by sunnysideadmin | Apr 9, 2012 | Marketing, Pinterest, Reputation Management, Social Media
Pinterest is now the third most popular social media network. Are you surprised? I’m not. It’s helping retailers (especially e-commerce ones), growing among the male population, and extremely addicting. For some businesses, it’s the leading referring...
by sunnysideadmin | Apr 2, 2012 | Facebook, Marketing, Reputation Management, Social Media, Twitter
More and more brands are using social media to promote and grow their business. Small businesses that don’t have an advertising budget can easily hop on the online networks to give away valuable goods that require little out-of-pocket cost for them. So, how can...
by sunnysideadmin | Mar 26, 2012 | Facebook, Marketing, Reputation Management, Social Media, Twitter
There are countless ways to be active in social. But, there aren’t enough hours in the day, so here are some quick tips for ya: Facebook 1. Engage with fans at least a few times a week. After several weeks, check analytics for premium posting times and schedule...
by sunnysideadmin | Mar 18, 2012 | Marketing, Reputation Management, Social Media, Twitter
I guess it’s fairly clear by all of my previous posts how much I value Twitter. You’d think I was an addict, monitoring my stream all the time. I normally spend about 20 minutes a day tweeting, retweeting, replying to tweets, following new people, etc. I...
by sunnysideadmin | Mar 11, 2012 | Social Media, Yelp
Yelp is a major problem for many small business owners, and consequently, a complete pain in my butt. Don’t get me wrong, Yelp is great in that it obviously helps users search and find service-based businesses that meet their standard of quality. I check it all the...
by sunnysideadmin | Mar 4, 2012 | Marketing, Social Media, Twitter
Last week I discussed how Twitter brought small businesses in a community together to support a worthy cause: The Wellness Initiative. In case you didn’t get a chance to read it, here’s the scoop: Saxy’s, a local coffee shop, went out of business....