25 Sure Ways to Get Extra Mileage from Social Media Posts

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If you’ve been involved in internet marketing for any length of time, you probably have heard the expression, “Content is king.” What you may not know is who coined that expression. Bill Gates! Yep, the founder of Microsoft first mentioned it over 15 years ago in an article he wrote suggesting that content would drive online sales, just as it did for broadcasting.

Boy, was he right!

There’s another important component to content that you need to think about, and that’s creativity. You see, it’s not only important to write useful content for your blog or website that meets the needs of your prospects. In order to get the most mileage out of that content, you need to be creative about how to use it. That means creating a variety of social media posts to promote that content. The more channels on which you can spread your message, the more potential clients you will have for your small business.

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Why Mixing Business with Pleasure on Social Media is Risky

When was the last time you “Googled” your name or your company name?

Remember that anytime you engage in social media, whether for business or pleasure, you are leaving behind a digital footprint for your prospects and customers to find.

That means you should be careful about what you post online. If you get carried away on a particular issue, it could come back to bite you and hurt your brand!

In today’s podcast, I share some tips on how you can mix business with pleasure, and still be effective on social media.

You can listen to the episode above, or on iTunes or Stitcher (where I’d LOVE to get your reviews when you have a moment.)

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5 Tools to Improve Your Video Marketing Results [PODCAST]

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If you want to add video to your marketing mix, it’s really as simple as picking up your smartphone and pressing the record button! Then, you just have to upload the video to your website, YouTube and/or Facebook!

But if you really want to improve your video marketing results, you may want to try out some of the free and paid online tools that are available. Some of these tools will help you to engage with your audience in a more powerful way, so you can convert those viewers into customers.

In today’s podcast episode, I describe some video marketing tools that I’ve used in my business.


You can listen to the episode above, or on iTunes or Stitcher (where I’d LOVE to get your reviews when you have a moment.)

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How to Manage a Social Media Crisis on Twitter [PODCAST]

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Twitter can be an awesome marketing tool for small businesses. But it can all fall apart in an instant when an errant tweet either by one of your team, a disgruntled customer or some other person causes a full-blown social media crisis.

In today’s podcast episode, I share some tips from an infographic ActOn Software put together that describes how you can manage a social media crisis on Twitter.


You can listen to the episode above, or on iTunes or Stitcher (where I’d LOVE to get your reviews when you have a moment.)

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