Posts by Mari Smith
9 Steps To Creating Engaging Content [INFOGRAPHIC]
[Guest blog post by Craig Silverman]: Great content can spark engagement, foster relationships and generate new leads. It can also help to establish you as a thought leader. Content is seemingly the gateway to a new world of success for every professional and business. You must have a plan in place that helps you to…
Read MoreHow To Succeed At Relationship Marketing With One Simple, Universal Method
[Guest blog post by Jay Baer]: Every day, consumers get overwhelmed by a flood of invitations on the web from hundreds of companies asking them for likes, follows, clicks, shares, comments and attention. These invitations are in addition to all the legacy advertising that constantly bombards us, too. There are two major ways for companies…
Read More10 Proven Ways To Improve Your Facebook Reach
Many Facebook fan page owners struggle to get more of their fans to see their posts in the news feed. On average, most Facebook page posts reach a mere 16% of fans in their news feed. However, the good news is that number could be much higher, like 47% or even more. But the bad…
Read More10 Pinterest Tips and Tools To Help Grow Your Business
[Guest blog post by Lilach Bullock]: With 48.7 million users, Pinterest is one of the top online social networks. Yet many business owners are still not sure about Pinterest; they are afraid to venture into more than one or two social networks, preferring instead to stick to the social media king and queen: Facebook and Twitter.…
Read MoreFacebook Relaxes Page Cover Image Rules: Use This Tool to Test 20% Rule
Facebook recently (quietly) changed its Page Guidelines around Cover Images. Previously, you could not have any price or purchase information, contact information, references to Facebook features, or calls to action. Now, you can. The main rule that remains in place for Cover Images is that you cannot exceed 20% text. Why is this? So that…
Read More14 Ways To Get More Facebook Shares [INFOGRAPHIC]
Share is to Facebook as retweet is to Twitter. It’s all about how VIRAL you can get your fan page wall posts. Of course, you want plenty comments and likes on each post — this activity certainly helps boost your post visibility in the news feed of your fans. But, if you can craft the…
Read MoreLet’s Show These 46 Awesome Leaders Some LOVE!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Do you absolutely LOVE your customers? And all the people in your extended community, too? I sure do! In fact, I’d like to celebrate this global day of love by showing some *LOVE* to these special peeps in my community. Everyone in this group of 46 heart-centered entrepreneurs from around the world…
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