Recent Kickass Social Media Strategy Articles

Social Media Tips You Can Learn From Big Business

With huge budgets and entire departments dedicated to social media, big business has conceived of some very innovative ways to use social media. Here are som...  View slideshow

Could You Survive Without Mobile Apps?

A third of small businesses say they couldn't get by without mobile apps. (Eleven percent say they use them only because they're "cool.")  Read more

How to Create an Effective Company Facebook Page

You've created a company Facebook page. Now what? Here are four tips, from the experts, about how to build a great fan page.  Read more

20 Best Company Facebook Pages

These 20 companies demonstrate Facebook done right. With active discussions, lively photos and videos, and custom content—these pages are converting thousa...  View slideshow

9 Tips to Help Redesign Your Company Facebook Page

When Facebook announced its latest business page upgrade, it wasn’t to frustrate you—turns out the upgrade does wonders for business pages. David Griner,...  View slideshow

Obama's Privacy Bill of Rights

How the White House wants to protect Americans from intrusive data gathering. Plus, Mexico City's first innovation center, and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Ideas From SXSW: What You Missed This Weekend

The buspreneurs pitch investors, plus everyone's talking games, incentives, and influencers. Here's the latest from Austin.  Read more

Save the Yellow Pages

Small-business owners are fighting to preserve the old-fashioned phone book. Plus, Groupon gets sued, and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

No IPO Plan for Twitter

Biz Stone deflects rumors of a deal with J.P. Morgan, a bleak outlook for small-business lending and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

MTV for the Overachiever Generation?

Arielle Scott, a former Jessica Mah collaborator, is on a mission to empower young adults to innovate—and she’s building a media empire to do so.  Read more

How to Create a Killer E-mail Newsletter

Nine tips for designing an e-mail newsletter that won't have customers reaching for the Unsubscribe button  Read more

Finding the Next Big Thing at SXSW

SXSW Interactive served as the launching point for Twitter and Foursquare. Here are three intriguing start-ups vying to make their mark in Austin this year.  Read more

From China, With Love

More American entrepreneurs are turning to investors far from home. Plus, a beer brewer's epiphany and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Collaborative Creation and Crowdsourcing in the Music Industry

Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre leads a virtual choir at TED, showing just how collaborative creation and crowdsourcing or radically altering the way pe...  Read more

10 Tips on Using Quora for Business

The popular Q&A service is soaring in popularity. How can you maximize its potential for your business? We asked to a few Quora pioneers who've quickly found...  Read more

Are You a David or a Goliath?

Small companies taking on big rivals. Plus, the art of the pivot, Hollywood smiles on Vita Coco, and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Building a Successful Food Blog

With great recipes and a commitment to editorial integrity, Deb Perelman’s smittenkitchen.com has attracted a legion of fans. Here's how she did it.  Read more

Shoppers Combine Search, Social Media to Fuel Decisions

A whopping 86 percent of consumers say search engines are very important in the buying process, while just one percent use social media alone.  Read more

Tech Companies Host Internships for Middle Schoolers

A New York teacher is recruiting tech start-ups to offer micro-internships to his 12- and 13-years-old students.  Read more

How to Avoid a Social Media Lawsuit

Businesses are utilizing social media to develop their brand and connect with customers. They often overlook the legal ramifications that could arise. Here's...  Read more

Imagining a Post-Steve Jobs World

What will Apple look like without its visionary CEO? Plus, Ashton Kutcher's latest venture, the most influential women in tech and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Future Facebook Culture Change?

Facebook announced at the beginning of this month that they are Read more

The Shared Experience

In the old days, businesses would blast a single message through newspapers, radio, and TV.  Interaction was reduced to snail mail, phone calls, and ...  Read more

An SBDC Helping Businesses With Social Media

The Iowa Western Community College Entrepreneurial & Small Business Development Center teaches small businesses how to engage their customers online.  Read more

How to Measure Your Brand's Online Influence

How certain diagnostic and analytic tools can help spread your online influence and spark interest in your brand  Read more

Steve Huffman, Co-founder of Hipmunk 

Steve Huffman founded Reddit in 2005 when he was 22-years-old. Hear how he took the lessons from there to his newest company, Hipmunk.  Watch video

Slideshare: An Easy Way to Present

I am really becoming a big fan of author and speaker Sally Hogshead . Her book, Fascinate ,...  Read more

Facebook's Role in Revolutions

The social networking site has kept a low profile amid uprisings in the Middle East. Plus, an employee strikes back and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Should You Make Consumers Register to Buy Online?

New research says consumers will lie on forms, leave them unfinished, or favor websites that don't require registration.  Read more

Groupon's Boardroom Shakeup

Starbucks boss Howard Schultz is joining the daily deal site's board. Plus, Obama's wireless pitch, a renegade Google executive and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

A Hidden Social Media Opportunity

At Social Media Camp New York yesterday, I picked up an unexpectedly simple tip on how to get your customers to listen to what you have to say.  Read more

Firing the "So-So" Workers

Jay Goltz on how to handle hiring mistakes. Plus, Mark Zuckerberg's stalker, the new social media elites and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Why I Don’t Use MySpace

MySpace has admitted to claims of Read more

Groupon's Game Day

Will the social coupon site's Super Bowl ad be a fumble or a touchdown? Plus, Google's hiring spree and the rest of the day's news.  Read more