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The Top Music Artists to Follow On Twitter

  • November 7th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
There are so many celebrities and public figures on Twitter today. If you don’t have a Twitter account, you should consider getting one if you love celebrity gossip. These particular music artists are all about keeping Twitter updated and frequently tweet throughout the day. Check out their pages, and consider following them to keep up with their daily activities.

Miley

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Will Social Media Help Determine the White House Winner?

  • November 5th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
As Americans head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 6 to select their next President, you might be surprised the role social media could have in determining the outcome. Four years ago, Barack Obama started a groundswell of support on social media, which some say helped carry him to the White House. Four years later, will Gov. Mitt Romney be… Read more

How To Use Social Media To Predict Currency Movements

  • October 16th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Up until now, most companies have mainly used social media for marketing purposes. The new marketing techniques resulting from this have proven to be successful and have allowed many enterprises to considerably cut down on marketing costs. Increasingly, meanwhile, financial institutions have also started to use this platform to predict currency movements. Stock and foreign exchange markets are among the… Read more

5 Ways to Get People to Tweet About Your Business

  • August 31st, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Twitter has because a huge form of promotion for businesses. You can get plenty of free promotion for your business by using Twitter. You can use a few simple procedures to help make it a little easier for people to leave remarks about your business. These should be used if you want to get people to be more likely to… Read more

Should Your Small Business Use Instagram?

  • August 9th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Take a look at any newsfeed, and you’ll see how insanely popular Instagram has become. Suddenly everyone is a photographer, and every photo looks vintage. The easily-recognized Instagram filters do have an uncanny way of making everything look better. With Instagram taking off and quickly gaining millions of new users, it’s only natural that businesses will flock to it with… Read more

A Handy Guide to Facebook Chain Statuses

  • July 16th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
The Facebook chain status is today’s equivalent of the naughties chain emails. You remember… “Forward this in 10 seconds to 100 people or you’ll die at the hands of the creepy Japanese girl in this photo, as she somehow manages to do The Ring thing and crawl out of your computer screen TONIGHT”. As the forwarding of emails like this… Read more

Living in a Social Media World

  • March 14th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Can you remember the days before MySpace, Facebook and Twitter? I know it was only a few years ago that these Social media platforms entered our lives but, for the life of me, I can’t remember my life without them! With the advent of the online world, I think we knew that life would never be the same again. Information… Read more

8 Ways To Screw Up Your Businesses Twitter Reputation

  • January 30th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Tell the world what you’re doing in 140 characters? Easy, what could possibly go wrong? Well it’s funny you should say that, businesses have gone out of business and people have lost jobs, money and even their freedom just by saying the wrong thing on Twitter. Common sense will help you stay out of too much trouble but here are… Read more

Nine Digital Ways to Be a ‘Social Hero’ in 2012

  • January 26th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
In the digital world it is a lot easier to do something good for someone else. It’s still early enough in the year to get into new habits that benefit others and make you feel good about yourself. These days, you can make the effort with just a few clicks from your computer. The Internet and all the ways we… Read more

How LinkedIn Answers Can Help You to Understand Your Customers

  • January 25th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
LinkedIn is a fantastic online resource for all those interested in learning from their peers. The networking site is growing every year and is now connected with professionals from over 200 countries. The great thing about LinkedIn is that it brings together millions of professionals from across the globe, creating a very useful resource if you are looking for specialist… Read more