Skip to content

How to Use Facebook to Promote During Small Business Season

Is it just us or does Black Friday seem to have withered on the vine? Years ago, people would run out to get their newspapers on Thanksgiving to peruse the deals and map out their shopping plans.  This year, holiday deals began in October and thus they’ve lost some of their luster and excitement. Yes,…

Read More

Using Existing Facebook Groups to Grow Your Business

Alameda has several Facebook groups that have formed around living, working, and/or playing in our Island community. Some are private and you’ll need to request to join. Others are public. Some groups are loosely veiled business generators for community leaders or professionals (often real estate agents) who recognize how important it is to insert themselves…

Read More

10 Social Media Actions to Stop Immediately

Social media is about building relationships and allowing your customers, and potential customers, to get to know you better as you get to know them (and their preferences). But if you’re doing these ten things, chances are you’re not only chipping away at any relationship-building potential but you’re also hurting your own efficiency.   Spreading Yourself…

Read More

TikTok Basics for Business

Is your business on TikTok? Maybe you’re just figuring out video and livestreaming and you have written off TikTok as a site for kids.  While you aren’t wrong about that (32.5% of users are between 10 and 19, while 41 percent of TikTok users are between 16 and 24 years old), the TikTok adult audience…

Read More

Most Businesses Get This Wrong on Social Media

There was a funny screen print of an email shared on social media last week. In it, a person the recipient didn’t know proposed marriage and then in the next sentence suggested, “Maybe we can get to know each other better.”   To any rational person this message seems out of order and out of context. Sadly,…

Read More

10 Social Media Actions to Stop Immediately

Social media is about building relationships and allowing your customers, and potential customers, to get to know you better as you get to know them (and their preferences) better as well. But if you’re doing these 10 things, chances are you’re not only chipping away at any relationship-building potential but you’re also hurting your own efficiency.   Spreading Yourself…

Read More

How to Find Time for Social Media

Small business owners, especially those businesses with under 10 employees, find it extremely difficult to justify the time on social media because it doesn’t lead to predictable, measurable cost savings or revenue. But it’s difficult to measure the value of a relationship and that’s what you’re building with social media. Just as you make time for…

Read More

25 Ways to Become a “Fun” Business

transforming your business into a fun business

Do you want to appeal to a younger demographic? Want to get people talking about you? Maybe you want to attract an ultra-cool influencer or celebrity customer? If you do, rebranding and becoming a “fun” business may be just the way to get more attention and a more loyal fanbase. There are many serious reasons…

Read More

Take on Twitter with These 4 Beginner’s Tips

Regardless of how you feel about the 45th president, Donald J. Trump taught us all a thing or two about Twitter. There are now 145 million daily users, and 330 million active monthly users of the platform. 63% of users are between 35-63, with a median age of 40. 66% of users are male. Plus,…

Read More