Jan 23, 2015

Recent data has shown that businesses that blog generate up to 126% more leads and up to 97% more inbound links compared to businesses that do not blog. Whether for individual reasons or corporate reasons, having a blog for your business will always go a long way to help. Here are some notable examples that show how important blogging can be both for businesses...

Jan 12, 2015

When it comes to business, social media can be more of a struggle than many people may think. Sure, it is easy to post photos, updates, and news for your personal life. But, in business it is much different. You must create engaging Facebook posts, interesting or interactive Twitter tweets, and eye-catching Pinterest images all to further your business...

Nov 14, 2014

Have access to LinkedIn’s new Publishing platform and want to learn how to get the best bang for your buck? This infographic, a collaboration between Paul Shapiro of Search Wilderness, OkDork, and Top Dog Social Media, highlights the top 10 ways to get your writing seen by the LinkedIn audience by using their new blogging feature. The research analyzed 3,000...

Nov 13, 2014

Are mobile and video marketing leaving you behind? Globally, IP video traffic will be 79 percent of all consumer Internet traffic in 2018, up from 66 percent in 2013 according to Cisco. Video is essential for online success and webinars are an easy way to create popular video content. What is your target audience searching for? Are you delivering it in a...

Nov 10, 2014

The realm of social media has evolved quite a bit over the last decade. It is now the place to be on the Internet for reconnecting, networking, marketing, news, and even entertainment. Whether you are a heavy social media user or a light one, it is likely that social media has sucked you in via one of these five reasons. I believe that they are all in their own...

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...

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...

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...

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...