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Happy Social Media Day: What is it Anyway?

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Today, June 30th is "Social Media Day".  I'm not really sure what all that means, but I love Mashable and celebrating, so I'm going with it! LOL.

Mashable calls it "A day to celebrate the revolution of media being social", but I'm sure many others are calling it "an excuse to party!".

I thought today would be a great day to try and answer the question: "What is Social Media?".  Even as a person that’s been doing this for some time, I can tell you that you’d be hard pressed to find a concrete answer to this question, and that’s because the term is so broad and the technology and mechanisms on which it works changes rapidly.  Despite this, today I’m going to endeavor to explain what social media is, and how it works, and I hope that someone will find my effort to be useful. 

A while ago, I came across an excellent video on YouTube by Common Craft called "Social Media in Plain English" that talks about this, and it sums of how social media works great.  I really didn’t expect much, but much to my surprise this brief 4-minute video did an EXCELLENT job of explaining social media and how it works in terms that almost everyone can understand: Ice Cream.  In this week's podcast, I do my best to try and sum up the video, but you're more than welcomed to watch it below, and leave your comments and let me know what you think about it or today's podcast.

 

 

Happy Social Media Day | 2011

 

Kindra Cotton, Small Business Survival Specialist

Happy Social Media Day: What is it Anyway?

Mobile Technology and Small Businesses

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Mashable recently published a great Infographic showing How Small Businesses Are Using Mobile.

Given the integral part that smartphones and mobile media play in our small business operations, this infographic tells a great story about how small businesses are using mobile technology to keep their businesses running.

By the way, this infographic come was provided by Intuit and design shop Column Five.  The image below is rather small, so if you want to really peruse it, it's best to head to their site, or over to Mashable.

How Small Businesses Are Using Mobile [INFOGRAPHIC]

Is Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising Right For You?

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a pointerOn Monday, June 13, 2011 at 3:00PM, SSS for Success is helping you answer this question to determine if the Pay per click (PPC) Advertising model fits within your organization's marketing plan.

A FREE webinar titled "Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising 100: What is PPC & How Can It Work For You" will explore basic questions about Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising and programs like Google AdWords, and it will provide an explanation for how PPC advertising can be used to help small businesses promote themselves online.

Registrants who complete this webinar become eligible to receive a free 30-minute PPC Consultation, in addition to the possibility of taking advantage of a $100 Google AdWords Gift Card Coupon offer (available to new AdWords customers only – some restrictions do apply).

Space is limited and seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The $100 Google AdWords Gift Card Coupon Offer is only available while supplies last.  Registration for the webinar can be completed here: http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=E952DF838747