Is Social Media an Effective Marketing Tactic for Businesses in Kelowna?
Social Media is a hot marketing topic this year in Kelowna! The number of inquiries we get about using social media for marketing has quadrupled in 2011. We have seen some media coverage in the traditional press too (see Face to Face is a click away). In the past year, we've had a chance to leverage social media as a marketing tactic for a number of businesses in Kelowna have witnessed very positive…
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Social Media Quick Facts: Blogging
Here are some quick facts about Blogging. More stats on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube by clicking the links. 77% of Internet users read blogs. There are currently 133 million blogs listed on the leading blog directory Technorati. 60% of bloggers are between the age of 18-44. One in five bloggers updates their blogs daily. Two-thirds of bloggers are male. Corporate blogging accounts for 14%…
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Social Media Quick Facts: YouTube
Here are some more quick facts, this time on YouTube. You can find the previous posts on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn by clicking on the links. The very first video uploaded was called "Me at the Zoo", on 23rd April 2005. By June 2006, more than 5,000 videos were being uploaded every day. YouTube receives more than 2 billion viewers per day. Every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.…
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Social Media Quick Facts: LinkedIn
Here are some of the latest social media and social networking stats for 2011. Read similar posts on Twitter and Facebook. LinkedIn is older than both Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, being created on 5 May 2003. There are more than 70 million users worldwide. Members of LinkedIn come from more than 200 countries from every continent. LinkedIn is available in six native languages - English, French,…
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Avoid Email Marketing Mistakes
by James Shaw If you are dappling into email marketing for the first time, let us save you from making any mistakes. Here's your chance to learn from some common mistakes before experiencing them yourself! It can be so easy to hit that big "Send" button only to realize seconds later that you it was not ready to be sent at all! Below are things to ensure that you check before blasting out your campaign…
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