I am honored to have been invited to speak before the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce. I will be talking about how to put together a digital roadmap with a focus on small business. Web strategy as well as social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube...) will be heavily featured. I'll also be touching on some specific 'local' touchstones that every business should be considering.
FourSquare, the mobile checkin service has released some numbers for 2011 along with an impressive looking infographic.
We all use Google, but how many of you are using search commands to get the most from our searches? The Google search commands of a huge plus if you're looking for a little extra. In my space whenever I'm researching a project for myself or a client these commands have proven to be invaluable.
It's been exactly one week since I've launched the Gadarian Digital OneADay List on Twitter - fun stuff, and I hope you've had a chance to stop by the feed and see it for yourself. So far it's mostly big guns in there and likely will be for a while but I'll start to drill down soon enough.
So here is a quick recap...
One of the things we are doing over here at Gadarian Digital in 2011 is launching a new list on Twitter - OneADay 2011.
The 2011 Gadarian Digital One a Day List begins. Happy 2011. http://twitter.com/#!/list/davidgadarian/oneaday2011 @ScottMonty
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If you've been on Amazon's Video on Demand store over the past few days you've noticed the leading web shopping site is offering up a pretty interesting deal right (actually being run from December 23, 2010 - January 1, 2011).
For the small business owner there is much to learn here.
ROI is a common refrain in social media - Return on Investment, or bluntly, is this activity worth my money and/or time? You hear talk about this all the time and so you should. Unlike your personal life where your motivations are considerably different, in business it is about making money. Specifically with Facebook there are some many opportunities to connect with your audience, to engage your customers and to solicit feedback but a big question is always what do these Facebook relationships actually mean in terms of your business.
Recently I wrote about making a digital resolution for 2011 and with so much happening with social media, online marketing and with e-commerce I think a digital resolution has become a 'must'. I'm sure you do too, but you might also be asking the question of where to begin?
If you'd like to share a digital grievance on this 2010 Festivus, we'd love to hear it! In case you missed it in our video, our 2010 digital grievance is comment spam!