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Michael Comins

More than 50% of all online activity took place on mobile devices during Christmas day,... - 0 views

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Michael Comins

20 Essentials to Power-Up Your Social Media Strategy. | Social Media Today - 0 views

  • Added the Google tracking code to the Landing page for the ads you are running? What about the Facebook landing tabs that you are running for a contest/sweepstakes/announcement or any other promotion. The insights are great and much more in depth than what Facebook provides. Do this now!Another great piece of code is the Google remarketing code. With the same added onto your Facebook page it makes for a great spread for your Google Adwords run ads. With a captive fan base account being pulled into the target range it makes for specific targeting.So you are running a contest on Facebook & Twitter at the same time? Ensure you talk about it on both platforms. Those with accounts on either will get involved. Sounds irrational? Now think where all your Twitter widget features and so does your Facebook News stream. Get it? Think social. Also remember they a lot of people stumble onto social media links via Google search and brows Twitter without logging in.Using a hashtag? Keep it small and precise. Do not add two words together that make puns or cannot be understood. Also, remember to keep the possibility of its use extremely narrow. You don't want negative publicity or feedback via the same.If you are using an application ensure you promote it using a Bit.ly link. No not for tracking the rate of the clicks alone but also the branding bit. A shot URL always saves space on Twitter and looks good too.
  • An auto reply for new followers does not always work on Twitter. Sometimes they follow you to DM you to make a complaint. Be careful. Keep it neutral if you have one. Who said the future can’t be predicted. On a content calendar plot dates of important holidays, days and celebrations. Include important soccer games, death and birth anniversaries of the celebrated personalities. Trust me. These trend on Twitter and do they go mighty!Keep a 5 time a day tab on your Twitter account. Twice a day checks are passé. Trends emerge and die within hours. Capitalize with these plugging in announcements, product launches or even new recruitment's. Trust me they work.The Youtube option of featured video makes for an excellent way to announce information to first time visitors. Simply set the same on auto play and have not only your videos plays increase but also your on channel engagement.So you have a welcome page as well as a thank you page that follows after the viewer has gone through the application/lead form etc. Does the thank you form have a tweet this/like this button? Build to scale when adding widgets to an interface and do so where the viewer is able to pause and dedicate time on the same.So people registered on your landing page and you forgot to add the Facebook widget there? Don't fret a simple mailer to the leads generated will ensure that at least some of them do follow you back on Facebook. In personal instances the mailers have generated as much as 400 likes when marketed to a database of 2000 leads. Unbelievable? Try it.
  • Google Adwords seems to be very generous with its marketing solutions coupons. Do you receive countless coupons for trial campaigns? Do you use them? Don't lie. The best way to use them is run ads targeting them to your page. This is an efficient way to use the trial versions and create some super cool traction on your page.Loaded a nice picture for the Facebook page? No not the cover, the profile we mean. Check how it appears on the news feeds of fans for a better perspective. Is it exciting to look at? Is it too cluttered? Note that most pages and updates pull traffic due to the nature of their visibility. Everyone looks at someone attractive right? Make a note.Wondering whom to follow on Twitter. Don’t worry, it’s ok. There are a million faces there. Heard about Twitter lists? These public/private database goldmines are a brilliant index of people according to the nature of their interests and hobbies. Another way of selecting whom to follow is by registering on wefollow.com – a twitter index on people and their influences. Wish to go more specific then there is klout and Peerindex. Both tools excellent on rating people on their merits in multiple aspects.Twitter makes for excellent ways to reach out to those who matter. Make lists according to the people who enquire and complain with you. Adding them to a special guess list will help in damage control as well as testing plans, products and packages in the future.
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  • Content once shared cannot be changed right? Wrong! If you have published a post that has an image that accompanies it you can change the text any time later of the post has not got a suitable reaction. Do this if the content is not performing accordingly. Note: Avoid this when it is a press release or an official/financial statement.Content is of two parts on all Tweets and Facebook Updates. The first section is informative and the second is reactive. Try and pack in all content with reactive posts to get traction on the page. Also on Facebook try and keep the second line of text in another paragraph to get a higher share of response. But ensure the content is social worthy or else this will all be in vain.Have a blog/article to share as well? Give an interesting piece of information on Twitter and Facebook with an interesting image. Do not share the entire information in the update. Say something like 'Northern Lights can be viewed from a distance of 5 miles and the best thing about them.. read more here (short link)'Use action words like ‘Check this.., It’s here.., Out now.., Bet you dint know this..’ when releasing pictures and contest images. These are entitled to get audiences to click the link to view the details. Remember that images and external links almost everything is only shown as a link alone. Action words like these will help, not always but most certainly often.
  • Last but not the least, tweet when your audience is present on Twitter. Talking about lunch? Its best to do so around 11 to 1pm. That is when the time lunch plans are made for example. Similarly when catering to an audience that is sex specific remember women and men differ in times of the day they use social media. Also, with mobiles doing most of the work than a computer the ability to view an image is much lesser than possible. Keep images and text clear.
Michael Comins

Not So Fast: Native Apps Still Trump Mobile Web | Mobile App Testing - 0 views

  • “A year and a half ago, mobile users tended to spend considerably more time — an average of 64 minutes per day — using the Web browser on their phone or tablet. By comparison, they spent only 43 minutes per day in apps. Now mobile users now spend an average of 94 minutes per day using apps, but just 72 minutes browsing the mobile Web…”
  • “In March, the web browser accounted for just 18.5 percent of time spent online among US smart-phone users. Mobile apps accounted for the rest. Now we know why Safari for iOS capabilities advance so sparingly: Apple sees it as irrelevant. Stated differently: Safari is to mobile what Internet Explorer 6 was to the desktop 10 years ago. Apps matter more to both developers.”
Michael Comins

Winn-Dixie brings customers a high tech Valentine's Day offer using QR codes | QR Code ... - 0 views

  • Customers who scan the QR code will be automatically redirected to a special mobile site that will provide them with step-by-step video instructions to create a tasty meal with a surf and turf theme. Moreover, each of the items in the menu’s recipes are available in the “What’s for Dinner?” displays in the grocery locations.
  • “Our main goal is to provide guests the opportunity to access information quickly and easily – both inside our stores and remotely at home.”
Michael Comins

How to Clean Up Your Cleanup When Dealing with Social Media | Social Media Today - 0 views

  • Many experts recommend that your company have a social media crisis plan, but few companies actually take the time to think it through.
  • Consider some of the ways that a social media crisis plan could go wrong:   Two people from the company issue apologies through different mediums without talking with one another. This could cause miscommunication and one may promise something that the other did not. Worse yet, the two parties could promote conflicting ideas.The crisis plan may have been set into motion too late. If a member of a company is not very active on social media, he/she could potentially not hear of the crisis until a few days later.The crisis plan may be set for something less serious. If the crisis is serious to the company, yet it not treated that way, people could get very upset.
  • Step #1: Communicate with everyone in the company about who is going to be the spokesperson for both mishaps.
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  • Step #2: Discuss how you plan to solve both crises.
  • Step #3: Go out and solve both crises simultaneously. Put more emphasis on the initial problem than the one that you directly created.
  • Step #4: Create a social media crises plan so this does not happen again.
  • Step #5: Let the entire company know your new plan.
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    How to Clean Up Your Cleanup When Dealing with Social Media
Michael Comins

Most Websites Need to be Rebuilt for Mobile Browsers - Houston Chronicle - 0 views

  • website traffic from mobile devices has been steadily increasing up to a current average of 15% of all visitors.
  • Because a website is the public billboard to a company’s message, products, and services, alienating 15% of its visitors is a major concern for most businesses. Even worse, this percentage grows every day.
Michael Comins

How to Adapt to the New World of Social Business | Social Media Examiner - 0 views

  • #1: Youth quake
  • 70% of Millennials feel that once they find a company or product they like, they will keep coming back58% are willing to share more personal information with trusted brands86% will share their brand preference onlineNearly 20% of Millennials attended a brand-sponsored event in the last 30 daysOf those who attended, 65% purchased the featured product
  • #2: An Audience With an Audience of Audiences
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  • #3: The Co-creation of Brands
  • #4: Digital Influence and Social Capital
Michael Comins

QR codes offer new realm of possibilities - 0 views

  • "We just started using them," explained Abby Suiter, practice manager for Daniel Island Animal Hospital. "…It’s all about clicking a link, so you don’t have to type in an address. You just scan it."
  • "We are using QR codes to try to get information out to potential patients and anyone who is interested in orthodontics as efficiently as possible," added Dr. Michael Zetz of Daniel Island-based Crescent Moon Orthodontics. "QR codes give you a way to give somebody information or access to information really easily."
  • Both Suiter and Zetz say they have added QR codes in their practice exam rooms, so patient families can literally tap into additional, relevant information while waiting.
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  • "You can generate a unique QR code for each (web) page you want to direct them to," said Suiter, who is using QR codes in the office currently to promote their new website. "You can put in whatever you want."
  • "All of a sudden, you’ve engaged the person," Zetz added. "They’re flipping, scrolling, and looking at (your business). Most everybody puts their website in their print ads, and that’s a good thing, but that extra step of reading it and putting it into your computer and then looking it up is harder than ‘oh, there it is!’ You’re removing that step…The QR code sort of bridges the gap a little bit from a marketing standpoint. "
  • "You can only put so much in a print ad, and you hope somebody reads it and takes home one thing from it. But if they stop and scan a QR code, a lot more information is immediately available and you get a lot better feel for what’s going on."
  • Delta Pharmacy on Daniel Island is yet another business utilizing QR portals to better serve current and future customers. According to company representative John Joe Salazar, about 400 people have downloaded the app to access Delta’s unique QR code.
  • "The culture of the day is definitely inundated with mobile technology," said Salazar. "From ages 8 – 88, people seem to be ever busy with conversing, texting, emailing or just doodling on those little mobile devices we call ‘cells.’ This technology is only going to increase and here at Delta we wanted to stay ahead of the game."
  • A custom QR code enables Delta customers to easily order prescriptions and access store data, added Salazar. They currently post the code on their website, retail bags, and other printed materials. Delivery trucks and personalized water bottles with QR labels are also in the works, he said. The Daniel Island Animal Hospital also plans to add more access via QR codes in the future, such as linking users to blog topics of interest.
  • "We can put them on flyers for any property and have a direct link to the property on our website," said Jennings. "They are easy to create, easy to use, and are just a faster medium of getting people to our website for the information they need."
Michael Comins

10 Creative Ways to Use QR Codes for Marketing - 0 views

  • 20.1 million mobile phone owners in the U.S. used their devices to scan a QR code in the three-month average period ending October 2011. In the big scheme of things, this isn’t a large number. However, the number of people using QR codes is expected to grow.
  • 1. Reinventing the Shopping Experience
  • 2. Enhancing the User Experience
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  • 3. Streamlining the Customer’s Visit
  • 4. Noting the Things You Enjoy
  • 5. Give Customers Something They Want
  • 6. Providing Real-Time Information
  • 7. Initiate Share-worthy Competitions
  • 8. Personalized Gift Giving
  • 9. Help Your Customers Grow Their Businesses
  • 10. Share Modern Day Mixtapes
Michael Comins

Mobile Marketing for Local Small Business | Internet Marketing for Small Business | Sma... - 0 views

  • 1.4 B Internet Users 4B wireless subscribers worldwide Facebook has 600k new subscribers per day, increasing login rate through mobile devices 3B SMS users worldwide. USA lags. 400M worldwide accesses mobile web. 44M in the USA
  • 97.5% of the market share for mobile search goes to, you got it, Google. Shorter time to find stuff. Different Algorithm and their main search.
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Michael Comins

Google ThinkMobile 2011 - 0 views

  • Mobile Fast Facts How Well Do You Know the US Mobile Smartphone User? 39% use the Internet on their smartphones while going to the bathroom 70% have used their smartphones while shopping in-store 88% of people looking for local information have taken action within a day 82% of smartphone users notice mobile ads
Michael Comins

Survey: U.S. mobile Web access growing fast - CNN - 0 views

  • Pew also found that 53 percent of Americans who use their phones to go online do so at least once per day. That's more than 47 million daily mobile internet users in the U.S.
  • Age matters. About 65 percent of U.S. cell phone users ages 18-29 go online from their phones, compared with 43 percent of those aged 30-49.
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