Recent Kickass Social Media Strategy Articles

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

The Snooki Strategy

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

Leaders of the New School

A look at how small companies are taking big social media ideas and advancing them in a thousand incremental ways.  Read more

Social Media Grows Up

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone on how the next wave of social networks will change your business.  Read more

How Would You Sell That: Treasure Hunters Roadshow

Treasure Hunters Roadshow needs a social media makeover. Four experts offer advice.  Read more

Who's Talking about Your Company Online?

Companies like Beachbody are using new reputation monitoring tools to scour the Internet for customer complaints.  Read more

Social Media for Foodies

Four companies on the cutting edge of food and dining apps.  Read more

6 Tools for Monitoring Your Reputation

Services like Trackur, Viralheat, and Radian6 keep companies abreast of customer complaints.  Read more

Facebook to Announce Its Own Foursquare Knockoff

There's no confirmation on this, of course. But multiple news outlets are quoting multiple sources all tipping off the same thing: Facebook will be making...  Read more

5 Secrets of Highly Effective Twitter Users

Should you follow everyone who follows you? Which hashtags should you use for your business? And is it a bad idea to start a reply with the @ symbol? Twitter...  Read more

Why CEOs Should Be More Social

George Colony of Forrester Research believes that CEOs shou...  Read more

How to Hire a Social Media Specialist

It's key to find a tech-savvy people person who understands that before blogging must come copious research.  Read more

A Nation of Schizophrenic Spenders?

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

What Privacy Concerns? People Spending More Time on Facebook

A new report reveals Americans spend nearly a quarter of their online time on social-networking sites like Facebook, up from 16 percent a year earlier.  Read more

4 Ways to Master Social Media Marketing

Real-world examples of employing the best tactics to engage, enthrall, and expand your customer base online (without looking like a jerk).  Read more