Online Communities

If You’re New to Blogging, Try a Blog Carnival – Here’s How

by Ivana Taylor September 9, 2011
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This post originally appeared on Strategy Stew — because that’s the blog that attracted the #WordCarnival host, Tea Silvestre.  I’m posting here because I’d like you to consider doing something similar in your industry.  Blog carnivals aren’t just for bloggers – this is a truly creative way to engage other thought leaders in your industry [...]

How to Use Involver to Drive Web Traffic to Your Facebook Page

by Martina Iring August 1, 2011
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Involver is an easy to use Facebook Tab Tool that integrates social media channels into your Facebook page I visit a lot of Facebook business pages. I’m always poking around, checking out different small businesses, liking and commenting. That’s part of what being an internet marketer is all about. In many cases, the Facebook page [...]

Join the #BBSMBchat About #SMBInfluencer Awards

by Ivana Taylor July 22, 2011
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On Monday July 25, 2011 between 7:00pm and 8:00pm ET there’s going to be a Tweet Chat about the SMBInfluencer Awards. What are the SMBInlfuencer Awards? The small business space has become increasingly crowded and overwhelming.  Even if you troll around the small business internet space, it’s unbelievably easy to be confused about who is [...]

Create a Facebook Fan Page Tab in 30 Minutes!

by Ivana Taylor April 17, 2011
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Are you getting the most from your Facebook Fan Page?  If you’re an industrial business, you may not even think you NEED a Facebook Fan Page.  I’ll simply say that you do.  Now that the population of Facebook users is over 650 million.  If it were a country, it would be the third-most populated country [...]

Use the Hashtag For Tweet Up, Tweet Chat, Twitter Discussions, Meetings and Brainstorms

by Ivana Taylor March 25, 2009

Image by otherthings via Flickr Have You Seen The Hashtags? (it looks like a number sign or the pound key) If you’ve been using Twitter lately, you may have noticed tweets with hashtags in them.  They look something like this: #sbbuzz, #DIYMKTG, #brandchat, etc.  Don’t be alarmed, there’s nothing wrong with your computer. The Birth [...]

How to Develop a Policy for How You Will Interact with Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and other Social Media Tools

by Ivana Taylor February 11, 2009

My @DIYMarketers Twitter account has been acting up.  And in my troubleshooting journey I discovered something BRILLIANT: A Twitter Policy. My Twitter account hasn’t been sending me e-mails about the people who are following me.  In the process, I decided to go and search out some new people to follow and see if I get [...]