You’ve got to love when people use social media, such as Twitter, to promote their new projects.  In this case, we’re talking about a horror movie entitled, “Before I Wake”.  This movie stars Kate Bosworth and Thomas Jane as foster parents who take in a child named Cody, played by Jacob Tremblay, who’s dreams and …

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The hashtag has gotten to be one of the biggest things out there in social media over the years.  it came about from the desire to organize and make sense social media buzz.   But what is the hashtag? According to Wikipedia, a hashtag is “a word or an unspaced phrase with the hash character …

How Hashtags Work on Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus, Pinterest, Facebook, Tumblr, and Flickr Read More »

Here’s the deal.  You work hard to come up with a great idea for content, and you put even more work into actually creating the content.  Once everything looks great, you finally publish it on your site.  Now, you just wait for the views to roll in. But nothing happens. You sit there dumbfounded, wondering …

The Easiest Way To Make Your Content Dominate On Social Media Read More »

In this day and age, with all the computers, laptops and especially mobile devices, we all love our social media, don’t we?  Social media is a great place for everybody to get the low down on what our friends, news, as well as other interests.  It’s a place where we can all feel connected to others, …

Social Media Is The Least Popular Channel For Customer Service [Survey] Read More »

Oh Twitter, how do we love thee and your simplicity.  We love the messages that other Tweeters tweet and place unbashingly onto our Twitter News Feeds.  But what is this?  Is that change I smell coming? There is a new feature coming to Twitter that shows you tweets that happened “While you were away.”  This …

‘While You Were Away’ On Twitter Spotted In The Wild Read More »

We all know about the popularity of E-commerce is with everybody.  People love the convenience of making purchases online and receiving their orders a few days later at their door.  Many e-commerce businesses, just like any other business, want to market their brand to as many people as possible, so they’ll create commercials for television, …

Will People Ever Buy Through Social Media? Read More »

During this time of the year, over the past few weeks, I’ve been finding some interesting top ten lists for the Thrive blog.  This time, we found some more top ten lists of 2014 for you all to enjoy!  This time, we will take a look at the social media monsters, Facebook and Twitter, as …

Twitter And Facebook Launch Their 2014 “Year In Review” With Top Content, Trends & More Read More »

Aside from the marketing efforts of businesses and brands, word of mouth is pretty important.  After all, that’s the point of good business products and services being marketing well.  Get the word out to a number of people, and then when they favor those products, they will spread the word to friends and family.  This …

Though People Trust Other Consumers Most, Brands Still Have A Role To Play Read More »

When you’re working to get the word out about your B2B business, you need to find a way that you can do it as effectively as possible, all while keeping within your budgets.  Anybody who hasn’t lived under a rock and knows anything about the internet could tell you that you should be using social …

The Role Content Plays In B2B Social Selling Read More »