Author: Lisa Peyton

9 Twitter Business Lessons From Tennis Pros

September 3, 2012

Are you looking to improve your Twitter game?

The Twitterverse has been buzzing with the latest US Open Tennis Tournament news.

What can tennis teach your business about Twitter? You'd be surprised.

Preparing for this year's grand slam, I began to research and follow popular players on Twitter. I was curious how these big celebrities fared on the 140-character–driven platform.

The outcome of my research resulted in nine takeaways that brands and businesses can use to help improve their Twitter stream.

Take these tips from the

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5 Ways to Use Google+ Events for Your Business

August 23, 2012

Google+ Events is yet another way Google+ is competing with Facebook, representing a new opportunity for marketers.

Most marketers and businesses have been using Facebook Events to promote everything from webinars to company fundraising events within their Facebook community.

Now, Google+ has a competing service with new bells and whistles.
Google's Benefits for Better Business Events
Your ever-expanding Google+ community will benefit from these cool new features that make scheduling, sharing and finding your company's events easier

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How to Use the New Google Analytics Social Reporting Tool

June 12, 2012

The new social media reporting tools from Google Analytics provides marketers free social media monitoring and measurement capabilities.

The new reporting features provide the most value when coupled with Google+.

This way, community managers gain insight around off-page activity as Google Analytics and Google+ are happily integrated.

Tracking off-site social activity is just one of the cool new features that community managers will be swooning over.

Check out the other actionable reports outlined below and discover how businesses

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5 Top Google+ Tools and Apps for Marketing Pros

April 11, 2012

Are you looking for Google+ apps and resources to enhance your marketing?

This article reveals five categories of tools and apps you can employ to greatly enhance your Google+ experience.

Check this out: Thirty-six percent of brands on Google+ have seen a 100% increase in circle size in less than 3 months, according to a recent study by Simply Measured.

This is a stunning metric when one considers that there's no Google+ advertising platform to fuel campaigns. Brands are forced to use great content to engage and can't "pay to play" by

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3 Successful Google+ Pages and Why They Work

January 17, 2012

Have you created a Google+ page for your business? In this article I'll show you what three top pages are doing.

Still in its infancy, Google+ has become a very hot topic.

Amid concern that this "new kid on the block" couldn't compete in a social media landscape owned by Facebook, some have opted to dismiss the platform entirely.

While Google+ and Google+ business pages are still in the early stages, there is growing evidence that they're here to stay.

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