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Social Media for you and your business

Posted by Bruce Wade on Sunday, May 8, 2011, In : Social Media

This month we are running a series of Social Media workshops for business owners. This has been refreshing to see how enthusiastic people are about getting on the web and promoting both themselves and their businesses. This week we looked at personal profiles and how to have a strategic profile on the web that would stand alongside and compliment your business profile. Next workshop we will dive into the Sales Funnel strategy and look at building an online environment that will grow your busi...

Rules of Social Media Engagement

Posted by Bruce Wade on Thursday, October 14, 2010, In : Social Media

When you run your own business and offer a service to others you move yourself into a space that is open for public scrutiny. This is no more evident than on the various social media platforms. People do business with people; most do not see you as a logo or an advert seen on TV. People to People business is what we have become accustomed to and often demand, this allows to have a name and a face to put together with the product or service.

How then do you need to change your social media a...

The 5 C’s of online Success

Posted by Bruce Wade on Saturday, October 9, 2010, In : Social Media

When putting all your online strategies together it is important to always remember your ultimate goal: To start and continue profitable conversations. But this is never as easy as it may seem, so lets break it down into 5 simple steps, what I call the 5 C’s of online success.

Capture – You need to capture the information of those who have visited your site or online platform. At least their first name and some form of communication, either their email address of cell number.

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Rev up your FaceBook Fan Page

Posted by Bruce Wade on Friday, October 1, 2010, In : Social Media

For those of you do not yet have a Facebook Fan page for your business – get with the programme and get one today. Now!

For those who have one and do not yet have a customized landing page for new visitors, check out what can be easily done with a few clicks and calls. A simple and easy welcome page will direct readers to like you and give them some meaningful information about what you do and how it is done. See our one here or Frenske’s Photography here

It is becoming the expected wa...

What does your website 'say' to your customers

Posted by Bruce Wade on Monday, September 20, 2010, In : Social Media

When drafting Copy for a web page, it is a constant struggle not to speak at your reader rather than speak with them. I have constantly had to rewrite my own and our members copy to try to get this right. This short video hits the nail on the head.
Enjoy.

Social Media in SA, Are you online?

Posted by Bruce Wade on Sunday, September 5, 2010, In : Social Media

This great video by one of our EI Associates, Abigail from Learn Social Media Today - Enjoy!

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Retweet me now – an exercise in Social Media

Posted by Bruce Wade on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, In : Social Media

How long does it take to get retweeted or mentioned on Twitter 1 000 000 times. As an experiment for this post, please retweet or mention it on your twitter or DM it to your followers and let’s see how long it take to get to some mile stones of 1 000 to 1 000 000.

I will monitor it on search.twitter and post results tomorrow.

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