talks about how she doubled traffic to Rogers State’s website during the 2008 holiday season. If you’re a small business owner, stop what you’re doing now. Grab a pen and paper. Listen to the interview below and write down the ideas you can use now to increase your [...]
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