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3 Cool Keyboard Shortcut Guides for Twitter, Facebook, and Google+

cyrus — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:35:27 +0000

Many of us spend hours on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ on a daily basis. These sites have easy to navigate user interfaces. But you could get a more convenient experience on them by using the shortcut keys available for them. These 3 guides show you how you can use keyboard shortcuts to get things done on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+:

Google+ Shortcut Keys: covers the basic shortcut keys available for Google+. You can use this to navigate through Google+ posts and do all kinds of other neat things faster.

Twitter Shortcuts: covers the key combinations you can use to create a new tweet, retweet posts, and do a whole lot more.

Keyboard shortcuts for Facebook: this guide shows you what shortcut keys to use to navigate through Facebook pages.

If you like using shortcut keys to get things done on top social networks, the above guides can more than help.

5 Tips To Get Started with Pinterest for Business

cyrus — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:12:01 +0000

Most businesses are now serious about using Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to generate leads and traffic for their websites. But those are not the only sites you should concern yourself with. Pinterest is an exciting community that is growing fast and can provide your business with that extra push it would need to get to the next level.

Not everyone has had a chance to use Pinterest for business already. Here are 5 steps you should take to position your business for success on Pinterest:

Build a complete profile: Pinterest is not an open community at the time of this writing. You should take time to get in line so you can create a Pinterest account as soon as possible. Once you have joined the community, you should put some effort into building a complete profile. That includes adding your website and Twitter/Facebook information to your account.

Manage your interests: Pinterest is all about saving interesting content to your account. You should take time to manage your boards and interests in an organized fashion.

Add Pinterest to your website: that includes adding your profile link and a Pin It button to your website. If you have a ton of engaging images on your website, adding a Pin It button could encourage your visitors to share your content on Pinterst. The traffic could be significant if you play your cards right.

Connect with others: just like Twitter and Facebook, Pinterest is a social network. That means you should try to connect with others and participate in the community. Liking and sharing other people’s work is a must. You can also comment on the posts that interest you.

Optimize images for Pinterest community: this is the most important part. If you want to get pins and more traffic from Pinterest, you must have images that are optimized for this community. So paying attention to what is working others is very important.

Pinterest has a lot of potential. It can serve as yet another source of traffic for your business. You certainly can’t afford to ignore it if you want to gain an edge over your competitors.

Why You Should Be on Pinterest (smoabc.com)
6 Ways Brands Can Rock Pinterest (socialtimes.com)

3 Decent Google+ Stat Tools You Should Try

cyrus — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:02:11 +0000

Just like any other top social network, Google+ has the potential to bring a lot of leads and business your way if used the right way. You not only have to come up with a decent strategy, you should also analyze your results and keep track of your stats. These 3 Google+ stat tools can more than help:

Social Statistics: a nice tool to use to find out more about the top players on Google+ (people and companies). It shows you the top movers in this community as well as your own stats.

CircleCount.com: shows you popular individuals and pages on Google+. Keeps track of # of followers, latest posts, and comment/+1/reshare stats. It also has some useful information on G+ demographics.

Pluss.es: turns your Google+ updates into a blog. It is not a classic stat tool but makes tracking the progress your posts have made easier.

Being serious about Google+ is more than just opening an account and adding a few posts here and there. You need to add valuable content, engage others, follow a coherent strategy, and keep track of your stats. The above tools could help you do those.

5 Tools To Schedule Tweets Ahead of Time

cyrus — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:30:53 +0000

Building an impressive following online on Twitter and Facebook takes time and effort. Businesses need to have clear content and social media strategies to get the most out of their marketing efforts. Business owners may not have the time or resources to be active on Twitter and Facebook all day. There are tools they can use to automate some of their work. Here are 5 tools you can use to schedule tweets ahead of time:

HootSuite: one of the best social media clients you can buy. You can not only use it to manage your tweets but also your Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social profiles.

Buffer: one of the most exciting social media management tools around. It lets you add the interesting stories you find to your buffer and have them shared on Twitter and Facebook throughout your days.

Social Oomph: this tool lets you schedule your tweets, track your keywords, manage your followers, and handle your DMs.

Twitter Feed: one of the oldest Twitter tools around. It allows you to add your favorite RSS feeds and have them posted every few hours. This is helpful if you want to schedule new tweets without you having to do much other than feeding it a few RSS feeds.

Timely: Timely lets you publish your tweets to your timeline at the right time. Just add your tweets and these guys will find the best time slots for them.

You don’t want to reschedule all your tweets but doing it once in a while is not a bad idea. It can reduce your load and maximize the effects of your tweets. The above tools let you schedule your tweets in a painless fashion.

3 WP Plugins To Connect Your Site to Google+, Facebook, and Twitter

cyrus — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:58:42 +0000

Many businesses use WordPress to run their websites. WordPress is a very powerful platform to use for your website. It is free too, which always helps. If you are planning to allow people to register for accounts on your site, you need to make the process easier for them. One way to do that is by letting them register and sign in to their accounts on your site using their Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ credentials.

You do not have to spend a lot of time going through the APIs for the above sites to integrate them into your site. These 3 WordPress plugins handle the job very well:

WP Google Plus Connect: connects your website directly to Google+. It also lets your visitors sign up and log on to your website quickly.

Facebook Connect: lets you bring your Facebook community to your website. It automatically publishes your new posts to Facebook. It also enables commenting using Facebook credentials. This plugin supports Facebook’s social plugin. Your visitors can use this to log on to your website using their Facebook account.

Simple Twitter Connect: this plugin adds Twitter login functionality to your site. Your visitors also get to comment on your website using their Twitter account. @anywhere and many other Twitter platform’s features are supported in this script.

Social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ can drive a ton of traffic to your website. The above plugins help you build a more solid community with the help of those networks.

5 Must See Google+ Chrome Extensions

cyrus — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:25:58 +0000

Google+ is still growing as a social network. Google continues offering new features on this network to grow the community. Google+ is not perfect though. It is still very young and has a long way to go before reaching its potential. These 5 Google+ chrome extensions do let you get more out of Google+:

Plus Minus: a handy tool that lets you choose which circles show up in your stream.

Extended Share for Google Plus: allows you to share stories on Facebook, Twitter and other networks from Google+.

G+me for Google Plus: this helps you get a better sense for all the content shared in your stream. It collapses your posts and can hide comments too.

RSS Share for Google Plus: integrates Google Reader into Google+. Makes sharing top stories from Google Reader with your circles easier.

Google Translate for Google+: have a lot of friends who don’t always speak your language? This tool lets you translate your Google+ stream.

Google+ is still a very young social network. But it is well worth being involved in for businesses. The above extensions make it possible to manage your Google+ stream more productivity.

3 Ways To Find People on Google+

cyrus — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:22:10 +0000

Google+ has huge potential for businesses. Google has not released brand pages feature yet. But just like Facebook pages are driving businesses leads, so can Google pages. In order for your business to get the most out of Google+, you need to take time to connect with the right people. Here are 3 tool you can use to achieve just that

Google+ search: if you need to search for a specific group of people, you can’t go wrong by using Google+ search. It lets you find relevant content and people. You can use it to find top and most relevant results.

Google+ Statistics: this site keeps track of top Google+ users and helps you find interesting people to follow. It shows movers/shakers, top posts, and interesting stats that could prove helpful for your business.

Find People On Plus: a search engine that lets you search through Google+ users by various factors including gender, location, education, # of followers and many others.

Finding interesting people on Google+ does not have to be too difficult. The above tools can more than help.

4 Social Comment Systems For Your Website

cyrus — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:12:19 +0000

Many webmasters use WordPress to run their websites. WordPress is a free platform and flexible enough to handle all types of websites. If you are in the publishing business, you also want to work on getting your visitors more engaged on your site. The default WordPress comment system is not that sophisticated. These 4 comment systems can make your portal more engaging:

Disqus: one of the most sophisticated comment systems around. It is so easy to install and gives you a lot more control over your community. It has premium add-ons you can use to add more engaging features to your website.

Intense Debate: developed by the same folks behind WordPress. This free solution can make your website more social media friendly. It handles spam comments beautifully. The plugins included for this service are nice too.

Facebook Comments: this needs no introduction. It adds the power of Facebook platform to your website. You can grab the code you need to install this on your site from Facebook. Plenty of WordPress plugins are available for this service too.

Livefyre: quite a sleek social comment system for your website. It offers real time comment management, rating, and reputation system. It is social media friendly too. This solution offers single-on too.

Which one is your favorite?

5 Awesome Social Media Cheat Sheets For Businesses

cyrus — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:11:30 +0000

Many small business owners feel overwhelmed with all the changes that are happening in the world of social media. With Google+ rising and Facebook changing everyday, some have trouble keeping up. Some small businesses haven’t even started taking advantage of these networks. If you are just starting with social media marketing, these cheat sheets can help:

Facebook Marketing Cheat Sheet: this is a powerful article that provides businesses with ideas on how to use Facebook as a marketing tool to generate leads and build their brands.

Twitter Cheat Sheet: a handy cheat sheet to have for anyone who is having trouble getting started with Twitter.

Google+ Cheat Sheet: Google+ is one the rise. If you are not taking advantage of it already, you are missing the boat. This cheat sheet by Simon Laustsen is a good way to get a crash course on Google+.

Location-Based Marketing for Dummies: services such as Foursquare, Gowalla, and Yelp can provide local businesses with many opportunities to expand their business. This document gives you an overview of how you can get started with location based marketing.

LinkedIn Cheat Sheet: LinkedIn is the ultimate social network for businesses and professionals. This cheat sheet shows you how to get started with LinkedIn marketing.

Running sophisticated social media campaigns can take a lot of time. But everyone has to start somewhere. The above cheat sheets can save you time putting your plans together.

5 Awesome Infographics for Bloggers

cyrus — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:10:58 +0000

Many folks are making a living online out of blogging. Blogging can be a lucrative business for those who are passionate about it and don’t mind going out of their comfort zone to make their business work. Bloggers do need to wear multiple hats. They will have to worry about their site’s design, tools to use on it, and many other things. Here are 5 infographics that could help those interested in this field get a better sense for it:

The Evolution of Blogging: the blogging world has evolved in the past few years. Not everyone has to tackle the same topics. This infographic shows you how this business has changed.

Must have plugins for WordPress: want to set up your website using WordPress? These plugins can help improve your website.

Website Downtime Survival Guide: all webmasters have to deal with downtimes from time to time. This infographic shows you how to handle blog outages.

What Makes Someone Leave A Website?: you can spend hours trying to improve your blog and take your business to the next level. Bad navigation or content will take away from your business. This infographic highlights some of the mistakes webmasters make.

Proven ways to get more retweets: Twitter is a huge traffic driver for bloggers. But if you are not getting enough retweets, you won’t be maximing your opportunity in this community. This infographic shows 5 ways you can get more retweets.

Developing a successful blogging business is not always easy. You will have to wear multiple hats to make it work. If you are passionate about blogging, there is no reason not to try.