It seems more and more companies are putting a process together for automated marketing.  As more and more companies continue to stage “push marketing” for their social media sites, is there something we are missing? While automation in tweeting and Facebook posting certainly has it’s place and can be a time saver, we at Seven [...]

Happy 2011 to you!  Do you blog?   Sometimes while getting news out for others, it’s easy to lapse in relaying marketing tips to yet another group through an additional blog.  Here are a few things I’ve noticed over the course of time which could become your web sins: 1.  Don’t apologize for not writing for [...]

Here a are a few facebook tips to keep ‘em coming back for more: Be sure to get in the facebook news feed by posting often. The latest statistics prove posting most often on facebook puts you right in the news feed of your page fans. According to Vitrue the most popular times for big [...]

Cathy Rodgers from Seven Waves Marketing and Marjorie Young with Carriage Trade PR will be speaking at the seminar entitled Online Marketing Strategies & Techniques, Sponsored by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits. Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 1:00 pm – 4:00pm Savannah State University, Social Science Building – Lab 106, 3219 College Street, Savannah, GA FEE: [...]

Conversations seem to gravitate toward facebook everyday.  One of the biggest objections I hear is I don’t want my profile mixed with where I work or I don’t want to mix business and pleasure.  These are understandable objections, but if you are a small business owner it’s nearly impossible to separate your private life with [...]

Labor Day – it’s a time to pause and reflect on many of the processes you do on a day to day basis during the course of your business day.   It’s a time to turn back and realize where you have come from, how business processes have improved, and how things will never stay the [...]

If there is anything we all learned from American Idol, it was Simon and the team saying “Make the song your own”.  Sure – we all get ideas from one another, but it’s probably a good idea to make the concepts you read about from others totally your own and not plagiarize. Providing a practical [...]

While reading a summer novel, I nearly choked when I ran across these lines: “ A blog.  I see.  Well, to my way of thinking, all blogs do is put all your thoughts out there for anyone to steal for their book or their magazine article.  You’re just giving it away.  Maybe.  Ain’t no maybe [...]

I spend a lot of time on Facebook and run into small business pages that have a lot of basics missing.  Here are a few tips to make your page user friendly, while offering more visibility and interactivity for your small business: 1. Right on the home page above the Info box – be sure [...]

When a restaurant is celebrating a significant time of doing business such as a 50-year anniversary while telling new and old customers about the longevity of their business – what’s the best method?  We all love old photos, but marketing your business exclusively with your original logo and old photos may be a mistake.  Ask [...]