There are Billions of Social Media Users, but…

Tons of People

… you should only care about the ones that can buy from you.

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Microsoft Bombs on Twitter

Wikimotive Xbox

Adam Orth is one of the creative directors at Microsoft studios. He’s not the top of the chain, but he IS important, and he should be aware that his words have weight. Unfortunately (for Microsoft and his own career) he performed a major faux pas on Twitter last night. Let’s take a look at what he did and investigate how your small business SEO can learn from the mistakes of one of the biggest companies in the world.
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New Twitter Advertising Rules – Some Tweets Illegal!

Wikimotive Twitter FTC

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released their newest .com disclosure guidelines, the first new release since the year 2000. It takes them a long, long time to update this document, and they never really say anything all that groundbreaking. The general message is that the same guidelines that apply to traditional advertising mediums apply to the net, so your affordable SEO company is safe. There is only one piece of really noticeable news that jumped out to people so far, and that pertains to Twitter.

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Photo Pages are Website Content That Keep Giving on Search and Social

Photo Pages

Experts can offer whatever reasoning they want about why sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest became successful, but at the end of the day it’s a no-brainer that they turned pictures into the ultimate addictive hook to their sites and apps. We are visualizing creatures. We love to see things more than we love to read about them.

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Seven Easy Ways To Expand Your Business With Twitter

Business Expansion

If you’re not using Twitter to market your business, you’re missing out. It provides a high amount of value 140 characters at a time.

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Give People a Reason to Follow Your Social Media While at the Store

Carnival Stuffed Animals

Social media icons and signs that say “Like us on Facebook” or “Follow us on Twitter” aren’t nearly as common in brick and mortar stores today as they were a couple of years ago. Many companies who tried to make it work (or are still trying) found that the presence of signs didn’t do much to improve their following.

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Twitter says Goodbye Te’o: How to Avoid Irresponsible Tweeting

Manti Te’o

It is official. Te’o is quitting Twitter.

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10 Twitter Essentials Every Beginner Needs to Know

Twitter Birds

by SocialMarketingFella (for Twiends)

You just wrapped up watching the Super Bowl commercials when your uncle asks, “What’s this ‘pound’ Safe Guard stuff all about?” Uh-oh, he’s asking about Twitter.

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Use Hashtags Instead of Social Icons on Ads

Space Babies

If you ever want a crash course on the latest social media studies but don’t want to spend the money to do them yourself, just watch the Super Bowl. You have to assume that if companies are spending millions to produce and distribute 30 second spots for the big game, they’re going to research what’s working today.

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