Thinking of Holiday Promotional Offers? Now is the Time to Plan!

If you have a business that offers a product or service, you’ve probably given thought about how to increase your sales as we come to year-end. But if you were thinking of waiting until right before Black Friday or Cyber Monday to determine what your offers will be, you may want to reconsider. Here are a […]

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It’s All About the #Hashtag

I love hashtags. For both personal and business needs, it can help me quickly find what I’m looking for. If I need to reach a large regional audience, such as people located in Wilmington, North Carolina, I include #ilm in my tweet and people in the area who are following that hashtag will see my […]

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Protect Your Business with a Social Media Policy

We’ve all heard at least one story about a high-profile figure sending out a social media blast that’s in poor taste or based on mistaken information. The blast then goes viral and the reputation of the public figure is seriously damaged—sometimes irreparably. In 2009 an employee at a Domino’s Pizza in North Carolina filmed another […]

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2 Ways to Grow Your Facebook Fans – Starting Today!

You’ve created a Facebook page for your business and were expecting it to sky rocket with activity.  So why does your page have such a small fan count? The reasons could be several.  Is your content engaging enough?  Are you responsive when people post to your page or comment with feedback or questions?  If the […]

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Facebook Offers Option for Page Fans to View All Content

Facebook has long used an EDGE Ranking to determine if / how often page content is shown in users news feeds. Regardless of whether they want to see your content or not. There are ways to increase your ranking, but even still – the percentage of Facebook Fans who saw your content was relatively small. […]

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3 Reasons You Should Skip Buying Facebook Fans

Have you received an email, Twitter reply or Facebook comment from someone promising to find you thousands of new fans on Facebook? Did they tell you that they can get these fans for you in a matter of days and for an unbelievably low price? It sounds great, right? Why wouldn’t you take them up […]

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We’re Baffled – Are You? Facebook Offers Instagram Clone

Here at Kelley Media, we’re big fans of Facebook. Each social media platform serves its purpose, and this social media giant is no different. We were happy to learn that they recently acquired photo-sharing juggernaut Instagram and couldn’t wait to see how the purchase would improve Facebook. And then the news came today … Facebook […]

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Get Those Followers Talking!

I know I say it all the time – but engagement is golden when it comes to social media. Why is it so important? Twitter is about real-time conversation. People interact with their friends, their favorite brands, their favorite authors or their favorite product. Your business must be part of that dialog. Facebook allows the […]

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Facebook Buys Instagram – And Why It Matters

Facebook announced this week that they were purchasing the popular photo sharing service Instragram for $1 billion dollars. Did anyone else have a flashback to Austin Powers and Dr. Evil? Facebook does a lot of things right – but one area they have not been strong in is photo sharing. While you can post photos […]

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