Black Friday Boasts $595 Million in U.S. Online Holiday Spending, Up 11 Percent Versus Year Ago - How did Social Media have a hand in that? Well, here are some drastic ways.
Last year I registered at www.blackfriday.com to get emails about all the great black Friday deals. As the day grew near again in 2009, [...]

Here’s a great review of a study that came out in 2009, indicating that companies engaging in social media have higher financial performance. Hubspot did such a great job discussing the study, I thought I would simply share it as it is with my readers.  Enjoy!
Companies Engaging in Social Media Have Higher Financial Performance.

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Www.Newsvine.com is not just another article marketing site, it’s a news-marketing site that combines top headlined news articles with user-contributed stories for a great mix of informative information. As a user, you can do three basic things: vote and rate existing articles, add your own articles from professional media sources [...]

It looks like “Project Retweet” is well on its way to becoming a reality. The official ‘Twitter Retweet’ rollout started last week and I was lucky enough to be an early beta user. When I first heard about the new feature I thought, finally. After seeing it in action, I’m just ecstatic.
The big difference is [...]

So the Holidays are here again and all of us folks over 30 are wondering where the year has gone while our kids can’t believe there is still 30 days until Christmas. One thing is for sure, most of us are not done with our Christmas shopping yet, and many of us haven’t even started. [...]

I probably get asked 3 to 4 times a week what the difference between a Facebook group and Fan Page is. Should I set up one or both? So I thought a quick note to the world (or at least those who read this blog) would be helpful to demystify the differences.

Wow, I’m out sick for a few days and BANG… LinkedIn is now integrated with Twitter. Oh - the social love.
This is great news for those business-to-business professionals that want to integrate their tweets with their professional identity. So how does this work with Twitter?
Through Twitter - use #in or #ln in your status updates [...]

Big business? Small business? Organizations are doing fantastic things with Twitter. Whether it is brand building, customer outreach or driving sales, Twitter is just one of the many social media tools that are helping businesses connect directly with people in ways that weren’t possible before.
For those that are brand new to Twitter, getting an account [...]

If you’re trying to find a solution for sharing photo galleries on your website, I might have found your solution. Plogger is a free, open source photo gallery system that allows for sleek, simple viewing of your photo galleries.
Plogger says its “the next generation in open source photo gallery systems” and boasts that it lacks [...]

As with most general article marketing strategies, it is the aggregate value of a number of articles that make a big impact on traffic to your website. Hubpages is not different. Similar to creating a Squidoo lens, creating a “Hub” is a way to aggregate your content in a way that others can easily find [...]