by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice, Social Media |
Twitter boasts over 140 million active users who produce over 340 million Tweets per day. Certainly, Twitter has established itself as a major force in the social media universe and major brands agree as 77% of marketers listed Twitter as one of their top three priority social platforms. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice, Social Media |
Are you a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) or otherwise responsible for your company's inbound marketing? Here's an infographic that could prove very helpful to your efforts to get the job done right! Take a close look at the information contained in this infographic which provides a lot of great information in a very concise, easy to read format. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Social Media
Thinking about building your own blog? There are many different options out there and this post is going to focus on two of them: WordPress.com and WordPress.org. WordPress.com is hosted by Automattic, the team that developed WordPress. WordPress.org is the self-hosted version of WordPress and the version “The Fried Side uses.” Though similar, you should be aware of the differences before deciding which way to go. Making the right choice for you in the beginning can go a long way toward making your life easier in the long run. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice, Social Media |

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Ever wondered about tweets containing words with the “#” symbol in front of them? This hashtag symbol causes Twitter to organically categorize the tweet, along with any other tweet containing the exact same hashtag. In some ways, use of the hashtag is similar to adding a tag to a blog post. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice, Social Media
LinkedIn rolled out two new targeting and analytics products aimed at helping companies leverage the LinkedIn users following them. (more…)