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: Twitter
Here are some of the latest social networking and social media stats for 2011, this time for Twitter. Click here if you missed our Facebook stats post. Twitter's web platform only accounts for a quarter of its users - 75% use third-party apps. Twitter gets more than 300,000 new users every day. There are currently 100 million users of Twitter's services. Twitter receives 180 million unique visits each…
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Face-to-face is a Click Away - Social Media Marketing for Kelowna Businesses
Social Media Marketing for Kelowna Businesses The Okanagan newspaper recently published an article on a presentation James gave at a Kelowna Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting on using social media in business. The article is a great summary of the key points given at the meeting: Use your social media accounts - 15 minutes a day is a good place to start (a tool like Hootsuite will greatly help)…
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Social Media Quick Facts: Facebook
Here are some of the latest social networking and social media stats for 2011. The average Facebook user has 130 friends. More than 25 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc) is shared each month. Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application. More than 150 million people engage with Facebook on external websites…
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Your Small Business Needs Facebook (Like a fish needs water!)
by Brad Trites, Account Manager, Twin Creek Media I am going to make a very bold statement: "There is no marketing tool available to small businesses more powerful than Facebook". I guess after making a pretty big statement like that, I better support it. As a small business owner, the last time you took out a really expensive full-page ad in your city's most popular phone directory or ran a TV or…
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