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While researching tips and tools that are useful when promoting articles on social media, I came across a reference to Viral Content Bee, (VCB) formerly Viral Content Buzz. This handy tool is not only free, but it is actually helpful in getting your content shared on social networks.    Here are the top five things you need to know about Viral Content Bee . More about Social Media Marketing:   Top Fve Things You Need to Know about Viral Content Bee Why You Should Promote Your Social Networks Social Media: Top 5 Things Your Audience Wants to Know Social Media: The Power of Posting Frequently Social Media Marketing by the Numbers for 2019 About Kathryn Darden:   Darden was trained by Yahoo and Examiner on effective ways to utilize social media and SEO to promote her articles for their online platforms. Since then she has worked with numerous clients to promote everything from music to video games, from skincare to traditional brick and mortar ...

Spam When you are promoting content to social media, using the wrong words can get your posts labeled as spammy, and spam is ignored or deleted. Some of the worst spam words are almost laughable and probably won't be a problem for most businesses to avoid: porn, viagra, cures baldness. However, other spam words may be harder to recognize, and since it is important to post on social media frequently, it is essential to chose the best words each time. Here is tip one of five tips on avoiding spam triggers on social networks like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Using effective language instead of spammy tricks will ensure you have content that tells your audience what they really want to know. Continue reading... Related:  Top 5 Ways to Avoid Spam Triggers on Social Media Top 5 Ways to Promote Your Social Media Networks Social Media: Top 5 Things Your Audience Wants to Know Social Media: The Power of Posting Frequently Social Media Marketing by the Numbers for ...

  Social media marketing is an important part of most business strategies in today's world. In the last article we talked about Why You Should Promote Your Social Media Networks . Now lets talk about the five best ways to promote your social media platforms. Your business may be on the cutting edge and have your own marketing department with a social media manager. Or you might have hired a social media consultant to help you with your marketing. In any case, you want to take an active role in promoting your social media platforms to lend credibility to your marketing. Read on for the top five ways to promote your social media network s. Read the Series: Top 5 Ways to Promote Your Social Media Networks Social Media: Top 5 Things Your Audience Wants to Know Social Media: The Power of Posting Frequently Social Media Marketing by the Numbers for 2019 About Kathryn Darden:   Darden was trained by Yahoo and Examiner on effective ways to utilize social med...

Having seen the value in using social networks to engage and grow your customer base, at this point you are probably sold on the idea of using social media marketing to sell your services and promote your business by either devoting your own time to developing a presence, or working with an expert. Even if you are hiring an expert to help you, the next thing you will want to do is start telling your own friends and clients about your social media platforms. Read more... Related: W hy You Should Promote Your Social Media Networks Social Media: Top 5 Things Your Audience Wants to Know Social Media: The Power of Posting Frequently Social Media Marketing by the Numbers for 2019 About Kathryn Darden:   Darden was trained by Yahoo and Examiner on effective ways to utilize social media and SEO to promote her articles for their online platforms. Since then she has worked with numerous clients to promote everything from music to video games, from skincare to traditi...

Man on computer Your social media platforms need regular posts of relevant, engaging information to showcase your business to the your customers, potential clients, influencers, and other readers. But how often should you post on social networks to achieve powerful results? The answer is -- it varies by platform. Find out how often to post on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest here : Social Media: The Power of Posting Frequently Related: Social Media: Top 5 Things Your Audience Wants to Know Social Media Marketing by the Numbers for 2019 About Kathryn Darden:   Darden was trained by Yahoo and Examiner on effective ways to utilize social media and SEO to promote her articles for their online platforms. Since then she has worked with numerous clients to promote everything from music to video games, from skincare to traditional brick and mortar businesses. She is the author of “How to Promote Your Book on a Shoestring Budget.”   C onnect with Dar...

When tackling social media, it is important to know what to post and what not to post. In my last article , I mentioned that no one on social networks wants to read "buy my product." By the same token, they don't want to read "retweet this," "share this," or "forward this to all your friends." Posts like this will be deleted and maybe even flagged as annoying spam. So how does a social media marketer craft posts that will get read and, perhaps, forwarded? Read the full article at Social Media: Top 5 Things Your Audience Wants to Know. If you need help developing a strong social media platform and effectively engaging your audience, I can help. Related: Social Media by the Numbers for 2019 Social Media: The Power of Posting Frequently Why You Should Promote Your Social Media Networks  About Kathryn Darden:   Darden was trained by Yahoo and Examiner on effective ways to utilize social media and SEO to promote her artic...

Social media is necessary in today's marketing world to reach your customers and potential customers on a regular basis. According to Social Media Examiner, 97% of marketers are currently utilizing social media. These social networks can provide a significant source of company growth by allowing a business to reach a vast number of potential clients while simultaneously engaging with established customers.   Read the article at: Social Media Marketing by the Numbers for 2019 Read the Series Part 2. Social Media: Top 5 Things Your Audience Wants to Know  Part 3. Social Media: The Value of Posting Frequently Part 4. Why You Should Promote Your Social Media Networks   About Kathryn Darden:   Darden was trained by Yahoo and Examiner on effective ways to utilize social media and SEO to promote her articles for their online platforms. Since then she has worked with numerous clients to promote everything from music to video games, from skincare to tradi...

Joseph the Carpenter by  Georges de La Tour   It's amazing how many people are willing to BUY things that are sold, but somehow "selling" and "direct selling" are dirty words! Guess who has been involved in Direct Sales? Almost everyone in the "good ol' days" before things like national retail chains, malls and the internet. This includes many people in Biblical times, like Jesus. Direct Selling in Days Gone By Yes, back in those long-ago days we look on with such nostalgia, farmers sold their eggs and produc e  directly to the consumer. Dairies delivered milk directly to their customer's doors. Cobblers measured and sold their shoes, seamstresses and tailors measured/made/and sold clothes -- you guessed it -- directly to consumers.  Methods of Direct Selling Olden-days entrepreneurs sold their wares from carts, from tents, from boats, from the backs of donkeys, at makeshift markets, and from their cabins and houses or in t...

Pyramid Schemes: How to Identify & Avoid Them There really is something called a pyramid scheme, and I will get into that in a minute. First I want to clarify that the term "pyramid scheme" has been misapplied by many as a term to describe all multi-level marketing businesses (as well as big government and capitalism -- see t-shirts below), and the purpose of this lens is to clear up some of the confusion the term "pyramid scheme" brings. More at: Pyramid Schemes: How to Identify & Avoid Them -- Squidoo Also See: Direct Selling Tips

Direct Selling Tips More and more people are turning to various forms of entrepreneurship as the economy has caused traditional 9 - 5 jobs to not only become less available, but less dependable. Franchises, self employment, and direct marketing jobs have been gaining in popularity in recent years. More at: http://www.squidoo.com/direct-selling-tips

It is like being back at square one again! Well, not really, but still.... I am still in the process of negotiating with a new publisher, but things are taking a bit longer than I anticipated, because I am having to reformat my text, side bars, and graphics in hopes of going with a slightly-smaller, less expensive book size. And since I am having to go back in to reformat, why, of course I am going back in to the text as well, adding, tweaking and updating! I am not making any big changes, but if I can save a little on the cost per book, and make some small improvements to the text, I might as well take advantage of it! Reformatting it myself saves me the cost of hiring someone else to do my layout. If I have done all this reformatting and decide NOT to go with the new publisher, I will be VERY ticked with myself. I am still not even sure I am going with them, because they need to see the book in its new, improved, tighter, reformatted state to tell me what the cost per book will be. I...

How to Promote Your Book on a Shoestring Budget started its life as the 8-page booklet "How to Promote Your Benefit Concert on a Shoestring Budget" way back in 1990. That's how long I have been organizing promotional, marketing and publicity tips along with event-planning ideas. I started work on this book in September of 2006, and even had a proof copy done at a local vanity press. However, I was very unhappy with the results and have spent the past two years refining the book, adding four new chapters plus a checklist, as well as workbook pages with every chapter. The book has been through the editing process, has been proof read, designed and laid out, and now I am just waiting for the final product to roll off the presses, hopefully by the end of August! If you order the book, I want you to know that's not all you get! I have just created a Yahoo group where my readers will have access to me and to other writers where you can give feedback, ask questions, and sh...