Social Media

Should your business be using Pinterest? Here's how to tell.

If you're trying to use Pinterest to market your business, these tips will help.

Want to use social media for business purposes but don't know where to begin? This article explains how to create a social media plan for your business.

Don't want to use a personal photo for the Facebook cover on your business/fan page? This article explains how to make an attractive word cloud with Wordle you can use instead – quickly and easily.

If you already have a personal Facebook page, you can create a Facebook Fan Page to promote your business. This article provides step by step instructions for how to create a Fan Page on Facebook.

Learn how to create a Facebook welcome page using a simple method that takes less than an hour – no HTML required.

If you're a person trying to use your Facebook page to do business, sifting through all the Facebook applications available hunting for the one Facebook application that will do what you need it to do and do it well is like panning for gold. Here's a shortlist of the best Facebook applications for doing business.

Want to use social media for business purposes, but don’t have time to search for the tools that will save you time? This handpicked list of social media tools for small business will make it easier to promote your business and interact with customers.

When you're trying to use Facebook to do business, it can be really hard to find the Facebook applications that will do what you want them to do and do them well. What have you found to be the best Facebook applications for doing business?

Facebook marketing is touted as being a great way for businesses to promote their products and services. But just throwing up a Facebook Fan Page and hoping people visit isn't going to do much, if anything, to help your bottom line. How do you move from being on Facebook to actually marketing on Facebook? What are your Facebook marketing tips?

Want to tweet but don't know how to Twitter? Even if you've never seen a Twitter page before, this article will show you how to twitter and introduce you to basic Twitter tools that will make participating in Twitter regularly easy.

Using Twitter to promote your business is possible, but you have to do Twitter promotion carefully. These five rules for small businesses explain how to use Twitter promotion successfully.

What is social media? This social media definition also provides examples and thoughts about why social media is so attractive to businesses.

What is social media marketing? This social media marketing definition explains what social media marketing is and discusses the main problem of social media marketing.

How have you used social media to market your small business? Share your experiences with social media marketing here. See submissions

Five social media goals for businesses according to Charlene Li, the co-author of Groundswell and founder of Altimeter Group.

Want to get into marketing online but wondering what the options are and what online marketing strategies will best fit your business and your marketing budget? This marketing online primer presents an overview of strategies for you to choose from.

One reason is obvious - lots of the people you want to buy your services and/or products are. But it's not the only one. Here's the business case for using Twitter.

For those just starting to participate in social media, this social media guide by About Web Trends Guide Daniel Nations provides an overview of different social networks.

About Human Resources Guide Susan M. Heathfield presents ten reasons to participate in social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

About Entrepreneurs Guide Scott Allen explains what Twitter is how to use it for business, and how to get started using Twitter.

About Marketing Guide Laura Lake explains the value of social media to small businesses and how to do social media marketing right.

This Facebook for business definition includes an explanation of how small businesses might best use Facebook for Business.