Apr 24, 2012

As a business owner, it’s your job to grow your business without spending a fortune. That’s why, if you’re running a PPC ad campaign, you would ideally like to increase your clicks while you decrease your ad spend. You probably already know that a successful ad campaign consists of two things: The amount of clicks your ad gets And, the cost you get back...

Apr 23, 2012

Since LinkedIn displays so much personal information, many new users have privacy concerns. The continual hype about the threat of identity theft only makes it worse. The truth is, a great deal of what goes onto a LinkedIn profile is a matter of public record. Where you live, telephone numbers, jobs, education, are all easily discovered with simple Google...

Apr 20, 2012

Facebook is easily the most popular social network, and even users who have very little formal computer training know how to access their news feed, send a message, and search for long lost friends. Mark Zuckerberg’s simple application has become known for breaking demographic barriers to the extreme; whether you’re 18 or 80, the heavily praised interface...

Apr 19, 2012

I have been marketing my articles on Twitter since July 03, 2008. In that time, I’ve gathered approximately 32,000 followers and I’ve Tweeted about business, sports, having babies, writing tips, social media, marketing, Twitter itself and loads of other things that are of special interest to both me and my followers.   I’ve also been managing Twitter...

Apr 18, 2012

  Special Gift for Readers! As a special gift to readers at Social Media Sun, we’re offering the full E-Book “How to Attract Guest Bloggers” by Adam Justice in .PDF format for free download. Not only are we giving every reader a free copy of the E-book, but we’re also granting you special rights, to give the E-Book to the readers of...

Apr 16, 2012

BufferApp is a fantastic tool to schedule tweets and help you manage the content that you put out to your Twitter stream. It also works for Facebook, and now LinkedIn as well. Not only does it allow you to simultaneously post to both places, it also helps you schedule these messages to go at just the right time of the day to have the full effect you...

Apr 13, 2012

Twitter announced last week that they planned to tighten restrictions on spamming and automation. Normally this is publicly considered good news by everyone affected, but there have been several bloggers and pundits denounce the move. Instead of increasing penalties or targeting the actual spammers, Twitter has filed lawsuits against five 3rd party developers...

Apr 12, 2012

Is your marketing suffering from a loss of inspiration? Do you feel you’ve stalled in your attempt at social media marketing? Do you feel it’s a waste of time, and it’s not getting you anywhere? Are you inwardly growling at the person who suggested it to you or pushed you into trying it? Do you feel frustrated that it’s not working for...

Apr 11, 2012

Radio and social media are often referred to (with no hard feelings here!) as old media and new media. While the words “old” and “new” create an image of opposites, radio and social media share common ground.   As a medium, radio has always had immediacy on its side. Until the emergence of social media, no other medium was able to react as quickly...