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by Maria Peagler
on June 14, 2012
June kicks off a new feature here at SMOC: BONUS Webinars. Every month, registered students get exclusive access to a live webinar (replay too!) on topics small business owners can’t afford to ignore. June’s topic: How to Get on the First Page of Google Search Results. Attend live on June 28 at 1p.m. or get [...]
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by Maria Peagler
on March 2, 2012
Does it seem like the web is abuzz with Pinterest fever? No doubt you’ve been hearing a lot about this new social network lately and you’re curious: should I be using it for business? You can answer that question for yourself: are your clients primarily women? If yes, then JUMP onto Pinterest. Do. Not. Wait. [...]
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by Maria Peagler
on October 12, 2011
We’re so proud of our students and instructors who are in the headlines lately. They’re doing big things and using social media to promote their latest projects. Take a look: Our own YouTube101 instructor, Vanessa Wilson, was featured on ABC’s 20/20 as one of the enormously successful Generation YouTube entrepreneurs profiting from the video platform. [...]
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by Maria Peagler
on April 28, 2011
Small business owners: here’s a slick way to keep your online marketing campaign on track: watch this quick presentation on my 6 Elements of Your Social Media Strategy to keep you and your staff on track. No matter where you are in your online marketing, whether you’re just getting started or are a veteran, it [...]
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by Maria Peagler
on March 18, 2011
Updated Jan 2013. Get Informed Having a Facebook business page isn’t enough, even for a small business: you need to give it a custom look to really get results: Why? First impressions mean everything, especially online, where people’s attention spans are easily diverted by cute YouTube videos, Farmville, or the latest quiz on your friends. [...]
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by Maria Peagler
on February 24, 2011
Great – you’ve started a blog for your business! Now what? Think of your blog as the hub of your Social News Network, allowing you to reach customers worldwide. What you want to tell them? If you did a television commercial, what would it include? What do you emphasize in your print ads? If you [...]
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by Maria Peagler
on February 16, 2011
Starting a small business blog is the most cost-effective way achieving job #1 for entrepreneurs: creating a demand for your product. But it’s not magic. Blogging takes time, creativity, and consistency to gain an audience and keep it. The biggest complaint about social media is that it can be a time drain, so I’ll be [...]
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by Maria Peagler
on February 10, 2011
Small business owners need to understand blogging best practices to be effective. If you want consumers to subscribe to your blog and keep them reading, give them great content on a regular basis. Once you’re ready to get started, or even if you’ve been blogging for a while, here is my advice on having the [...]
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by Maria Peagler
on February 2, 2011
Deer-in-the-headlights stares are what I see when I suggest to many of my clients they need to start a blog. “Who, me?” they ask. “I don’t have time for a blog.” Really? You have time for your Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, and other networking events, but you aren’t making time to connect directly with your [...]
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