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Modern Business: The Social Media Strategy

  • August 6th, 2013 by SEM Contributor
Advertisers and marketers are infiltrating social networks. In fact, many corporations believe there is no better platform for reaching potential new customers. Lately they’ve been coming up with ingenious new ways to reach users on platforms like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. It looks like those methods are bound to change, however, as users become hip to their ways and marketers… Read more

Top 10 Reasons For Online Video

  • August 5th, 2013 by SEM Contributor
Videos are a great way to entice visitors to your website and have them as regular guests. But is this really true to the case? Why should people include videos on their website? 1. Out of the top 100 search engine results, 70 percent of them are videos. What this means is that if your site features video, it has… Read more

Which Colleges Are Getting Top Grades on Social Media?

  • August 5th, 2013 by SEM Contributor
Social media has huge influence in the lives of millions. No matter where people are, social networking isn’t far away. Laptops, mobile phones, and tablets are on the go – just like their owners. People can check in from anyplace at any time. Social media is just as mobile as any device or person today. Colleges realize this and many… Read more

A Plea for the Healthcare Industry to Join Social Media

  • August 4th, 2013 by Olga
There is a growing need for the healthcare industry to have a social presence, but there are only a handful of hospitals and doctors that are willing to help people on Facebook and other social networks. This could be very lucrative because people not only trust these hospitals more, but they are more willing to recommend them. Here are a… Read more

Using Social Media to Feel Better

  • August 2nd, 2013 by SEM Contributor
So you’ve got a sore throat. A backache. A weird-looking toenail. What do you do? Until a few years ago, the answer was obvious: you need a doctor to tell you what’s gone wrong and how to treat it. Now, though, more and more patients are taking advantage of medical information online and via social media to find remedies for… Read more

Funeral Industry Not Dying With Social Media

  • August 1st, 2013 by SEM Contributor
In a way, it’s hard to connect funeral homes with social media, but in another way, not so difficult at all. Many people use social media to connect with friends and family, in fact, that’s how most people use it, and in the sad instance of a funeral, loved ones want to connect. Funeral homes are witnessing a trend of… Read more

Three Great Instagram Tips For Small Businesses

  • July 31st, 2013 by SEM Contributor
Small businesses around the country are always looking for ways to showcase their brand and one of the best ways to do this today is through social media sites like Instagram.  Many people think that this social media site is just for celebrities and kids who have nothing better than to post photos of their meals or other inanities.  Actually,… Read more

The Sexy Truth of Converging Marketing Trends

  • July 30th, 2013 by SEM Contributor
Elegancia’s 007 Suite, after our own Sexy Social hearts – courtesy Elegancia
Effective social media marketing never really was a linear function operating within the so-called marketing funnel. And particularly where hospitality is concerned, marketers trying to “convert” in conventional ways has often proven disastrous. A recent article we caught via the a tweet (below) from @emmanuelleMTL a Montreal VP… Read more

Has The Government Taken It’s Device Surveillance To0 Far?

  • July 29th, 2013 by Erin Walsh
First, I thought this was just a government thing. Now it’s hitting the private sector like never before. Just how legitimate is it for the government to invade our privacy like it does? The Facts Apple received at least 4,000—if not 5,000-requests by the police to tap into their devices by the end of May 2012. This totals over 10,000… Read more

Trial By Social Media: Real Time Examples

  • July 25th, 2013 by SEM Contributor
Social media has become very much tied to every day life, a fact revealed by its occurrence in Zimmerman’s murder trial. This trial has been a top trend almost very day, with many people tweeting their ideas with the hashtag #ZimmermanTrial. Many witnesses have been tweeting about their testimony, which includes Rachel Jeantel, a friend to Martin, who after anxious… Read more