| By Karin, on April 18th, 2011 Today I am deviating a bit from the usual. I am going to talk to you about search engines. Let me explain why. Yesterday, I downloaded some software, and I did not pay close enough attention, so sure enough the Bing toolbar was installed and Bing became my default browser. This has happened to me a few times before, and it irritates me to no end that they use these sneaky tactics to get you to use their services. . . . → Read More: Is this going to cost Google their first place? By Karin, on April 4th, 2011 As a person, who is active in social media, I do get a lot of questions. The other day I was talking to one of my customers. He asked me: “why should I be using social media”. At first glance this question has a very simple straight forward answer. After all, there are hundreds of . . . → Read More: Do you have a social media strategy in place? By Karin, on March 28th, 2011 I am sure that you have experienced most, if not all, of the recent Facebook changes. A lot has already been said about them. Strange enough one seems to have been left out, more or less. This is surprising because, thanks to these recent changes, your opportunity to build your brand on Facebook has significantly improved. . . . → Read More: 3 ways to take advantage of the latest Facebook changes By Karin, on February 14th, 2011 Facebook is in the process of rolling out significant changes to the layout of fan pages. For now you have the choice to optin or stay with the old layout. On March 10 that choice will disappear. If you are an internet marketer I highly recommend that you don’t wait until March to make the switch. The changes seem favorable for us marketers. This post describes the major changes that you can expect when to take the plunge. . . . → Read More: Facebook changes By Karin, on January 17th, 2011 The last several weeks I have written about Twitter. Every post had several comments from readers who prefer Facebook over Twitter. That is why I decided today to give you 7 strategies to increase your fan base. Fortunately for us, recruiting fans to your fan pages is not hard at all. But as always it . . . → Read More: 7 Facebook promotion strategies By Karin, on September 27th, 2010 The last two weeks I told you about the changes that Digg is making. You can add RSS feeds, have followers and friends and you have your own “My News” page. All in all Digg is positioning themselves closer and closer to Facebook, with the main difference the fact that in Digg the storing of important information and the voting is central, whereas in Facebook the communication is central. . . . → Read More: Social media platforms make changes for the future By karin, on May 6th, 2010 “I have set up my Facebook fan page. Now what do I do?” I get this question a lot. Sounds familiar? If your expectation is to add thousands of fans each week, I hope you are a celebrity. If not you may want to follow these 5 ways to grow the number of people . . . → Read More: 5 Tips to create unlimited traffic to your website from Facebook. By karin, on August 16th, 2009 Facebook has overtaken MySpace in the Alexa rankings. That means that Facebook is the place to be. You can find lots of applications for Facebook that will help you tailor this social media site to your particular needs. Here are a few references that may help you in your search. Facebook: Popular Facebook Applications – . . . → Read More: Facebook applications |