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#TSU: Is There Really a Model to Let Social Media Users Earn by Being Social?

#TSU: Is There Really a Model to Let Social Media Users Earn by Being Social?

Oct 26, 2014

With the new neat social media network on the rise, I went ahead and asked my fellow MBU users what they think of its future. I was inspired by this article and given the (well-grounded) negativity in it, no wonder the discussion was geared against the startup. Now, I don’t really want to be ONLY negative here. TSU is already under hackers and...

Marketing In The Virtual World

Marketing In The Virtual World

Oct 23, 2014

Marketing in the virtual world is slowly but surely gaining up on marketing in the real world. Most companies are starting to see the importance of the Internet in modern business. Many have completely put their business on the Internet. With that Internet marketing is becoming one of the most important areas of business for any company. How do you do a...

How to Block Facebook Game Requests from Friends [Video tip]

How to Block Facebook Game Requests from Friends [Video tip]

Oct 20, 2014

So you’ve been invited (again) to play Candy Crush Saga! Great…another Facebook notification you care nothing about. Now, I know I’m not the only one that has friends who play Facebook games, and I have no problem with those who do. What I do have a problem with, is the constant notifications asking to help them “level up” or send them “gooey...

The Four Faces Of Leadership Excellence

The Four Faces Of Leadership Excellence

Oct 16, 2014

People are always fascinated by exceptional leadership, inspired by those who seem to rise out of the sea of everyday mediocrity with an ease most can never hope to attain. Most never get there because it takes a unique and strong combination of personas to be a great leader:  a visionary, a communicator, a motivator, and an achiever. A Virtual Visionary A...

Don’t Do This (and Lose Business)

Don’t Do This (and Lose Business)

Oct 1, 2014

If your website isn’t fully accessible and viewable on mobile devices, you are missing out on more than half of your opportunities to interact with potential readers and customers. In May of 2013, a PewInternet Research study found that 34% of cell internet users access websites mostly via their cell phones. By January of 2014, CNN declared that 55% of all...

Best Social Media Blog from Loyal Readers

Best Social Media Blog from Loyal Readers

Sep 29, 2014

There are so many social media blogs out there, yet we find ourselves going to our selected once again and again… Why have we picked those? Why we love reading them so much? Let’s try to figure out: The REAL feedback from the REAL readers! A. Cormac84 I must say that I like Heidi Cohen’s blog – simply because in the most part it’s a fluff free...

Framing Reality: An Entrepreneur’s Greatest Asset

Framing Reality: An Entrepreneur’s Greatest Asset

Sep 28, 2014

I have a startup superpower – a superhuman ability to find the reasons any startup idea will fail. It’s an ability I’ve honed through trial and error. Through dozens of failed projects. (My secondary superpower is the ability to come up with the absolute worst startup ideas on the planet.) Building a multi-sided marketplace? FAIL. Balancing...

Online Meetings and Web Conferences Show Your Personality

Online Meetings and Web Conferences Show Your Personality

Sep 10, 2014

Social media is only as effective as the content you have to share. Online meetings and web conferences are excellent ways of multiplying your time. Either can allow you to reach multiple people at once. Even better, you can record, edit and share them across social networks. Difference Between Online Meetings and Webinars Have you ever wondered why many webinar...

Best Pinterest Tools: Readers’ Roundup!

Best Pinterest Tools: Readers’ Roundup!

Aug 29, 2014

Pinterest is one of the newest, still mysterious for many, social media network. However it’s able to drive GREAT results in terms of conversions and traffic. In an effort to give you more ideas of how to leverage Pinterest, here are our contributors’ favorite tools (Awesome suggestions: I found quite a few to use myself!)! A. Adam Connell (Founder...