Social Media Tips and Strategies for Individuals and Entrepreneurs

When Consistency Drowns Quality

by Rob Angeles on March 15, 2010

How many here are too obsessive-compulsive (OC) about minute details of work? Filtering emails, organizing files, arranging them by dates and whatnot? It shouldn’t matter if you work this way, so long as you’re consistently turning over work, should it? But what if this productivity isn’t really as effective as you think?

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Effective Strategies In Giving Out Coupons Online

by Rob Angeles on March 14, 2010

How many times have you enjoyed the savings you get from coupons for, say, groceries or meals? I’ve got to say, in as much as it looks a bit desperate to be cutting out coupons from magazines of newspaper just for the savings (however little) you can get from them; these are tough times where every centavo counts. continue reading →

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Find Customers Through Content Marketing

by Rob Angeles on March 12, 2010

How many times have you been advised to put up a blog for your business? If you have a lot of friends in the social media circle, I’d imagine that your answer would be “a lot of times”. Don’t think of it as them bugging you to try out their suggestion. They’re actually telling you this because they want you to help you better your business. continue reading →

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Social Media Channels For Creative People

March 11, 2010

More and more people are starting to express themselves creatively. Artists of different media are popping up left and right trying to make a name for themselves. But even if you want to make it out in this cruel world on their own, it would be easier if you belong to a group or organization [...]

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How Freelance Writers Deal With Aggravation

March 10, 2010

I equate working as a freelance as living the good life. For one, you work at home, or anywhere of your leisure. Another, you keep your time, provided you meet whatever quota your client has for the day/week/month.
However, it can’t be helped that setbacks will appear every now and then. It can’t always be good; [...]

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Are Social Networks An Obstruction In The Workspace

March 9, 2010

You know how social media’s supposed to be giving you the right to freely express yourself on the web? Well, sometimes that can backfire on you as well. Fairly recently, one guy lost his job for some demeaning and somewhat threatening stuff he posted on his blog.
The blog entry was about the company’s policies on [...]

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The 6th Philippine Blogging Summit

March 8, 2010

The 6th Philippine Blogging Summit will be on April 16 and 17, 2010 at the Malcolm Theater, UP College of Law, UP Diliman, from 8 am to 5 pm. Registration will still be FREE.
iBlog6 will be two days this year. The first day (April 16) is targeted for businesses and entrepreneurs wanting to understand how to tap [...]

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2 Simple Strategies To Get More Backlinks

March 8, 2010

When you have a blog, you want people to hear about it everywhere. So you turn to social networking sites to tell your network about your site, hoping they’d pass the message along to others.
Well, that works perfectly. If you’re lucky, you can even have people linking your site for whatever reason they see fit. [...]

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Why SEO And SMO Go Hand In Hand

March 7, 2010

The debate regarding SEO and SMO has long been on-going. Some would say SEO should take the spotlight while some think that social media should be in front and center.
So which one is it?
My answer to it, is neither. I’ve been saying it over and over again; SEO and SMO go hand in hand. SEO [...]

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How To Write Engaging Blog Posts

March 5, 2010

Engagement is one of the strong points of social media. It gives you the opportunity to make your readers feel valued. As blog owner and brand manager, it’s your job to make sure that followers feel engaged with each post you make.
You must be wondering, what will you get if you exert extra effort in [...]

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How To Screw Up Your Blogging Career

March 4, 2010

In as much as social media practitioners suggest that business owners put up a blog for their company, there are just times when you got to admit that you’re not cut out to do it.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t do it, but, rather, that you should take a long hard look at yourself and your [...]

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6 Tricks In Getting Inspiration Back

March 3, 2010

When you write too much, you sometimes find yourself looking at the task as, well, a task. You look at it as your bread and butter that you tend to lose your grasp on the one thing that got you started into writing in the first place – inspiration.
I can’t say it’s that surprising, considering [...]

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Defining The Limit Line In Social Media

March 1, 2010

Social media is pretty much like real life – it offers you an opportunity to meet a lot of people. But when you’re dealing with a diverse crowd, you’re going to want to lay down some ground rules to avoid clashing.
But what type of rules should they be?
This question is kind of subjective, if you [...]

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Engagement Outweighs Quality Content

February 28, 2010

Social media puts value on sharing relevant content as well as interacting with the community. But which one weighs more? Is it being useful? Or is being engaging to your followers? What do you think?
The truth is, it varies from person to person. Some people are the informative kind, while some are the interacting kind. [...]

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3 Commenter Etiquettes Your Mom Did Not Teach You

February 26, 2010

In social media, people are encouraged to share and interact with each other. It can be in the form of a blog, a tweet, a link share, or sometimes, a comment. Yes, a comment counts as sharing and interacting. It’s pretty much like replying to someone who’s talking to you.
But before you start saying your [...]

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Stop Dragging Your Feet And Start Your Blog

February 25, 2010

If there’s anything that kills one’s work schedule, it’s procrastination. Sure you can always push things for a later hour or day, but what’ll that accomplish. I’m afraid the answer to that is a big, fat NOTHING.
If you’ve had the opportunity to consult a social media practitioners, you’ve probably been told that you should get [...]

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