Saturday, January 7, 2012

Business Quick Tip #6

Quick Tip #6
Use a landing page and e-mail capture to find your warm market

With your facebook fan page, design a landing page, (e.g http://www.facebook.com/EpiphanyConsultingLLC ), to give your fans a little bit of information about your company. You can include an e-mail capture form, so that people who are extremely interested in your organization can sign up for your newsletters and updates.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Business Quick Tip #5

Quick Tip #5
Don't let Tumbleweed flow through your Social Media Platforms...

It is vital to not only put great content on your Social Media Platforms, it is vital to post regularly! If you do not post with frequency and consistency, you will never draw the following you are searching for. Keep pushing out those great nuggets of information and do so consistently! Great frequency on Facebook is 2-3 times a week. Great frequency on Twitter is 2-3 times a day. Post accordingly!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Business Quick Tip #4

Quick Tip #4
Spend 80% of your time on the Social Web Interacting

No one likes someone that is saying, buy from me, buy from me! BUY FROM ME! They especially don't like it online. 80% of your time shoiuld be spent on the social web interacting with customers and potential customers. How do we do that? We become collectors of information. Find 10 Blogs or websites that you like that are related to your industry and read them. When you find great content, SHARE IT! Remember that Content is King!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Business Quick Tip #3

Quick Tip #3
Use Video on your Social Media Platforms

The absolute best way to reach customers and potential customers is with video. Video is a low cost option to get your message and branding out. By using Youtube, you can create how to videos, behind the scenes videos, and commercials for your organization. These video pieces can be distributed over your social media platforms and accelrate your branding.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Business Quick Tip #2

Quick Tip #2
Use Social Media Dashboards to shorten your update process

Using a Dashboard like Hootsuite can help shorten your time updating to social media platforms. It seems like a simple tip, but by linking your various social media platforms for free through Hootsuite, you can update from one platform. Ypu can update up to 5 accounts for free, so remember to sign up at www.hootsuite.com,

Monday, January 2, 2012

Business Quick Tip #1

Alright! It's 2012. Time to make all these resolutions and make it happen. Doesn't that sound like 2011? And 2010? And ....? So how do we make this one THE year? It all starts with a simple step. Here with Epiphany, we have targeted this as a year of change. So we will start this year with some quick tips to for success in your business. Remember, when we are talking about business tips, that many of these can be expanded into work life mixes and it be great for your personal life. A UCLA study shows that it takes 21-30 days of performing an activity for it to have a chance of becoming a habit. We must practice to achieve our goals.

Quick Tip #1
Spend 30 Minutes a Day on your Business Social Media Presence

Because the social media atmosphere is low or no cost, there is no excuse for every business not to have a social media platform. Whether its Google +, facebook, Twitter, or another platform. Your business needs a space there. This thirty minutes should be spent primarily finding great content on the web, because Content is King. Where do we find this content? We will discuss this in a later tip...