On The Job

APRIL 25, 2022

A survey finds that people say "scrolling aimlessly on a device" is the second biggest reason (behind distractions from kids) that takes them away from work the most. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, dating apps, news alerts -- all these are a rabbit hole that you fall into and end up wasting hours of time. Log off all social media.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 20, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Great Quote on Consumer Versus Business Social Media | Main | The Small Business Side of Maker Faire » May 20, 2010 Is Corporate Social Media Sales Media?   People use social media for social reasons; companies use social media for sales. 

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On The Job

JULY 22, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, July 22, 2010 Is Using Social Media at Work a Good Idea? Facebook announced this week is has 500 million users. But the truth is, employees do use Facebook at work.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 15, 2011

Network Solutions recently released its 2010 State of Small Business report and it has lots of interesting information, including data on social media usage by small businesses. As the chart below (chart 14 from the report) shows, Facebook is used by 27% of small businesses for business purposes.  small business sector. 

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On The Job

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

We thought social media would be cheaper and would reach our exact target since most public-relations professionals are participating in it." Within about 10 minutes of posting the job on Twitter and Facebook , responses from interested job seekers were arriving, which "was so remarkable and so wonderful," he says. Don't whine.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 10, 2020

"Armchair digital nomads" is the term we use to describe the millions of Americans who aren’t currently digital nomads but tell us in surveys they plan on becoming one.      We call them armchair digital nomads because in the past the vast majority who say this have not followed through. 

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 1, 2011

The blog post I found most interesting shows that Facebook is the preferred social media network small businesses want their suppliers to use to communicate with them.    The chart below is from the ECSB blog post on this topic and based on a January survey.  communicating directly with you)? . 

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Success

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

And I’ve come prepared: Red wine, Sudoku, a 2,000-piece puzzle and a journal to record what I hope will be a week filled with pensive thought and deep revelation—seven days without TV, Internet, Netflix, Pandora, a smartphone or social media. Facebook bores me, but I’m itching for it anyway. I’m also getting paid to do this.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

You may think that only solopreneurs or social media influencers require a personal brand. But you can easily tarnish that brand with a Facebook rant or arguing unnecessarily with a coworker. As you define your personal brand, survey your competition. Survey your digital presence. That is your brand.

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Allwork

APRIL 3, 2023

Despite its late appearance in the process, the fact that background checks are one of, if not the final place to catch resume embellishment can’t be ignored.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

  VanLife, which is a subset of the broader digital nomad trend , has been popularized in part by millions of #VanLife posts on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter.   You can also find all sorts of pictures on social media of VanLifers doing yoga on the beach or next to a mountain.  

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Allwork

AUGUST 28, 2023

Consider how Amazon disrupted retail, Google search, Facebook social media, and Tesla automotive. Surveys show they only want to work in the office two days per week on average. Today’s scrappy startups embracing flexible work are positioned to dominate the future across industries.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 3, 2019

In fact, we found that over 76% of small businesses that took the survey, do all their marketing online, with only 14% still using offline methods such as advertising, events or direct mail. SEO produced the best results according to a third of small businesses, followed by Social Media Marketing and Content/In-bound Marketing.

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Tips From T. Marie

AUGUST 17, 2016

In fact, when GetFiveStars.com founder Mike Blumenthal conducted a survey, although business owners themselves believed that 75% of customers were experiencing excellent customer service, the customers themselves had something else to say. Offering a free gift or discount for taking the survey can improve completion rates.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In a survey published in 2020’s “ Building the On-Demand Workforce ” report from the Harvard Business School and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 60% of business leaders said they expected to increasingly “rent” “borrow” or “share” talent with other companies. Who hires freelancers? And we’ve worked with the best — Netflix, AllBirds and Outer.

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On The Job

MAY 22, 2019

A survey of 9,000 tech workers by Blind finds that more than half of those surveyed believe they are indeed working in a toxic environment. Half of workers at Amazon and Intel agreed they were working in such an environment, along with about 25 percent of Google employees and more than a third of Facebook workers.

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Small Business CEO

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Simply put, they’re avoiding using social media to attract and engage consumers, therefore dropping the ball when they could be scoring a touchdown. For those small businesses not exercising their possibilities in social media, they stand the potential of falling behind their competitors and missing out on increased revenue and more.

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Tips From T. Marie

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

head over to the Facebook Page if you’d like to get the conversation started. ) Still questioning, I decided to see what, if anything was out there already on the subject. Companies like Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon have made very public statements about the current administration’s DACA repeal and before that the immigration ban.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Market Tools, a software and service provider for management and research conducted a survey of 331 companies with an annual revenue of more than $10 million annually. Of those organizations, 23 percent rely on social networks to support their customer service and to provide feedback. But no successful Facebook campaign is random.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Market Tools, a software and service provider for management and research conducted a survey of 331 companies with an annual revenue of more than $10 million annually. Of those organizations, 23 percent rely on social networks to support their customer service and to provide feedback. But no successful Facebook campaign is random.

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Service Untitled

JULY 25, 2011

Facebook has become a ubiquitous part of our national culture – like it or not. Just this week the American Customer Satisfaction Index partnering with ForeSeeResults polled 70,000 users of websites and social networks including Facebook, Google, CNN and Wikipedia. Facebook has no subscriptions, and it’s free.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 20, 2015

. Millennials — the 20- and 30-something consumers whom marketers covet — would rather spend their hard-won cash on out-of-town vacations, meals with friends, gym memberships and, of course, their smartphones, many surveys suggest. Of course, this is not a new trend.

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Small Business CEO

MAY 25, 2010

Do you have it backwards when it comes to Facebook? Here’s what no one in the social media space seems to want to say: Facebook is a difficult place to reach new eyeballs organically if you do not already have good brand awareness. If you are trying to use Facebook to reach a new audience, organically (i.e.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 27, 2015

It lit up social media with thousands of tweets and Facebook posts.  Tanya Mohn's New York Times article Coworking on Vacation: A Desk in Paradise  hit a cord with readers.   The article focuses on coworking facilities in exotic or tourist oriented locations that also provide accommodations.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 5, 2016

They are being asked to become involved in and even take charge of areas such as social media and corporate responsibility. In recent Office of the Future research from OfficeTeam and the International Association of Administrative Professionals, 50 percent of survey respondents feel they have skills that are not being tapped at work.

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Virtual Moxie

AUGUST 2, 2011

Today, I want to tell you about the Social Buzz Club. I know bunches of you are managing the Social Media presence of your clients, and are growing ever more savvy in your own use of Social Media. don't understand internet marketing, won't learn social media, and don't have a clue about search engine optimization.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 11, 2013

OfficeTime surveyed more than six hundred people to determine the biggest office productivity killers. Web surfing took the number two spot, as 80 percent of the people surveyed reported spending more than two hours per day on this activity. Social networking is fun, but it won''t boost your office productivity.

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Customers Rock!

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Social media has brought the customer experience more in-focus than ever before, and this became very apparent during the start of the 2010 holiday shopping season on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. I spoke with Geoff Galat, VP of Worldwide Marketing for Tealeaf, to learn more about the social media report they conducted.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Use your social media platforms. Rather than solely relying on press releases (and press leaks, for that matter), people can simply go on Facebook fan pages and Twitter accounts to get the latest news. The internet has definitely changed the approach to public relations. The same goes for Twitter.

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Small Business CEO

MAY 13, 2013

The survey of over 1,100 small business owners found more than half (56 percent) think the first quarter of 2013 was successful and 79 percent believe the second quarter will be positive for their companies. With the emphasis on finding new customers, it’s not surprising that small business owners are turning to social media.

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Allwork

JULY 20, 2023

Leverage surveys, feedback forms, and social media channels to foster open communication. Incorporate your brand story into press releases, blog articles, social media posts, and website content. Connect with them through social media, attend industry events, or participate in media networking activities.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 15, 2013

The buzz phrase “social listening,” also known as social media monitoring, can help organizations and businesses be more effective and build stronger brand relationships. Perhaps the Dell story with the “power to do more” further explains the concept of “social listening.”

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

  Today, you can see content on: Use of Time Recycling & Time Management Social Media E-mail Use of Time How and Why to Stop Multi-Tasking - [link] - Peter Bregman writes an excellent article about multi-tasking.    Every other Wednesday, I share links to a number of different blogs and sites. 

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Last month T-Mobile, as part of their ‘ Business Sense ’ campaign, carried out a survey on business growth, via the social networking site, Linked In. Potential customers trust other customers, and many turn to Social Media to engage with previous users of services. But what is the best way to promote business growth?

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Andrea Kalli

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Generally, these actions include signing up for a free trial program, joining a new website, or completing an online survey. I Recommend These Premium Biz Resources "I cant say enough great things about the Certified Internet Marketing and the Social Media Marketing Specialist programs through VAClassroom. Andrea I know, I know.it

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Service Untitled

JUNE 30, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Customer service procedures and social media preparation Cheryl June 30, 2010 Customer Satisfaction , Little Things, Big Differences , Proactive No Comments You wouldn’t jump into a swimming pool if you didn’t know how to swim.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 6, 2012

Beyond the long arms of social media where we frequently address our complaints to organizations that have “done us wrong,” enters another new kid in town who stretches beyond the 140 character Twitter or the full time media Facebook guru, and claims it can connect you directly to the top decision makers.

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