Personalized Christmas Cards from Shutterfly

Just created my Christmas card with Shutterfly. What do you think? Cute, right! I received 50 free cards just by blogging about their promotion. For more information: Promote your blog post as well as Shutterfly’s blog promotion at http://bit.ly/sfly2010. All Wrapped Up Christmas Card Make a statement with Shutterfly Christmas photo cards. View the entire [...]

50 Christmas Cards Galore via Shutterfly!

This holiday season, I’ve been contemplating whether I want to make cards or buy a box of greeting cards at the store. Well, Shutterfly made it easier for me, they’re giving away 50 free holiday cards if I (or you!) blog about it. Lovely! Especially since I’ve had great experiences with them in the past, [...]

11 New Twitter Tools

As I’m updating my new website, http://theinnovativeconsultant.com, I thought I’d feature this blog post from COMMScorner. Fitting that I’ve had this post bookmarked for a while now, and I just saw that Twitter is unveiling new Analytics. After all these (mostly free) tools, my question is – which one is the best URL Shortener to track [...]

Social Media Tip of the Day: Twitter Chats

I have a treat for you today! I’ve been planning on writing a post about Twitter Chats and I found a comprehensive list of Twitter Chats for your perusal. More on my review of Twitter Chats tomorrow, but here’s a nice little write up from Robert Swanwick: Twitter chats are simply pre-organized times to tweet on [...]

The 9 Worst Ways to Use #LinkedIn for Business

On Tuesday, I featured the article “How to Really Use LinkedIn to Market Your Freelance Business“. I thought this one would be fitting, as it’s the 9 Worst Ways to Use LinkedIn for Business. Enjoy! From HubSpot: LinkedIn is a powerful social network to connect with industry professionals, especially for B2B. People use LinkedIn to [...]

How to Gain New Followers on #Twitter

Today’s #socialmedia tip of the day is focused on getting more followers on Twitter. Though your goals should be providing quality content and engaging with your fan base, it doesn’t hurt to add more quality followers. Here are some tips on growing your Twitter presence: Use Twitter suggestions. On your homepage, Twitter generates a list [...]

How to Really Use LinkedIn to Market Your Freelance Business

Today’s #SocialMedia Tip of the Day comes from @FreelanceFolder about how to use LinkedIn to market your freelance business. It was such a great post that I dedicated today’s tip to it! Enjoy. Should freelancers be using LinkedIn to promote their freelance business? To answer that question, let’s take a closer look at LinkedIn: LinkedIn at [...]

Monday’s #SocialMedia Tip of the Day – Facebook Pages Pt. 2

Today’s social media tip is a continuation of Thursday’s post. Today I’ll focus on maintaining a Facebook Page. Some tips on growing your Facebook presence are: 1.  Set up a personal profile to add as an admin of the Facebook Page. This is so you create a personal touch while maintaining the Page. Reach out [...]

Thursday’s #SocialMedia Tip of the Day – Facebook Pages

I’ve heard this before- “So you have a Facebook Page, now what?” You can do lots of marketing with a Facebook Page, that’s what! I’ve been using Facebook Pages since they first emerged back in mid-2008. I’ve seen them evolve into the powerhouse they are today-with competition sprawling everywhere. To set you apart from the [...]

Wednesday’s #PR Tip of the Day – AwardSync!

Today’s PR Tip of the Day is a continuation of yesterday’s post, talking about services from Atlanta-based mBlast. Today is all about AwardSync, a FREE service and database on awards programs in every industry. What’s great about AwardSync is that it gives you an opportunity to enter your clients into awards programs and search for [...]