This past May, Google announced the new layout of Gmail. Considering the fact that Google has 425 million active users, I’d be willing to bet that this change has effected some of you! In this new layout, email messages are automatically filtered into five different categories. (more…)
Pinterest is worth $2 billion and has an estimated 25 million users, most of which are Female. Marketers are discovering Pinterest is a social media outlet that can be used for many Businesses, especially more visual ones. I have a hard time thinking of ways that an accountant, insurance agent, or attorney could use Pinterest, but for more visual businesses, such as photography, advertising, restaurants and design firms, this social media site could be quite useful. (more…)
I’ve recently started to understand how hashtags work on different social media sites. It seems the more I learn, the more I realize how useful these hashtags can be. More and more non profit and charity organizations are able to start hashtags that trend online allowing them to effectively spread the word quickly about a cause they are promoting. (more…)
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This is a Guest Post written by Allison Rice, Marketing Director for Amsterdam Printing and Google+ Power User. Allison regularly contributes to the Promo & Marketing Wall blog, where she provides actionable business tips.
Why does your company use social media? It's so you can be found more easily by the casual searcher looking for your type of services, right? Sure, there are the added benefits of keeping your customer base up to date on specials, bringing them in with web-only coupons and reaching their friends through shared links and posts. (more…)
Last Tuesday Hacktivists supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad allegedly hacked Twitter accounts belonging to NPR and CBS. Once in, they tweeted that bombs had exploded at the White House and President Obama was injured. (more…)
