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Marketing, digital marketing and website developmentCustomer Service- Social Media is Changing That, Too
Did you know that many consumers now view customer service differently because of social media? According to a study published by eMarketer in October 2010, consumers who are active on social media sites expect certain types of interactions when with dealing with...
Hashing out #hashtags on Twitter
If you take a look at your Twitter stream, chances are that you will see many tweets with a # symbol in them. The # symbol in front of a word or phrase is called a hashtag. Using hashtags in your tweets can help make your business's tweets more effective and...
6 Simple Ways to Gain Facebook Fans for Your Small Business
So you've built your Facebook business page and you've been waiting for the fans to "like" your page in droves. However, as with many small businesses, you may have noticed that Facebook fans do not usually materialize overnight. Below are some ways to increase your...
Get More Mileage from LinkedIn with Groups
If you feel like you are not getting much use out of LinkedIn, it may be because you are missing out on participating in some of the thousands of available groups. In many ways, creating a profile on LinkedIn but avoiding the groups would be like showing up and...
Small Businesses Can Benefit from Social Bookmarking
Most small business owners are now familiar with the most popular social media sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. However, there is another group of sites that can help drive traffic to your website and organize, manage, search and store...
Promote Your Business by Promoting Causes
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a devastating disease to many people around the world and seriously impacts not only those who have the disease but also their families and friends, including the Westvyne Marketing family. World MS Day was started in May 2009 and its...
Tweet Repeat?
Many people get confused with the general etiquette of Twitter and how many times they can send a tweet out that links to the same content. Some people tweet the content once and then resign it to the archives- never to be seen again. Other people send tweets out and...
5 Ways to Lose Your Twitter Followers
Twitter is a deceptively simple business marketing tool, until you make a Twitter faux pas. With any social scene or media site there are some unwritten rules, and if you cross the line then you may well find yourself losing followers. Below are five Twitter mistakes...
Overcoming Social Media Hurdles
For a business to succeed in today’s age of technology, using what social media has to offer is one of the best things you can do. Of course, there are several obejctions that businesses give for why they aren’t using social media, but there are even more reasons why...
