If Content Is King What Role Does Social Media Play?

By 32 Comments February 23, 2011

In a previous post, I wrote about “How To Get 55 Comments And 98 Likes On Your First Article Using Social Media“. In the article, I spelled out the process I used to gain traction to a blog post I wrote on a brand new blog, using Facebook as the only source of traffic. This article… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Get 55 Comments And 98 Likes On Your First Article Using Social Media

By 76 Comments January 25, 2011

A few weeks ago I decided to conduct a social media experiment to see if I could start a blog from scratch and generate a big enough buzz to get a good discussion going. I was on vacation in Florida and had more time on my hands than I normally do, so I decided to give it a go.

The… Read the rest of this entry »

Social Media Mistakes: Are You Forgetting Your Fundamentals?

By 91 Comments September 25, 2009

It’s interesting as a marketer to watch how the Internet has changed over the last ten years, especially what has changed for solo entrepreneurs and small business owners.

When I started investigating how to make money online in the late nineties, most strategies were e-commerce focused, or built specifically to take advantage of the dot-com bubble.

You either set… Read the rest of this entry »

Is Twitter A Time Waster Or A Powerful Business Tool?

By 65 Comments February 4, 2009

It’s pretty clear that Twitter is the social media star of 2009, at least so far.

In case you haven’t got an account yet, make sure you go to Twitter.com and register for free. After you have your account, you can begin by following my updates –

http://twitter.com/yarostarak

I won’t go into the details about how Twitter… Read the rest of this entry »

Should You Pay To Outsource Your Social Media Marketing?

By 13 Comments December 14, 2006

You may recall I signed up for ReviewMe and began with a review of ReviewMe, taking advantage of their opening promotion to pay bloggers to help spread the word about the new service. My review was more of a discussion of the viability of bloggers being paid for reviews, which you can read here – Should Bloggers Accept… Read the rest of this entry »

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