Archive for the ‘ Social Media ’ Category

Creating a Custom Landing Page in Facebook using ‘Static HTML’ Application

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

A Facebook landing page is the page you use on the welcome tab of a group or “like” on this social media network. It cannot be placed on an ordinary profile, needless to say. It’s the first thing you see when you go to a business Facebook page. It’s important to ...

Best Social Media Plugins for your WordPress Website

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Social media has become an important part of the internet life. So, it goes without saying, your website has to heavily integrate social media in its system to further engage visitors and get more views into your pages. WordPress has a number of social media plugins for such purpose. Here are ...

Advertising a Website Beyond Search Engines – What Are The Options

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Let’s say search engines didn’t exist. Do you think there are other ways to make your website known to the public? Of course! Internet advertising can include various methods and strategies to make your site known to many, particularly to your target audience. Here are some of your options to ...

Fan Page Risks: Handling Negative Comments on your Social Networking Page

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Social networking pages are essentially “fan pages” whether they’re labeled as such or not. They work in the same way blog works, where you gain “followers” who purportedly keep in touch with your and read all of your updates. When you’re managing a store, whether it’s online, brick-and-mortar, or both, ...

SPAM Alert: How to Conduct Social Media Marketing at a Distance

Friday, September 16th, 2011

The main point, really, is to recognize that the Internet is made up of social networking communities who are here to share information with one another. While this sharing culture is the perfect setting for online shops wishing to announce their main events, someone has to draw the line. When ...

Media Comparison: Social Networking Sites vs. E-Newsletters

Friday, August 26th, 2011

When it comes to online marketing, trends play a very big role. For example, when emails were the “in” thing, consumers saw a wide dissemination of electronic newsletters. Five to ten years later, the marketing flavors have changed. From banners and e-newsletters, we now have social networking pages, otherwise known ...

How to Keep Customers Interested through Fan Pages

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Small businesses need as much exposure as possible, and no matter how egoistic and aggressive it may seem, creating fan pages through social networking websites is always a good idea. Creating these pages is easy. You only have to choose an attractive profile photo (read: this is not necessarily your ...

The Principle behind Resource Sharing

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Let the copyright wars begin. Since the internet has started promulgating digital versions of what should have been copyrighted materials, all hell has broken loose. Artists, writers, singers, etc. claim to have lost more than half of their usual revenue because their goods are being distributed, digitally online. While some ...

Advantages of Adding Social Media Icons to your Website

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Whether you’re building an online store or maintaining a blog, it’s pretty trendy to add a set of social media icons to your website. The most common of them are Facebook, Twitter, Multiply. Sometimes, web designers also add a Flicker icon to link an online album of products or photo ...

Beyond Monetary Revenue: Social Media’s Real Value

Friday, April 1st, 2011

What happens when you bring college life online? You’re given social networking websites—multitudes of them. What happens when you bring commerce into the picture? Things flow naturally. Perhaps human beings are made to “market” their faces, skills, accomplishments, goods, etc. When you look at the social networking culture’s success, it’s ...

Setting up Shop within a Social Media

Friday, March 4th, 2011

One of the best ways to get your goods out there without paying for any sort of overhead is to make a social networking page for your store or services. The pioneers of social networking who valued the concept of a “sharing community” weren’t too comfortable with this idea a ...

The One-liner magic: Micro Blogging at its Finest

Friday, February 18th, 2011

A good way for online business owners to keep in touch with their clients is to put up social networking accounts. The most popular networks these days are Facebook and Twitter, and they allow account holders to shout out “news” to their contacts. These are 140 to 500 words of ...