There’s a lot of buzz around location-based applications right now, and one of the services at the head of this pack is a mobile application called Foursquare. Foursquare allows users to earn points by “checking in” at various locations around town. Users can connect with their friends from Facebook and Twitter, and the user who…
If there’s one thing I hear most often about social media, it’s that it can get overwhelming fast. (Here are a few tips if this is you.) Whether it’s a blog, Facebook, Twitter, or a Ning site, there are many, many ways to connect with friends, colleagues and prospects, and there are even more tools…
What does this have to do with me? Social media has made it much easier for us to spread the word through blog posts, status updates, photos and videos. Unfortunately, it has also increased the amount of noise that you need to cut through to ensure that your message is heard. You need to work…
Yesterday, I had a quick conversation on Twitter with Jonathan Saar from the Training Factor. He mentioned how happy he was that his site now appears on page one of Google search results for the term “multifamily training.” That’s pretty exciting, because that’s the exact business that the Training Factor is in. I’m sure it’s…
If you’re building a wide-reaching web presence for your business, that probably means that you’re using sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Flickr and Vimeo, as well as tools like WordPress, Google Analytics, SocialMention and Tweetdeck (or Seesmic) to connect with customers and spread the word about your products and services. That’s a lot of different…
Earlier today, we promised a special offer for the apartment industry. If you follow the discussions and blog posts on sites like Multifamily Insiders, you know a lot of people are paying close attention to this new game, trying to gain as much knowledge as they can. They’re learning about these new tools … some…
Have you met Scott Ginsberg? I haven’t, but I would know right away if I did. Why? Because he’ll be wearing a nametag. He wears one all the time, every day. Has been for almost 3,000 days straight as I write this. He even has a nametag tattooed on his chest. And he’s managed to…
Web design software: Free Online marketing campaign: Free Long-distance calling: Free Running your small business for next to nothing: Priceless. If there’s one example above any other of an entrepreneur who has used free online tools to build his business, it’s Gary Vaynerchuk. Gary and his father own the Wine Library, a wine store located in Springfield,…