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Beyond Facebook & Twitter: 7 Social Media Sites for Online Marketing

Omar Kattan (online) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:06:52 +0000

Online marketing strategies must include a social media presence to succeed. A lot of fuss is given to Facebook and Twitter as the end-all of social media networks. It is important to focus some attention on these two... Read more..

THE Ultimate KICK-ASS List of Twitter #Hashtag Suggestions [WIP]

Omar Kattan (online) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:08:15 +0000

Twitter fans, do you share my frustration with the Twitter Hashtag selection process? Do you spend minutes (equivalent to hours in the real world) agonizing about that perfect hashtag for your tweet? And once you've decided and tweet... Read more..

6 Reasons Why Every Small Business Should Be on Twitter [TIPS]

Omar Kattan (online) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:17:16 +0000

We live in an increasingly wired world. This represents both a challenge and an opportunity for small business owners. The proliferation of social media and online content can level the playing field between those small firms and their much larger competitors. The online world also presents some dangerous pitfalls. Makin... Read more..

Facebook Etiquette: 6 Ghastly Behaviours to Avoid [TIPS]

Omar Kattan (online) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:05:01 +0000

Benjamin Franklin may have been right when he proclaimed death and taxes as the only certainties in the world. He, however, made that proclamation at a time when the concept... Read more..

Four People You Should Never Friend on Facebook [BEST PRACTICE]

Omar Kattan (online) — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:09:20 +0000

Social media sites like Facebook can be a lot of fun. Everyday thousands of people log in and share updates about their daily lives, post photos, and comment about the things their friends are doing. When you friend someone on Facebook, you get to experience them in a new way. You learn about their political beliefs, wh... Read more..

Don’t Be the Next BP: Secure Your Social Media Username Today

Omar Kattan (online) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:44:02 +0000

Most business owners know to check if a domain name is still available when thinking about building a website. But assuring the availability of a ‘Twitter handle’, a Twitter username, or any other social media related username is often overlooked. With the rise of social media, it is be... Read more..

The Role of Social Media in the Current Japanese Crisis

Omar Kattan (online) — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:53:43 +0000

The Japanese crisis has highlighted the potential usage of social media websites to spread information very quickly amongst an enormous amount of people, especially during times of crises. With the advent of social media websites such as Twitter, M... Read more..

8 Social Media Marketing Myths

Omar Kattan (online) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:52:40 +0000

Whether you’re part of a big corporation or own your small business, chances are that you’ve thought about social media marketing. There are definite advantages of using this medium if you know what you’re doing. The problem is that there are a lot of things that people don’t know about. Here are eight myths about social media marketing that people think they know. Read more..

Facebook #1 Site this Christmas

Omar Kattan (online) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:05:29 +0000

It's official, according to Hitwise, Facebook was the number 1 visited site in the US this Christmas. The news comes as no surprise as Facebook has enjoyed tremendous growth in 2009 with more and more people joining the social networking site. A good chunk of the growth came fro... Read more..

Google Caffeine – The SEO Implications

Omar Kattan (online) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:26:58 +0000

Google recently announced it's top secret project codenamed "Caffeine". This project seems to have been a few years in the making and meant to capitalise on the growing interest in "real time search" and the "semantic web". I have yet to see any major changes in Google's search results due to Caf... Read more..

2 Reason to Adopt A Social Media Optimisation Strategy

Omar Kattan (online) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:02:13 +0000

During the past few years, the internet saw a surge in social media properties including: the grand daddy of them all... My Space, Facebook (the reigning king), YouTube... Read more..