Social media can be a great way for small business owners to connect with prospects and customers. Done right, it can make sales skyrocket. Some entrepreneurs have even built an entire business on a social media platform, like Rachel Dunston, the founder of Rachel Bakes More Cake, who built a
How to Use Social Media to Engage With Clients
It is almost unquestionable that one of the best tools available to today’s entrepreneur is social media. Sites like Twitter and Facebook enable business owners to cultivate instantaneous connections with their customer bases all day, every day. Because you have such a powerful tool at your
Are LinkedIn Groups Worth The Effort For Your Brand?
LinkedIn is upping its user experience game by improving LinkedIn Groups. According to a recent email from company officials, the changes will allow Groups users to: Participate in vibrant conversations with the ability to reply to comments, edit your posts and comments, and post native video
5 Tips To Help Build A High Impact Personal Brand
There was a time when a company’s brand meant everything. The founders and employees were simply a byproduct of that brand. But with the explosion of social media over the past decade, real-time networking has brought personal brands to the forefront. To achieve personal brand success, it should
6 Tips To Help You Look After Your Business During The Holidays
If you’re a business owner, you know how important it is to take breaks. The holidays are perfect for stepping away, relaxing and celebrating with your friends and family. But I bet you also know how hard it can be to stop working on your business for a chunk of time. You don’t want to stop the
How Events and FollowMyCal Can Be Your Most Powerful PR and Marketing Weapons
Events are some of the easiest (and most effective) ways to boost your bottom line and breathe life into your branding and business efforts. By hosting or attending events, you can learn new skills, better network, earn extra money and more. Here’s how both virtual and in-person events can breathe
How To Market Yourself As An Entrepreneur
As an entrepreneur or small business owner, one of the biggest challenges that lies between the failure or successful launch of an endeavour is the marketing plan or strategy used for the promotion of your business. Having a unique and saleable idea is key, but just as important is getting it out
6 Tips For Using Twitter To Improve Customer Service
Love it or hate it, Twitter has become the new “word of mouth” and has given customers a whole new level of power. Simply by posting a comment on Twitter, customer opinion can now reach thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of people in the space of minutes. Unfortunately, if that comment is