Author: Carolyn Coates

How to Generate Sales from Your Blog in 96 Seconds

Carolyn Coates

Nov 06 2013

Our blogging for business training has helped many businesses take advantage of this incredibly powerful online tool. Blogging is no longer about sitting down and writing what's on your mind but takes effective strategies to create website traffic, leads, and...

This Week in Social Media: Pinterest Starts Related Pins, Respond to Twitter’s @MagicRecs Messages, Facebook Tracks Cursor Movement, and More!

Carolyn Coates

Nov 01 2013

Happy November! Not only did this week bring Halloween madness blowing up our social networks but a few top sites made some big updates. This week brought related Pins for Pinterest, a new feature with the Twitter recommendation account, Facebook...

Creating a Blogging Strategy to Blow Readers Away

Carolyn Coates

Oct 22 2013

A few weeks ago we did a business blogging training to help businesses understand how they can really take advantage of one of the most powerful tools in social media. Blogs aren't as new and sexy as Pinterest or Instagram, but they...

This Week in Social Media: Schedule Tweets in Twitter, Review Facebook Places, Foursquare Helps Find Nearby Friends, and More!

Carolyn Coates

Oct 18 2013

This week in social media brought many updates for Twitter including the ability to schedule tweets and new direct message settings. Facebook again altered privacy settings and is allowing reviews for places while Foursquare helps identify nearby friends and places....

This Week in Social Media: Hootsuite Shows Retweeters, Watch TV in Twitter, How Not to Connect with Your Audience and More!

Carolyn Coates

Oct 11 2013

This week in social media brought a long-awaited update for Hootsuite, privacy changes in Facebook, data changes in Google, a NY Comic Con blunder, and a Twitter feature coming soon. 1. Hootsuite Shows Retweeters Today, Hootsuite announced the new feature...

Join Us for our Upcoming Social Media 101 Training

Carolyn Coates

Oct 10 2013

We're excited to announce one of our newer Cincinnati training program: Social Media 101. This is a half-day training program designed for beginners in social media who want to learn how to use sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube and...

10 Blog Titles that Drive MASSIVE TRAFFIC

Carolyn Coates

Oct 09 2013

A blog is one of the most important tools that any business can use in their social media strategy. Many social media consultants will say that a quality blog is at the center of any good social media marketing campaign....

How to Pin Your Way to Success

Carolyn Coates

Oct 01 2013

Pinterest refers more traffic to websites than YouTube, Google+, and LinkedIn combined - this is extraordinarily valuable to your business. Not only do Pinterest users spend on average more time on this network searching for and engaging with brands but...

This Week in Social Media: Facebook Allows Edits, Promoted Pins, Twitter Recommendations, Google Continues its Takeover, and more!

Carolyn Coates

Sep 28 2013

This week in social media brought a long-awaited update to Facebook mobile, a new network for advertisers to jump on, Twitter recommendations, YouTube allows offline viewing, Google continually showing its power, and to iPad apps for entrepreneurs and small business...