http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog Free tips, advice, ideas and how to's for Small Businesses Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:48:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/01/wise-stamp-email-signatures/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/01/wise-stamp-email-signatures/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:50:01 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3754
Here's a handy tool for adding social media icons to your Email signatures if you use Gmail, Yahoo!Mail, WindowsLive Mail or AOL .  You can add inspirational quotes, your most recent blog post as well as your social media profile links for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN, YouTube.com and many more!  The app is free and can [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/01/wise-stamp-email-signatures/feed/ 0 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/oodle/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/oodle/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:26:26 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3551
  I just learned about another Free classified listing site called Oodle. Out to reinvent online classifieds, Oodle provides consumers with a friendly local marketplace to buy, sell and trade. Oodle Pro, launched earlier this year, enables local property managers, real estate agents and car dealers to join the conversation by adding their identity and [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/oodle/feed/ 1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/using-video-to-showcase-your-business/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/using-video-to-showcase-your-business/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:01:20 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3184
On the recommendation of my friend Debra, I started playing with an online video creation site called Animoto.com recently.  In addition to creating low-budget videos to help my clients promote their vacation properties, I also used it to celebrate my daughter's 16th birthday.  Its super easy to use, drag and drop and you can create [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/using-video-to-showcase-your-business/feed/ 0 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/07/brand-your-twitter-profile/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/07/brand-your-twitter-profile/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:28:43 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3242
Want to customize your Twitter profile with your business branding/logo or custom image?  It's not that difficult to do, here's how.... Create a Custom Twitter Profile Background: Create an image that is approximately 2000 pixels wide by 1700 pixels tall, making sure to keep your Logo/text content confined to the upper left hand corner and [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/07/brand-your-twitter-profile/feed/ 0 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/07/more-ways-to-use-twitter/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/07/more-ways-to-use-twitter/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:21:37 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3246
Have you ever been interested in knowing what is being said about your brand, business, industry or a certain topic on Twitter?  Here are some tools that you can use to stay informed of the latest "tweets" about things that interest you and that could give you helpful insight in how to use Twitter for [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/07/more-ways-to-use-twitter/feed/ 0 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/06/add-your-tripadvisor-reviews-to-facebook/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/06/add-your-tripadvisor-reviews-to-facebook/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:22:57 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3258
If your business or property is listed on TripAdvisor.com you can now share your reviews and ratings on your Facebook Business page. Here are the instructions on how to do it. To begin, you need to create a new tab on your property’s page in which to embed the widget or badge. This is called [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/06/add-your-tripadvisor-reviews-to-facebook/feed/ 1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/06/facebook-likebox/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/06/facebook-likebox/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:58:22 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3212
If you have a Facebook business page you can leverage your social media involvement by adding a Facebook LikeBox to your website and/or blog. The Like Box is a social plugin that enables Facebook Page owners to attract and gain Likes from their own website. The Like Box enables users to: - See how many [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/06/facebook-likebox/feed/ 1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/01/not-so-favorable-reviews/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/01/not-so-favorable-reviews/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:34:21 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3004
It's every business owners' worst nightmare, a past guest or customer says something less than positive about your business or product online where potential customers can see it.  It can be hard to receive this kind of  feedback but there truly is benefit from this candid client input. Not only can you use the feedback [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/01/not-so-favorable-reviews/feed/ 1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2010/08/are-you-on-facebook/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2010/08/are-you-on-facebook/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:04:15 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=2863
Most people either love it or hate it.... I was a bit skeptical about its value when I first joined a year or so ago but I've come to appreciate it as a tool of connecting with old friends (and new), sharing information and building business pages for my clients.  If you haven't created a [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2010/08/are-you-on-facebook/feed/ 1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2010/08/writing-tools-visual-thesaurus/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2010/08/writing-tools-visual-thesaurus/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:09:13 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=2833
Here's a neat tool for you writer's and students heading back to school, a visual thesaurus.  With this nifty tool you'll never be at a loss for the right word to use, plus the Visual Thesaurus will help you build a better vocabulary and master word usage.  There's a free trial and online subscriptions start [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2010/08/writing-tools-visual-thesaurus/feed/ 0