Measuring Traffic from Twitter Just Got Way Easier
Do you use Analytics for your website? Do you agonize over the data like I do? Did you notice a significant drop in Direct traffic recently? It isn’t a bad thing! Twitter recently rolled out their own...
View ArticleHow to Block a Hashtag on Twitter
I love our #SMBME community! Everyone is so generous and helpful. Even when we aren’t having an event, the #SMBME hashtag is alive and well with talks of bacon, other local events, businesses asking...
View ArticleHow to See Who Likes Your Facebook Page
Keeping an eye on who likes your Facebook page is always a good idea. Knowing who is liking your page and when is helpful to determine how often new people are liking your page, possible places they...
View ArticleWho Has Access to Your Social Media Accounts?
Do you know how many applications have access to your social media accounts? I consider myself pretty aware of what and who accesses my accounts so I was pretty surprised to see about 70 applications...
View ArticleAre you pining over Pinterest too?
According to comScore, Pinterest is taking the internet by storm – hitting 10 million monthly unique visitors (in the US) and becoming one of the top ten social networks. It’s easy to see why such a...
View ArticleWhat is the Difference Between RT and MT?
This has come up a couple times this week, so I thought I would address it here and make all of you Twitter experts! I am sure you know by now what a RT or Retweet is on Twitter. If not, it is just...
View ArticleWho Has Pinned What From Your Site
So we all know everyone is excited about Pinterest. For some industries it is a gold mine and for many of us it is a new found addiction. Since we here at SMBME are very serious about business, I...
View ArticleChange Your Facebook Page’s Username
Yesterday Facebook announced that they were going to make it easier on Pages to change their username/URLs. I know this will help out a lot of people. You still cannot change your Page name (unless you...
View ArticleFacebook Allows Admin Roles for Pages
One of the few things that excites me about Google+ is watching them and Facebook go at it with features. When Google+ added different level admin roles, we knew Facebook wouldn’t be far behind and we...
View ArticleLittle Known But Useful Tool: Facebook Debugger
Some of you may already know about the Facebook Debugger tool, but I thought I’d share it for those who don’t. It’s a handy little tool for developers that’s been around for awhile, but it can come in...
View ArticleAre Google Alerts Case Sensitive?
We got this question last week and thought I would quickly answer it here. Google Alerts is a great free service that scours the internet for mentions of keywords that interest you and then they...
View ArticleWhat Flea Taught Me About Automatic Social Media Posts
At our last social media breakfast, someone asked if Facebook didn’t give as much credit to posts that are scheduled over ones that are posted live. I am not aware that they do BUT my response was that...
View ArticleFind Out Who Doesn’t Follow You Back on Twitter
I have been talking so much about newsfeed algorithms lately. Facebook’s has definitely thrown its fair share of complications. But… I understand it. More and more people are on Facebook and they are...
View ArticleTop Instagram Business Accounts in Maine
We had a GREAT breakfast last week on Instagram. Judi Cutrone and Sue B. Zimmerman taught us so much about how businesses can use Instagram in their marketing. One of the biggest takeaways, was that...
View ArticleYour Business Needs an Army
Tomorrow I am speaking at MPRC about Juggling Social Media. I can’t help but think of the best PR analogy I think I ever heard was that PR is like a bank account, you need to keep putting in deposits,...
View ArticleHow Fire & Company Uses Social Media To Get New Customers
At each Social Media Breakfast, I ask attendees for topics they want to talk about or cool stuff they are seeing locally. I have had a couple people mention the awesome online marketing from Fire &...
View ArticleHow to do Your First Facebook Live Broadcast
We recently had an event where we discussed Facebook Live. I will admit it is something I have not been driven to try. Some people like being behind the camera and some people like being in front of...
View ArticleCreate Your Own QR Codes with Bit.ly
QR codes were brought up at our last breakfast by one of our favorite SMBME attendees (@obobME). If you are not aware QR codes are little boxes that you can scan with your smartphone to get more...
View ArticleTop 3 Things to Consider When Making Your Facebook Fan Page Landing Tab
Lots of people are on board with why you need a Facebook Fan Page Landing Tab. If you are not aware, they can act as a welcome mat to anyone first getting to your Facebook fan page. If you want to know...
View Article10 Social Media Things to do on a Snow Day
It is winter in Maine and today is one of those days when much of the state is taking a break while mother nature puts the hammer down. Portland is supposed to get anywhere from 8-12 inches of snow....
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