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Social Media Marketing: Using Music Without Legal Issues

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Breanne Bannon / Tuesday, November 29, 2016 0 3327 Article rating: 2.0

Social media marketing is now all encompassing. Brands are using content, images, video, and music to market themselves to the best of their abilities. Although the internet can seem like a wide open free for all to some –there are more and more rules and regulations popping up. The relaxed environment of social media allows us to forget sometimes that we cannot use any content for any purpose at any time. Laws do apply to online marketing and marketers have to be careful to adhere to them.

Are Your Customers Mobile Website Users or Not?

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Kate Gingold / Monday, November 21, 2016 0 4035 Article rating: No rating

All marketing gurus during the past few years have exhorted business and not-for-profit managers to upgrade their old websites to mobile-friendly ones. Many pooh-poohed the need and claimed their customers weren’t mobile users. Were they right all along?

Increase Social Media Marketing Productivity

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Breanne Bannon / Wednesday, November 16, 2016 0 3018 Article rating: No rating

Social media isn’t slowing down any time soon. It’s up to marketers to keep up the pace and make sure that all of their bases are covered. The problem is that it’s easy to be swept up in the streams, platforms and never ending chatter. Here are a few tips to increase your productivity as a social media marketing manager.

Ask Yourself These 2 Most Important Business Questions

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Kate Gingold / Monday, November 7, 2016 0 3081 Article rating: No rating

As a business owner you answer questions every day from your customers, your vendors and your colleagues. The most important questions you should be answering are these two that you ask yourself.

Reviews and Testimonials in Your Marketing Plan

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Breanne Bannon / Wednesday, November 2, 2016 0 3233 Article rating: No rating

Fresh and relative content is a benchmark in any effective social media marketing strategy. Customer testimonials and reviews are perfect, custom made, marketing tools. Businesses have exploded on nothing more than reviews alone. Look at sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor. Leaving a review can make or break a business. So, as the business, how can you put testimonials and reviews to work for you?

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