Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Seeing the Future 5 Years Ago
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Content Is The Key To Effective Blogs
Friday, December 16, 2011
A Social Media Pep Talk for the Small Business Owner
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are the social media sites with the most traffic. To get the best results for your time, concentrate on these sites first. Your business will enjoy valuable exposure without overwhelming you. Implement all three at once or one at a time and monitor the results.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Converting Facebook Profile to Page
Friday, September 30, 2011
Hotel Technology Veteran to Lead Social Media Start-up
Monday, September 19, 2011
Why Do You Want To Add Facebook Fans To Your Company's Facebook Page?
The ability to share your updates on Facebook instantly in real time globally with your fans without busting the budget for email addresses is unprecedented. Who reads those emails anyway?
Here's how it works:
Let's assume you have a Facebook page and 100 people that have "liked" your page.
When you post a blog article link, short relevant note, or promotional offer to your business Facebook page it then appears instantly on the news feed of all 100 Facebook people who have liked your page. With little effort or cost, you have the power sitting at your desk to create 100 impressions in real time.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Social Media is Changing B2B Marketing Strategies
Companies are now finding social media websites to be a wealth of knowledge. They can monitor the news in their industry, connect with customers and suppliers, and share research through blogs, forums and tweets. Businesses can now find new channels of distribution, collect data, post questions and receive suggestions directly with the people who count the most in ways that are faster than ever before.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Just What is Social Media ?
Social media can take many different forms, including social networks, blogs, vlogs, social bookmarks, user reviews, video sharing, podcasts, rating systems, collaborative ranking, wikis, comments, message boards, and online forums. Technologies include: picture-sharing, wall-postings, e-mail, instant messaging, music-sharing, crowdsourcing, and VoIP, to name a few.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
How to Create & Schedule a Social Network or Blog Post
To quickly create a social post, click on the "Social Post" tab on the menu. Enter your social post, select when to post, and select your post channels (Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, etc). Click the submit button and you're done!
If you want to create a new social or blog post from a template, simply click on the type of post on the "Campaign" screen. You will then see several different categories, including OnFast's pre-made templates and a blank document. Choose one of the two; if you elect to use one of OnFast's pre-made templates, choose a category, such as "Promote a product" or "Launch company." Then choose a specific document you 'd like to work from (you can see a preview of each template by clicking the "See sample" button).
You will then be asked to enter information about your company (see below). Generally, you will only have to enter this information once, although each template is written with a different purpose in mind so some questions will be unique. Once you have filled out the short form, click the "Preview" button to see your draft post.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Using OnFast's Writing Assistant To Create Blog Posts In Four Easy Steps
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
OnFast New Features: Photo Uploads for Blog Posts and Facebook Insights Analytics
OnFast Launches Social Media Tools and Social Analytics for Accounting
Building Customer Loyalty Through Social Media
You can have forums and discussions you to get customer feedback and honest reviews of your product or service, which shows your customers that you care and listen to what they have to say and that their opinion counts.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Why Sign Up For OnFast's Social Networking Seminars and Webinars
Monday, August 29, 2011
Understanding Twitter Hashtags
Hashtags are a simple way to identify and connect tweets about a specific topic. They make it easier for users to find additional relevant tweets on a particular subject.
You can create a hashtag simply by appending the hash symbol to a word, like this: #pizza.
Twitter users often search hashtags for content from people they aren't following. Using hashtags can be a great way to extend your reach on Twitter and connect with other users with the same interests. See the hashtag search results example below for #pizza.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
OnFast Launches Social Media Tools for Restaurants
OnFast launched its service to the Restaurant industry today. Their suite of social media tools help restaurants market themselves across social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Additionally, OnFast's Painless Blogging tool supplies professionally written documents containing search engine optimized keywords for the restaurant industry, which makes it easier to create blog posts and automatically update social networks.
"Most restaurant owners don't have a lot of time to keep their social networks up to date. OnFast is a simple way to quickly manage social networks, including blogs, all from one easy to use dashboard," remarked OnFast President Christopher Shepherd.
Monday, August 22, 2011
A Mini Guide to the Art of Business Tweeting
Think before you tweet:
Before you publish a comment or offer information ask yourself if what you're about to post is meaningful. Does your post add value to your social network community and reflect favorably on your business? Save your tweets for when you have something worthwhile sharing. Your audience will come to appreciate your professional demeanor and will be more willing to follow you.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Benefits of Facebook Fans
For those uninitiated, getting Facebook "fans" and "Likes" provides at least two advantages:
Monday, August 8, 2011
Providing Exceptional Customer Service
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Providing "good" customer service is not enough these days. You must provide EXCEPTIONAL customer service and go above and beyond what the customers expect. With that in mind, here are some tips for providing exceptional customer service.
1. LIsten to any of your customer's ideas, needs or concerns that they might have. By doing this you are getting an outsiders point of view about your service or product and letting them know that you care about what they think.
2. Let your customers know that you appreciate their business. Thank them any chance that you can. Send them a Thank You note, a small gift of some kind, a card at the holidays, or give them a simple phone call. Anything that you can do to let them know that you appreciate them and their loyalty.
3. Know what your customers want and anticipate their needs. This will keep you one step ahead of them and always provide them with a service or product that they will want.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
3 Simple rules to follow when choosing a blog name
2) It must be easy to remember: suppose your blog talks about exercise, fitness and health food advice in general. Naming it "The Every Day Guide to Exercise, Fitness and General Health Advice" would be an accurate and definitive description of the blog, but would it be easy to remember? Stick with simple names. " A Guide to Fitness and Health"
3) It must be equal to the domain name: this rule is often ignored, probably because finding a descriptive domain name that has not been registered yet is a difficult task. If your domain name does not match your blog name you will probably lose some readers. When people visit your blog through a link they will just read the name of the blog. Should they decide to revisit the site a couple of days later they will just type that name followed by a dot com. If they do not find your blog once they hit enter they will just go somewhere else.
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Monday, July 25, 2011
SEO and How it Effects Blog Postings.
SEO is an acronym for Search Engine Optimization. SEO is the process of increasing the number of visitors to a Website or Blog by obtaining a high-ranking placement in the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). When a user does a search using an Internet browser such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari the results displayed back is the SERP.
Typically, users select search results at the top of the first page. Keywords and phrases embedded within a blog post are used by the SEO to determine rankings. It’s absolutely mandatory for businesses to use strategic SEO keywords in their blogs that will influence the SEO placement of their posts.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
OnFast Social Posting Now Supports Links and Photos
OnFast's New Features: Social Posting Supports Links and Photos
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
A Tool to Help Business Owners Struggling With Social Media
As running a business becomes more challenging in a down economy, going beyond simply selling products and services has become more important than ever. Today, business owners are turning to social networks with their far-reaching influence as an innovative way to find new customers.
Turning customers into fiercely loyal fans and advocates that will speak favorably of their experiences in ever-growing referral networks is the strategic end game. Sadly, some well-intended businesses may be dropping the ball with their social networks. To really take advantage of a medium like Facebook you have to engage people on a daily basis. Too often we hear, “I just don’t have the time.” Most would agree that finding time to post on a consistent daily basis is a legitimate concern.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Are Social-networking Buttons on Laptop keyboards Necessary?
Pressing the social-networking hot key on the new Gateway laptops activates an integrated widget through which customers can update their status, post messages or upload multimedia, or see updates from the feeds of friends.
However, Laptop makers such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell say such buttons are an unnecessary addition when software could do the job.
OnFast.com, a social media marketing and coupon service recently announced a “Feeds” option to their software product. The “Feeds” option allows the user to view and update all their social media channels from one screen. “Feeds” eliminates the need for hardware social media buttons on keyboards.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
OnFast Launches Social Network Marketing and Coupons for Vacation Rental Industry
Homeowners and property managers in the Vacation Rental industry can easily create social network posts, blog posts, and press releases using OnFast's writing assistant. There are dozens of pre-written templates archived in the message gallery but owners can also write their own posts from scratch.
The process of writing blog posts for new rentals, special promotions, and other marketing campaigns is made simple by using OnFast's pre-designed templates. Blogging allows homeowners to attract new renters, showcase their properties, and share travel experiences. As owners post additional blogs, they can choose from previous posts in the OnFast message gallery, which are measured for keyword strength and relevant content. Entries are then scheduled and automatically posted to the owner's blog and social networks. With OnFast's social feed dashboard, owners can easily monitor all their social networks for comments and provide instant feedback to their renters.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Why Blog?
The word “blog” is one of the most popular words on the Internet today. This buzz- word is one of the most popularly searched terms on the net. A blog is an acronym for “web log” which is an online topical journal that is written for others to read. You can create blogs for personal reasons, educational and informational reasons, and most importantly for your business. Blogging is an excellent compliment to all of your other on-line social media marketing strategies.
As a marketing tool, blogs offer enormous potential. When it comes to e-mailed newsletter communications and blogging, the dynamics are completely different. Blog postings are much easier to write and disseminate than traditional newsletters. Once newsletters are e-mailed, they get deleted or buried in an obscure mail folder. There is no confusion about blogging being spam the way e-mails may be perceived. Your blog messages exist inside your blog on the Internet until you decide to remove them.
Nothing facilitates conversation, communication and community the way blogging does. If you have relevant timely information to share, a product to sell, a brand to market or something to say on the Internet then blogging should be your first choice.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
OnFast Social Feeds Launches!
OnFast's New Features: Social Feeds
You can easily see your Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter feeds at once, without ever having to leave the OnFast system (more feeds coming soon).
Comment, Retweet, Like and More...Utilize each of your social network's key features right from your feed.
OnFast's New Features: Social Feeds
Comment, Retweet, Like and More...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Twitter for Businesses
- Mention: You can mention another user in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ sign.
- Retweet: Click the retweet link in order to share a tweet by another user and send it to your followers
- Message: To privately message another user, prefix your tweet with DM or D, @, and the person's username. (i.e. DM @onfast)
- Hashtag: Hashtags (#) are used to express the theme of a tweet and to categorize it (i.e. #vacation). Users can click on hashtags to view similar tweets.
Monday, July 4, 2011
50% off one year subscription to OnFast
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
4 Easy Steps to Start Your Social Media Marketing
Friday, June 24, 2011
7 Steps To Optimizing Emails For Online Marketing
Thursday, June 23, 2011
A Better Deal
After discounting products and services and paying for the daily distribution, few merchants ever establish an on-going relationship with the consumer. Only half of the retailers surveyed said they’d run a deal again.
Friday, June 17, 2011
4 Steps To A Search Engine Optimized Press Release
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
OnFast Launches Social Marketing for Real Estate Industry
Through their website, http://www.onfast.com, OnFast offers realtors the social marketing tools they need to easily and cost effectively reach their customers."We have done the hard work of creating compelling, real estate specific marketing messages so realtors can focus on their core strengths and not on writing marketing text," said OnFast President Christopher Shepherd. "Growing your social network following is one of the best ways for a realtor to increase their customer base," Shepherd continued.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Correctly Formatting A Press Release
Almost as important as the heading is the subheading. The subheading can go a long way toward keeping that attention you fought for in the heading. Expounding on your subject, without giving the whole story away, is the goal here.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
New Features Tour added to OnFast
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
50% Off Subscription for First 50 Customers
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
OnFast Launches Social Network Marketing and Coupon Solution
Through their website,http://www.onfast.com, OnFast offers small & medium size businesses the tools needed to maximize the impact of their online marketing campaigns, while saving them precious time and money.
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