Yesterday in a post onsmall business tips for your next venture, we included a link on getting aboard with social media. Today we enlarge this idea with a post full of advice for small business. Resources include advice by experts as well as new tools in the space that will change your small business forever. Take your time and learn what social media can do for you. The success of your next business may well depend upon it.
Basics
Social media thought leader. In a series of conversations,Social Media Examinerfounder Michael Stelzner talks with David Siteman Garland in this wrap up online video that leads into our small business roundup on social media today. Enjoy!Rise to the Top
Think social media will work for your company? Prove it. Many business leaders have questioned (and probably still question) the value of social media as a marketing, customer relations, branding and PR tool. You could show them all the data you want and put them in touch with plenty of success stories, but in the end, only one kind of evidence is likely to change any one’s mind.Chris Brogan
A recipe for great social media. Whipping up a successful social media campaign isn’t as tough as you may think. Use the right list of ingredients and you will create a sweet and tasty social media channel that will have visitors and potential customers clamoring for a piece. This post will show you how to bake a one of a kind business message with just the right topping. BizSugar Blog
Tools
New app replaces business cards, makes introductions. Social media enthusiast Amber MacArthur a.k.a. Amber Mac introduces us to a new tool that can help you send digital business cards from your smart phone or introduce people via Twitter handle or e-mail. Check out this tool to learn more about how it could revolutionize networking in your business today.The Globe and Mail
How group messaging can change your business? Imagine an application capable of bringing your team into conversations right from your iPhone. A tool expanding smart phone texting beyond the one-on-one into a new social dimension could make messaging a social activity between folks you interact with regularly. How could you use this tool to stay in contact with members of your team? How could it transform your small business communications?WSJ
Advice
Share a bit of who you are. With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, this campaign by Irish folks or just friends of Ireland on Facebook isn’t meant to market anything in particular. But it will have an impact on brands that participate. Social media is about sharing who you are as much as about marketing your products and services. Just like running a business offline, who you are does matter.Bloggertone
Four or five tips for generating leads on social media. Here are some great ideas for using social media not just for marketing and networking but to generate leads and business for your company. Application of the advice may vary with the type of business you run and the kind of social media you use, but if bringing in work or sales is your goal, this is the video to watch.Ivan Walsh
Self-development
The key to social media and business? Be yourself! In this straight forward post from Catarina Alexon, we look at one of the true paradoxes of the social media revolution. In a movement characterized by personal communications and emphasizing individual style, an army of imitators have taken the place of innovators across the Internet. What are your unique visions, talents and dreams? Why not let them shine? The results will be better for youandyour business.Catarina’s World
Tech
New search engine will increase emphasis on social media. In case you’re wondering whether social media could truly eclipse traditional search engine marketing on the Internet, meet 19-year-old Daniel Gross whose new startup may just make it happen. What will the new era of social search mean for your small business?Inc.com
Foursquare creates social data base for entrepreneurs. In another development that may benefit any startup that uses geo-location data in its business model, the social check-in software is planning to allow access to one of the largest geo-based venue list in the world created by its social community. Could your business use a list of every venue on Earth? Have a look.Fast Company
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