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2013 Wedding Wire Bride’s Choice Award

By on January 9, 2013 in Articles with No Comments

We are proud and humbled to announce that we have received Wedding Wire’s 2013 Bride’s Choice Award. If you would like to view our WeddingWire page, please click here.

WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ recipients represent the top five percent of wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism.

Facebook vs Linkedin Advertising

By on March 12, 2012 in Articles with No Comments

For anyone considering advertising on the web, whether a seasoned vet or a newbie to the concept, we would encourage you to use our feedback and give us comments at the bottom of our article with your experience. Keep in mind, if you are considering advertising on any Social Media platform like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc that the viewer is not there looking to make a purchase which greatly decreases the possibility of a sale. To the contrary, if you are interested in creating “Brand Recognition” then Social Media platforms do work well. The average ROI on advertising and making an actual sale is fairly low but so is the investment.  Read more…

The Facebook

By on January 31, 2012 in Articles with No Comments

The Facebook.

Most of us have it. All of us use it. And some of us won’t admit it. Just from being a user of it myself, it appears to me that there tends to be 3 types of users. Read more…

The E-Factor

By on December 21, 2011 in Articles with No Comments

The Emotional Factor

Think back to when you grew up. Your favorite place to eat because that is where your father took you as a child. The smell of a certain laundry that your grandmother used. The place your mom took you to purchase your school clothes. These are all emotional factors that hold dear to you. You associate yourself with that brand. I’ll provide you with a personal example to further emphasize my thought process. Read more…

Social Media Day

By on May 12, 2011 in Articles with No Comments

Social Media Day, June 30th which started last year by Pete Cashmore of Mashable.com and implemented through Meetup.com was a great success in their inaugural year. Looking towards this year it is obvious even more headway is being made and is headed to be even more successful this year. SMD has created and nurtured many new relationships through the modern way of networking for all ranges of topics. It does not just require having a business. Read more…

Twitter : The Basics

By on September 9, 2010 in Articles, Social Media Consulting with Comments Off

Let’s keep this simple even if it won’t be the 140 Twitter Character rule. If you want to use Twitter and gain followers for your business, band, blog or whatever, you need to follow these basic rules: Read more…

Facebook vs Linkedin

By on August 23, 2010 in Articles, Social Media Consulting with Comments Off

For anyone considering advertising on the web, whether a seasoned vet or a newbie to the concept, we would encourage you to use our feedback and give us comments at the bottom of our article with your experience. Keep in mind, if you are considering advertising on any Social Media platform like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc that the viewer is not there looking to make a purchase which greatly decreases the possibility of a sale. To the contrary, if you are interested in creating “Brand Recognition” then Social Media platforms do work well. The average ROI on advertising and making an actual sale is fairly low but so is the investment. Read more…

Google Ad Words

By on August 16, 2010 in Articles, Social Media Consulting with Comments Off

Most of you have heard of Google Ad Words, Power Rankings, coding and so on to get a high ranking on Google. While we are not programmers nor are we a “Search Engine Optimization” business (which is a waste of money). In real life terms, here is how we see it for Google rankings: Read more…

The Search : Wikipedia, Foursquare, Flickr, YouTube & Wolfram

By on August 3, 2010 in Articles with Comments Off

Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)

Best described by Wikipedia themself as “The Free Encyclopedia”. They are best used as somewhere to start but not someplace to end your search. Think of it as Encyclopedia Britannica with the capability for anyone to edit. You can imagine getting some very concise, educated and brilliant entries from experts in a field to the bizarre and laughable stories with no resources or substantial reasoning, both kinds and everything in the middle reviewed by “moderators”. Read more…

What is Social Media

By on July 18, 2010 in Articles, Social Media Consulting with Comments Off

In actuality, Social Media has been around for many years on the web. For the average internet user who has been on the web since its big boom in the early 90s, “forums” on websites were very popular. Along with Chat Rooms, mostly from the likes of Yahoo and AOL. It has not been till recent times with the explosion of Facebook and Twitter that the name “Social Media” has hit mainstream media. For most of us on the web, we have always been somewhat “social” but in the past 2 or 3 years, the term and act of “social” or “being social” on the web has reached widespread use from Grandma on Facebook to the Power User on Twitter. The accessibility and user interface has brought “being social” to everyone’s doorstep and when they leave that doorstep via mobile device, netbook and ipad. The wireless world has been a major reason for today’s explosion of Social Media as well. Read more…

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