Looking to network, improve your social media strategy and travel to a warm climate? Well, look no further than Social Media Marketing World’s San Diego convention April 7th – 9th! With the biggest names and brands in social media coming…
If you are a business owner, you are probably asking yourself, “What does SEO do for my business?” Well for starters, let’s answer the question of what SEO is. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. According to Wikipedia, SEO “is…
As more and more consumers use the Internet to find services and products, companies, especially professional service companies, need to have an online presence in order to attract and build relationships with potential consumers. Sometimes business owners can be intimidated…
How can solar companies effectively market their products to consumers? This can sometimes create a challenge for some solar retailers. Although solar is a emerging market, traditional methods for marketing, such as television or radio, may not reach or attract…
What does viral mean? No, no I’m not referring to your viral infection I promised I wouldn’t tell anyone about or that virus you caught because you have a PC. I’m talking about a viral phenomenon, such as viral videos for…
Who knew that in a few short years Pinterest would become the third largest social network in the United States behind Facebook and Twitter?1 Well, here we are in 2013 and Pinterest keeps growing! Consumers and businesses have realized that…
What is social media and how can it propel business? MySMN is going to take you through some of our San Diego social media endeavors to give you a glimpse of how we increase our client’s traffic and revenue by…
Content, content, content. It seems that everyone is talking about creating compelling and engaging content, but what does that really entail? For years now, we have been trying to find the perfect formula to spark real engagement. That is the…
This is the time of year, when small businesses and marketers alike review their 2012 marketing efforts and redefine where their focus needs to be in 2013. We wanted to share with you a couple of free marketing tools that…
2012 has come and gone and, boy what a marketing whirlwind it was. 2013 is going to see a different surge of marketing trends. As people become desensitized and smarter than ever before, marketers need to step it up a…
The day after Thanksgiving the Christmas commercials roll out and the holidays are officially among us. Now that Thanksgiving is over, every retailer in the country is focusing on the next big thing, Christmas and Chanukah. Competition is stiff, so…
Small business everywhere can now look to the internet, and more specifically, social media, to find new customers and see who is saying what about your company or industry. Some companies make use of a CRM, while others do it…
The Holidays are the perfect time to turbocharge your social media. Shoppers everywhere are scouring the Internet for great deals, holiday promotions, and cool gifts to give this season. Incorporating a holiday theme into your holiday marketing is not only…
(PRLEAP.COM) San Diego – November 08, 2012 – MySMN, San Diego’s premier Social Media marketing firm is honoring their support for small businesses by giving away free social media consultations, evaluating current social networks and providing recommendations for the month of November….
You’ve heard it before, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Sometimes, there are things that cannot be expressed in words and other times you’re limited to 140 characters to share your thoughts. Instagram has provided users the ability to…
We are constantly talking about the importance of social media as a part of any great business marketing plan, and we firmly believe it. To further explain why social media is here to stay, and why you must engage, we…
YouTube is a social network that I have yet to really address in any of my previous posts. Even though I have not made mention of it, doesn’t mean its not an integral part of online marketing. If you are…
Social media has changed the way we live, work and play. There is a social aspect to almost everything. “Like” us on Facebook, follow us on “Twitter”, hangout in our circle on Google+, pin my pins. Social media overload. There…
So EdgeRank released a new study today, and what did it say? The average Facebook post is only “live” for about three hours. “Live” means that it is visible in the Facebook News Feed, and detectable to your fans and…
Pinning! Huh? Yes, you read it correctly. There is a new social site on the block, and it’s making a killing. A website completely driven by images, Pinterest is gaining interest from people all over the web. Still in beta…
As discussed in our previous blog post, Social Media in 2011, last year was a big year for social media. Facebook grew to over 850 million users, making it the largest and most successful social networking site to date. Google+…
Now that Google+ has rolled out it’s Google+ business profile pages, we wanted to fill you in on how to go about getting one of these. As discussed in an earlier post, The Powers That Be: Google+ and Why You…
Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, LinkedIn, and all the other social networking sites have introduced to our physical world, a whole other world, a sort of virtual State. This virtual state or world that man has created is bringing people…
T’is the season for Holiday marketing. Halloween has passed, Christmas music is already playing, and you are thinking, “should I change up my marketing strategy to reflect the holidays, or keep it neutral, and business as usual?” Social media is…
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, and the list just keeps on growing. Social networks are almost impossible to keep up with these days, unless, as I discussed in my previous post, your business has hired a social media expert to stay…
When you are walking on a pebble pathway, you notice a shiny penny, and you pick that penny up. Why did you notice it? Because it was shiny, and different, and didn’t blend in with the other pebbles. The same…
Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, etc. etc. etc. are transforming in so many ways, and it is hard to keep up with it all. Every week it seems like there is a new and fun feature that changes everything. How is…
Facebook has really changed the game for event planners. Facebook has become that new shiny tool that can be very useful if you know how to use it properly. Below I am going to outline some different tips and tricks…
To blog or not to blog? What would the modern Shakespeare have to say if he lived in this digital age? At My SMN, we think it’s absolutely critical to blog and we often discuss how important it is to…
By Alessandra We know that moms are the best and always there for support. We also know that moms are also always looking for the next great thing to help them take care of family. A study done by Forrester…
We know that moms are the best and always there for support. We also know that moms are also always looking for the next great thing to help them take care of family. A study done by Forrester Research reveals…
Think back to yester-year when computers were in black and white and your cell phone could only make phone calls. Those were simple times. Today we live in an age where the world is literally at our fingertips. We can…
So we know that social media is valuable for B2C marketing, but what about for B2B? Past statistics have shown that B2B social media marketing is increasing, and becoming important in this arena. According to a study done by eMarketer,…