Hopefully you got a good start on your weekend social resume project, because we have part 2 ready and roaring for you with three more sites you should be a part of besides just LinkedIn. Get through these and you’ll leave the weekend with a shiny new online presence to be proud of! This weekend…
When you start talking online resumes and professional social networks, the conversation always finds it way to LinkedIn. This may be justified, it is the number one place as far as a professional social media site is concerned. However, it’s not the only place you need have your information (especially if you’re looking for a…
When you think about the rise of social media and it’s prevalence in today’s business world, you would think that a company with the right resources should have their own social media department, if not only as a part of the marketing team. That’s just plain wrong. A dedicated team for social is not the…
At Salty Waffle we’re so excited to have an awesome collection of professional reviews of our social media classes available online. We owe it to the great people taking our classes and to the new functionality built into LinkedIn’s business pages. We’ve put these tips to work on our own page and it’s paying off. As a…
No matter which industry you’re in, it’s never to late to start benefiting by marketing in the cost-effective arena of social media. It can be an inexpensive way to reach your targeted audiences quickly and efficiently. Since most accounts are free to set up, consumers are on many different sites, giving you more than one…
Lesson 1: Unlocking The Power Of Facebook For Your Business Everyone is telling you your business needs a Facebook presence. It’s true, it sure does, but why? In this course you will learn exactly why you need a Facebook presence for your business and how it will make your business better by driving traffic, building brand and…
At Salty Waffle, we’ve been working on some brand new social media classes and the newest set is all about the ‘Social Resume’. We’re teaching all about tools to build your online resume for a world where paper resumes are dying. Since LinkedIn is such a huge part of recruiting, (80% of companies use it…
Some of, if not the most important parts of the web are the algorithms that make it run. Google’s search formula determines who shows up where in results, web crawlers are controlled by algorithms as they comb the web for information, and yes, social media uses them to make our online social life tick. A word popped…
This weekend, in preparation for a social media class, I read “What Sticks” by Rex Briggs and Greg Stuart. The concept that I latched onto is that of 70/20/10. Spend 70% on what works, 20% on sustaining innovations, and the critical 10% on leading edge innovation. The idea is that if you spend the majority…
In continuing with a tradition of awesome infographics from Flowtown, we’re bringing you the new marketing trifecta! Flowtown sees social media, mobile, and email as the core of an effective (and inexpensive) modern marketing plan, so if you’re bootstrapping like us, check it out! If you need help executing, try out our classes, we’re teaching…