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Summer Vacation
Social media is a constant, 24 hours a day medium. It never stops. So when it comes to marketing via social media, you can’t stop either. Or can you?
It’s now mid August, school is about to start (for us on Monday) and I have 4 teenagers and a husband who travels regularly for work overseas. My social media efforts have no doubt been lacking the last 2 weeks and this week especially. In fact I have not been on the computer in 2 1/2 days with the exception of my iPhone, and thank heavens for THAT little piece of technology!
I didn’t even go on vacation this summer!
My point is…Well, I don’t really have a point actually but things will be back to normal on Monday, thank goodness! It’s hard to blog, video blog, and play on Facebook and Twitter when I have kids running around screaming their heads off. Oh that’s right, I’m not suppose to let them act like that….well, I’m out numbered. That’s my story and I’m stickin to it!
See ya next week! 
20 Places You and Your Business Should Be Listed On The Web In 2011
Earlier this year I wrote a blog about sprouting legs so Google can find you and if you haven’t read it, please do so here. The point of that blog and this blog for that matter is to help you get noticed by Google. SEO practices, pictures and videos, and good content help Google, or new customers, to find you but you also need to be everywhere you possibly can be. While most businesses may have a website and hopefully have a Facebook page, that is only a couple of places for Google to reach out and find you. However, if you are listed in 20 different places, guess who begins to rank higher on Google? You, hence the term web crawling! It’s no secret what these sites are, you just have to look for them, but they can be a bit time consuming. That’s where I step in. One of the services I offer to business owners is a set up package which sets them up on about 15+ different online platforms. But today the list will be given to you FREE OF CHARGE, you just have to invest your time. Have fun! Now go sprout some legs and start running…you never know who is chasing you!
- Facebook Business Page – Make sure you set this up correctly and NOT as a personal profile page for your business
- Twitter Account - Yes, it’s a must.
- Yelp.com – A user review site
- LinkedIn – A social place for business, upload your resume, make business contacts, and post your bio
- Blog – WordPress is the best. You don’t need to be a writer to blog, but use it for informational purposes, write articles, etc.
- Four Square – A geolocation service that uses the GPS system in your phone to tell where you are located (store, restaurant, movies, etc) and you “check in” at these locations. Foursquare will post this info on your Facebook and Twitter accounts. This is FREE advertising for these businesses if used properly.
- Website – Everyone in business needs a website
- YouTube – Never thought your small business could afford a commercial? Create your own commercials with a video camera, upload it to your own YouTube channel and ‘Broadcast Yourself’. You can also start your own vlog!
- Flickr – A social site to share pictures and videos
- Yellow Book Pages – Directory
- Google Places – Directory
- DMOZ – Directory
- Yahoo City Local – Directory
- Manta – Directory
- Bing - Directory
- About.Me
- Empire Avenue - Buy stock in yourself and others, all for fun!
- Google + - Google’s answer to Facebook
- Letslunch.com – Great face-to-face networking tool still in the infant stages
- Pinterest – A virtual pin board that is the 3rd largest social media site to date!
What is a Vlog and how do you do it?
I think one of the first times I ever really heard of or paid any attention to a vlog was the infamous Chris Crocker’s “Leave Brtiney Alone” video, remember that?
It’s one thing to write about whatever in a blog, but it’s a whole different world when you put it to video, so I gave it a try. Now I have a pretty thick skin, so you probably won’t hurt my feelings, however I have to say it was a little intimidating. You really do put yourself, and your personality, out there. Your sitting there, talking to yourself and you feel really, really stupid and the whole time you are thinking, “I hope I don’t sound really really stupid”.
So here is my first vlog. Laugh, cry, point, make fun of, tease, whatever…just make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel at the end. And don’t forget to make me go viral on Facebook and Twitter like this talking dog that I have to watch on a daily basis or “Blood” or my favorite, the “Charlie bit my finger” kid.
Till next time…
