Social shopping options allow customers to get opinions before purchasing It’s almost an involuntary “click” these days. You’re shopping for a product online and as you enter in your search parameters, you automatically choose the option “user reviews: four stars or higher.” Why not? You probably haven’t used all of the different brand options for what…
YouTube has opened up an account on Pinterest and plans to post videos daily on its boards. These videos will range on topics from crafts, lifestyle tips, beauty, food and fitness. On Thursday’s blog post, YouTube has admitted that they already have an account with the other big social networks: Facebook, Google +, and Twitter. Pinterest…
Continuing from the part one article. Here are the other 5 niche social networks you have never heard about. Comicspace: As the name suggests, this site provides a medium for comic creators and fans to interact via blogs and post original webcomics. Currently, there are 89,587 active members. CafeMom: This website provides an online meeting…
Continuing from last time, Pinterest is the third largest social networking site and here are more amazing statistics so get ready to be amazed! According to Tamba, the average Pinterest user spends 14.2 minutes per visit. In addition, the average user spends 98 minutes per month on the site, compared to 2.5 hours on Tumblr,…
Launched a little more than two years ago, Pinterest is now the third largest social networking site only behind Facebook and Twitter. It boasts 10.4 million members on its website. Now, we will explore why that is looking at some startling statistics. According to Experian, total visits in March were as follows: 1. Facebook: 7…
There has been a lot of talk about Pinterest lately and rightfully so. Everyone’s favorite new network is lighting up the referral traffic game, currently responsible for driving more traffic than Google+, LinkedIn, and YouTube combined. This edition of social media vocabulary brings you the basics of Pinterest and what all this ‘pinning’ verbiage means….
This infographic has been floating the last couple of weeks, but if you haven’t seen it, you’re in for a shock. It does a great job of putting just how HUGE Pinterest is right now. It is astounding. More traffic driven than LinkedIn, Google+, and YouTube combined? Yes. Businesses of all kinds are clamoring to…
We live in a world surrounded by ads, that’s clear. With more methods of advertising, come more ways we learn to block them out. We are numb to many types of push marketing techniques, those types of ads and campaigns that saturate and annoy. Thankfully, we also live in a world where social media offers…
Last week we wrote about how to go about getting a Google Plus page for your business. If you weren’t convinced to get one, check this out. You have to get one! 1. Google Plus doesn’t need Facebook type member numbers to win right now, not even close. Why? Your network dictates a huge…
If there were ever organizations on a tight budget, non-profits are it. They need to do as much good on the least amount of money. That’s why a good social media strategy is so fitting for many of them. Take a look at how some big name non-profits are doing with social media. Social truly…