Recent Kickass Social Media Strategy Articles

The Business of Unfriending People

How start-ups such as GroupMe, Path, Diaspora, and Letter.ly are attempting to descale the social networking landscape.  Read more

Needed: Part-Time Help. Location: Anywhere

As the recession continues to limit small business spending power, a trend has emerged in which employers are seeking more part-time workers, many of whom ar...  Read more

4 Tools for Creating Video Blogs

A review of editing software that makes it easy to produce professional-looking video blogs  Read more

Small Businesses Shun Social Media in Favor of Traditional Websites

Companies seem more willing to invest in their website and in e-mail marketing than they do in social media.  Read more

How to Write a Social Media Press Release

The success of a social media campaign is reliant upon the networks and users themselves. Here is how to craft a press release that incorporates social inter...  Read more

Labor Board Backs Workers' Right to Bad-mouth Bosses Online

In what could be a precedent-setting case, a federal agency says employees' right to gripe online is protected.  Read more

GetGlue: The Foursquare of Entertainment?

The act of "Checking In" continues to evolve. For entertainment social service GetGlue, they've figured out how checking in to media can be profitable.  Read more

Facebook, Amazon Team Up for Venture Fund

Other investors in the new $250 million fund dedicated to the social web include Zynga, Liberty Media and Comcast. Google mysteriously missing.  Read more

Is Social Media Really Worth Your Time?

A new survey shows half of small businesses are unconvinced about the medium's popularity -- and whether it should be used to find customers.  Read more

How to Design a Great "About Us" Page on Your Website

Whether you're starting from scratch or revisiting an About Us page in need of a little TLC, you can take yours from forgettable to memorable by incorporatin...  Read more

Three Cheers for You, Boss

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: <...  Read more

Meet the BYU Student Who Took Orabrush Viral

Dr. Bob had a tongue cleaner that no one wanted to buy. Then he found Jeffrey Harmon, a college student who understood how to create a viral marketing hit.  Read more

How to Back Up Your Social Media Accounts

What would happen if you lost all of the data you share on social networks? Here's why, and how you should back up your favorite social tools.  Read more

Get the Guinness Stamp of Approval

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: Lo...  Read more

Start-Ups 2010: Finding an Audience Online

Getting attention online is easier said than done, according to start-up founder Greg Stallkamp of Holos Fitness.  Read more

Building a Fortune on a Grudge

David Fincher's sensational film looks at a company whose founders have already had the kind of falling out that used to take friends in business a couple of...  Read more

AOL Buys TechCrunch

Expanding its growing network of blogs, online giant agrees to acquire Michael Arrington's influential Silicon Valley site.  Read more

The E-mail Heard 'Round Silicon Valley

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

The Key to the Facebook Movie

Paul Graham's classic essay on why nerds are not popular may help explain the improbable rise of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.  Read more

Garrett Camp, Founder of StumbleUpon 

The 31-year-old founder of the popular social link-sharing StumbleUpon, Garrett Camp shares his advice about starting an online business.  Watch video

Twitter's Capital City is New York, Report Finds

A new report says San Francisco is the most connected, but New York City is tops for Twitter.  Read more

Meet Google's Resident Entrepreneur

Each day, Inc .'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

How to Use Social Bookmarking for Business

Social bookmarking sites can help save you time and energy, and keep you ahead of your competitors. Here's how you can take advantage of these sites.  Read more

How to Make Money on Tumblr

Tumblelogging is a cheap and easy way for businesses to engage customers and achieve brand recognition — the key to keeping and growing a customer base.  Read more

3 Things to Never Say on Twitter

People forget that Twitter is permanent.  Once it's out there, it is on the Internet, forever. Here are some mistakes I've seen: Rule...  Read more

Internet Users Spend More Time on Facebook Than Google

It's official: More people are spending more time on Facebook. Chances are, as a business owner, you should be, too.  Read more

Google Goggles

What will they think of next? Love them or loathe them, Goog...  Read more

Apple's New Ping Gets Dinged

Don't blame me this time for blasting Apple. There's a long line of tech writers, bloggers and, most importantly, consumers themselves with nothing but sc...  Read more

Google Taking on Facebook

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Google ...  Read more

What About That Other Ping?

So, there's Apple's new social network for iTunes called Ping. It was just announced this week and as Steve Jobs himself described it; it's "like Facebook...  Read more

Why Greenpeace Isn't Facebook's Friend

Each day, Inc .'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

How Google Cost Me $4 Million

Being penalized by Google made Ryan Abood’s company stronger.  Read more

Internet Users Over Age 50 Flocking to Social Media

Social networking use among Internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled over the last year, as they look to reconnect with old friends and family.  Read more

Pay With a Tweet

There's a new currency system out there – Pay With a Tweet .  Instead of paying mone...  Read more