http://www.primumagency.com/blog Primum. get a lot. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:36:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just came across a story on the BtoB website titled "Twitter Worth The Effort."  It's an interesting article and worth the read.  The main point of the article is that Twitter, and other social media, is worth the effort and will result in business activity if you stick with it.  ... http://www.primumagency.com/blog/?p=2559 According to Nielsen, as posted on The Tech Chronicles blog, social media use has increased by 24%: The number of Internet users who visited a social network or a blog increased by 24 percent from April 2009 to April 2010, while the average person spent 66 percent more time on those ... http://www.primumagency.com/blog/?p=2542 Everyday, Groupon features an unbeatable deal on stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in your city. By promising businesses a minimum number of customers, they get discounts of usually 50% or more. They call it "collective buying power!" I admit I'm hooked on Groupon. I honestly get excited every ... http://www.primumagency.com/blog/?p=2528 As a follow-up to the Blogging Best Practices - Part 1 and Blogging Best Practices - Part 2 posts, here are five more best practices you can use for blogging: 1. Comment On Other Blogs - When you post comments on other blogs, you are typically able to include a link ... http://www.primumagency.com/blog/?p=2506 Came across an interesting article in InformationWeek that indicates consumers want to interact with businesses through social media - but few businesses are meeting this demand: Although 70% of consumers want to interact with businesses using social media, less than one-third of companies have the strategies, policies, and processes in place ... http://www.primumagency.com/blog/?p=2509 My friend shared this link with me today "Multitasking at home: Internet and TV viewing" I always thought I was the minority of people that surfed the web while watching TV. I guess I'm not the only one with a short-attention span! The folks at Yahoo and Nielsen have come out ... http://www.primumagency.com/blog/?p=2494 Executing a strong public relations campaign is a great way to increase interest and awareness of your company while securing that ever important third-party endorsement.  But having a story run in a local or trade publication is just the first step.  Once it runs, it's important to share the article ... http://www.primumagency.com/blog/?p=2482 Do you want to increase the amount of visitors to your website?  Then start blogging. According to HubSpot, companies that blog receive 55% more website visitors than companies that do not blog.  That is a huge amount of visitors. What would 55% more website visitors mean to your company?  Would it mean ... http://www.primumagency.com/blog/?p=2467 As a follow-up to the first Blogging Best Practices post, here are 5 more best practices to help you in the land of blogging: 1. You are blogging to people. Blogging is great for SEO and you could pile tons of keywords into every single post, but you are blogging for ... http://www.primumagency.com/blog/?p=2450 I came across an interesting blog post on Danny Brown's, Connection + Conversation = Community blog.  His post "52 Cool Facts About Social Media" provides just that - 52 cool facts.  There are two about Facebook that may be of interest to company's considering a Facebook page: Fact: The average Facebook ... http://www.primumagency.com/blog/?p=2454