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Does Social Media Work for Sales and Marketing?

Small Business Labs

Gallup has caused quite a stir with a survey showing that social media has little to no impact on the purchasing decisions of most consumers.   The key study chart study, which shows 62% of consumers responded social media has no impact on their purchasing decisions, is below.

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What Happens to Your Digital Life When You Die?

Success

In 2012, Forever.com was launched to offer online storage to its users and a digital archive of their photos, potentially sowing the first seeds of what has over the years flourished into the business of managing one’s digital legacy. * * *. In the U.S., Ninety percent of U.S. We may want to be careful not to reinvent the wheel though.

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The Small Business Blog on Google+

The Small Business Blog

Initially many people were not convinced by Google Plus, but time has shown that it has become a very valuable social tool. It’s now the second largest social network in the world, having surpassed Twitter in active monthly users at the end of 2012.

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4 Reasons Why Small Businesses Should Be Embracing Social Media

Small Business CEO

There are a number of obvious advantages to using social media and we could simply leave it at “it’s necessary because all your competitors are doing it”, but to really give you an idea of why you would be missing out if you fail to utilise social media in 2013 we’ve compiled the following list of reasons: 1.

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Goodbye Google: The Epilogue

Productivityist

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Goodbye Google: The Epilogue Posted on 07/23/2012 // 3 Comments It’s been a few months since I gave a shot at eliminating much of Google from my life. Let’s start with how my “Goodbye Google” experiment has fared as of today.

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Life Going into the Fourth Quarter of 2012

Productivityist

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Life Going into the Fourth Quarter of 2012 Posted on 09/25/2012 // Leave a Comment (Note: This post went out to my Front Nine newsletter subscribers yesterday.

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2012: My Year in Review

Productivityist

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact 2012: My Year in Review Posted on 12/30/2012 // Leave a Comment Last year I offered up a year in review post , and i’m doing it again this year. I got better with this in 2012, but I can do much better in 2013 and beyond. What else did I do in 2012?

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