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The Top 10 Restaurants Using Social Media [Infographic]
Who among us wouldn’t love having nearly 31.4 million likes on Facebook or 2.8 million Twitter followers? That’s the kind of social media following Starbucks has–and it’s also dominating Google+ and...
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Social Media Checklist: 12 Things To Ask Yourself Before You Tweet
Social media managers have definitely been known to get themselves into hot water. For example, during a presidential debate, KitchenAid made a very insulting joke at President Obama’s expense, due to...
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Making Your Online Audience Uncomfortable in 10 Simple Steps
Almost all businesses can benefit from an Internet presence, but if your online efforts aren’t properly managed, you could end up with a very uncomfortable audience. I’m all for stirring the pot when...
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Why The President’s Tweet Became the Most Popular of All Time
President Barack Obama made social media history with a tweet posted right after he was named the winner of the United States 2012 president election. This tweet surpassed tweets by celebrities like...
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What Businesses NEED to Learn from Romney’s Project ORCA
Project ORCA was supposed to be the saving grace for the Republican presidential campaign. In a race that came down to the wire in many states, this new way of organizing Romney’s league of...
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32 Brilliant Bloggers Talk About Small Business Blogging
Brilliant Bloggers is a bi-weekly series here at NMX where we look at the best posts from around the web, all surrounding a specific topic. Every other week, we’ll feature a brilliant blogger, along...
View ArticleHow to Turn Social into Sales with Ann Handley
One of the biggest frustrations for businesses is turning all of their online activities into actual sales. You can have 50,000 Twitter followers and post to your blog three times a day, but if doing...
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Are Your Employees on LinkedIn? Three Profile Creation Tips from Stephanie...
We often think of LinkedIn as a professional social network for individuals, but did you know LinkedIn could also help build your business? At BusinessNext 2013 (presented by NMX), speaker Stephanie...
View ArticleRamon Ray’s Five Steps for Personal Branding
As many of you may have heard, NMX (BlogWorld) recently purchased a new conference: Ramon Ray’s Small Business Summit. We’re super excited to work with Ramon, who is an absolute firecracker. Ramon was...
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The Unintentional Thought Leader: Seven Steps For Small Business Blogging
When I launched Marketing Sparks three years ago, “thought leadership” was not a goal. Discuss issues I care about? Yes. Stoke my desire to write? Absolutely. Maybe even attract new business as a...
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Are You Targeting the Wrong Social Influencers? 3 Mistakes Brands are Making
Working with major influencers might be able to help your brand reach new audiences, but are you reaching out to the wrong people online? How you measure the value of an influencer can drastically...
View ArticleStan Slap’s Business Case for Humanity [Video]
At NMX 2013, Dan Keldsen got the chance to sit down with Stap Slap, author and CEO of Slap Company, to talk about the intersection of business and human nature. Stan says that he’s “in the business of...
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4 Essential Apps for Increasing Profits in a Small Business
When it comes to running a business, it’s important to take advantage of every tool you can find to make things run more efficiently. This is especially true of small businesses where you don’t have as...
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Small Town Business Values in an Online World: Yes, It is Possible!
Growing up in a small town of fewer than 100 people (yes, you read that right…fewer than 100!) was not always the easiest, but one thing I will always treasure is the values I learned growing up and...
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How Social Media is Changing the Face of Hiring
Social media has made a huge impact on recruitment and the recruitment process. Companies, head hunters, and recruitment agencies are turning to social media sites to promote available positions,...
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How Does Blogging Help You Boost Traffic and Generate Leads? [Infographic]
Whether your company blogs or not, it’s important to not disregard its significance. Blogging has three proven ways to help boost your brand and market your business. They are proven to generate...
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Financial Terms Every Serious Blogger Should Know
Who knew that blogging would someday become a legitimate career choice? And that a blog could be classified as a real business? Ten years ago, blogging was considered something cat lovers did in their...
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Are You Setting Yourself Up for Online Business Success? All You Have to Do...
Here at NMX, we have an all-staff meeting the day before the show to make sure everyone is on the same page and the event can run as smoothly as possible. Since I’ve been a part of NMX (and I’m...
View ArticleCreative Blogging with a Persona: An Artist, Journalist, and Reviewer Walk...
We’re all guilty of going on auto-pilot with our blog once in a while: maybe we missed our deadline and need to whip up something quick, or we have to churn out a piece on a hot topic everyone else has...
View ArticleSix Ways to Make Your Brand Shine in a Small Business Blog
Ask a dozen marketers what “branding” means and you’ll get a dozen answers. Why? Because it’s a word with many meanings, depending on who’s doing the defining. This blog alone shows 30 unique...
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