by Brad Friedman | Social Media
This Guest Post is written by The LinkedIn Rock Star himself, Mike O'Neil
It starts with about 200 schools and my alma mater, Arizona State University, is one of them. The school already has over 180,000 “followers” on the company page and that includes me.
The opportunity for Universities, who already have company pages, to have an academic presence on LinkedIn is a huge benefit, not only for the university, but for LinkedIn to continue the uptick in attraction to faculty and students… (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Social Media
This week's Guest Post is written by Anny Solway, a writer at ThemeFuse. She likes to discover new ideas about internet marketing, social media and blogging.
The rise of social media has led to many opportunities for small businesses to reach consumers directly. With a professional website done with any number of WordPress themes combined with social media, a business is going to get maximum value from their web presence. Because these social media pages allow a business to show their personality and relay an unfiltered message directly to consumers, it can be a great way to produce brand loyalty and reinforce bonds between the business and existing customers while fostering new relationships. Some tools exists that can help make your social media marketing campaign a bit easier to run while making your sites look their best, enticing customers visually and with great content. (more…)
by Katie Komnenich | Social Media
Recently in the news there was a lot of talk about a smart phone that was on its' way to setting the largest crowd funding record ever. The smartphone is called the Unbuntu Edge, and its’ campaign raised nearly $12.8 million. The device that previous held the record for the largest crowd funding record was The Pebble Watch Campaign. The Pebble Watch campaign was ran by Kickstarter, and the product was a smartwatch that raised close to 10.3 million in funding. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice, Social Media
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by Katie Komnenich | Social Media
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…)
Recently in the news there was a lot of talk about a smart phone that was on its' way to setting the largest crowd funding record ever. The smartphone is called the Unbuntu Edge, and its’ campaign raised nearly $12.8 million. The device that previous held the record for the largest crowd funding record was The Pebble Watch Campaign. The Pebble Watch campaign was ran by Kickstarter, and the product was a smartwatch that raised close to 10.3 million in funding. 
