by James Ball | Jan 6, 2010 | Advice, Community, Listening, Marketing, Networking, Social Media
Flashback to 9:30 last night (screen should be getting wavy….now) I’m looking over a whole bunch of words and some really good links for tomorrow’s post. I scrap the whole thing. The more I put into it, the more confusing it gets. Social media really can be confusing...
by James Ball | Jan 4, 2010 | Advice, Community, Facebook, Listening, Marketing, Networking, Social Media, Twitter
Check in over the next 5 days as I address some common concerns that small businesses have about participation and engagement in social media. “Can I get by without social media?” “Is it really as easy as I’ve been led to believe?” “Can it save my business?”...
by James Ball | Dec 14, 2009 | Facebook, How To, Marketing, Networking, Resources, Social Media
I’m happy that you are moving forward with a Facebook page for your business. I am pleased that you realize the potential for a small business in a smaller town like yours to have an engaged Facebook presence. I’m glad we had the discussion when we did. There are...
by James Ball | Dec 9, 2009 | Google, SEO, Social Media
Go ahead; just watch it for a bit…think about what it all means. Think about the dissemination of information too, it’s what we are after, isn’t it? We want to scatter our own information, links, and logos in order to provide breadcrumb trails back to ourselves. The...
by James Ball | Nov 27, 2009 | Community, Facebook, Marketing, Networking, Social Media
A good friend of mine asked me once, how local people from “small town, USA” were supposed to understand all of this social media and networking talk. How, he asked, can you present any of this as useful to folks who are just now accepting the fact that a website is a...