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This infographic, courtesy of the Search Engine Journal, depicts the growth of social media. It’s 2011 and social media is still picking up steam.
Growth in social media is increasing in all age groups. Even granny gets her Facebook on.
Source: The Growth of Social Media: An Infographic
Tom Guard
If you use social media to promote your business or website, there is a free Facebook contest application that needs beta testers. This only for a short time so check it out.
In order to run a successful contest on Facebook, you need to have a good application. There are a lot of applications out there that actually cost much money, but you can check this Facebook application out for free. Most other solutions for running contests within social media are crazy expensive.
Contests on Facebook are a great way to take your company or website to the next level. All it takes is one person to share your contest and you have 1000′s of friends within days. Contest marketing is one of the best ways to get the most fans or likes on your Facebook page. If you give something of value away as a prize more people are likely to join your contest and send it flying across in the internet virally.
This app is for your Facebook fan or like pages and not for your personal page. It will connect to your personal page if you become your own contestant in your Facebook Contest.
Drop me a comment if you have tired it and liked it.
Check out the Facebook Contest App Video.
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How to have a contest on Facebook successfully
Tom Guard
Why should cities use social media?
Why Should Local Government Use Twitter?
I know what you are thinking. Twitter is a big hype and it’s boring. Actually most people who think it’s a waste of time and money really need to get with the times.
How to use social media in government.
See, Twitter is real-time. By real-time I mean that I could post a road closure on my Twitter account and it could get to over 1500 people in a matter of seconds. Those people that have the text message feature turned on when I send a Tweet would get that road closure on their phone. (Are you getting the idea yet?)
How long and how costly would it take to send out a newsletter about a road closure or a festival going on in your city?
Every state and municipality should have an official Twitter profile. It saves time and money.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Yesterday I built a Twitter page where people can track hurricanes, get information about evacuations, find fuel stations that have gasoline for generators and learn about hurricane safety. That’s just a few things this new Twitter profile will do. I’m not even finished with it.
I know how to make a Twitter page post emergency information automatically without using a human to post it in case of an evacuation.
If you or your city would be interested in knowing more about Twitter comment below.
From the Cleveland Social Media Expert.
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Don’t fall into the trap of buying a QR code for your business unless you want it professionally branded. If you want a professionally branded QR code than you will have to pay for it.
QR Codes are free. The patent is owned by Denso Wave and they have chosen not to exercise the rights on their patent. The term QR code itself is a registered trademark of Denso Wave Incorporated.[10]
Here are a few sites you can use to generate a free QR codes for your business.
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
http://www.qrstuff.com/
http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/
http://www.sparqcode.com/static/maestro
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How To Run A Business Like It’s 1999
Personally, I have seen businesses run with the 1999 mentality. It’s pretty sickening to think that a business isn’t using social media, blogs or mobile to push their business to the next level. (This is actually suppose to be a funny post.)
Today while driving down the road, I happened to hear the song “Party like
Google 1999
it’s 1999″ on the radio. I thought instantly how some businesses still have a 1999 business model or 1999 mentality.
So if you want to run your business like it’s 1999, here are a few ways you can keep the 1999 vibe going in your company.
What can you add to this list? Leave some creative comments below. I would love to hear your 1999 internet stories.
Tom Guard
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