5 Crucial Lessons I Learned from Vancouver Startup Weekend
I had the pleasure of attending the presentations at last year’s Vancouver Startup Weekend. The gist of the weekend is this: people spend 54 hours pitching tech business ideas, then the best ideas...
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Why Businesses Need to use Rich Pins for Pinterest Immediately
Pinterest has recently been working with some companies that provide online e-commerce sales. What’s fantastic about this is that it provides information about the product without actually requiring...
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7 Major Ways Pinterest is Different on Android Compared to Desktop
There used to be a simpler time when the Internet was just used on desktops and laptops. Those times are long gone and what’s happened now is that the mobile revolution is taking place. Ever since...
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The One Mistake that Will Destroy Your Pinterest Marketing Strategy
Oh Pinterest, people are falling in love with you as the new social media darling. You’ve now spawned a variety of copy cats, like Manteresting and Dudepins, and brought a whole new paradigm in how...
View ArticleHow to Create a Strong Brand Identity for Your Business
Strong brand identities don’t happen by accident. There are principles in creating a strong brand identity for a business in order for it to be a winning brand. While extremely well-known brands have...
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Why Most Banks Suck at Using Pinterest
How Financial Institutions can Benefit from Using Pinterest At this moment, there aren’t a lot of financial institutions that are on Pinterest, which is really a shame given that about 80% of users...
View ArticleThe Tale of Two Body Sprays: Why Axe Thrived, and Tag Died
Axe Is a Cultural Phenomenon Axe (or Lynx as the brand is known in the UK) commercials are a bit of a cultural phenomenon. Research has led them to create some interesting commercials, and as a...
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How to Advertise on Pinterest
So you’re interested in learning how to advertise on Pinterest? Rand Fiskin from MOZ is predicting that Pinterest advertising will be a juggernaut in the upcoming 2015 year for social media...
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Social Media Introverts versus Social Media Extroverts
Should you Hire a Social Media Marketer That’s Extroverted or Introverted? Social media can be time and energy intensive. For some, the use of social media drains them, for others, it can do the...
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How to Get Readers to Pin A Specific Image from Your Blog
Have you ever wanted to have one featured image for your blog post, but you wanted people to pin a specific image (maybe a very long one)? For example, here’s the image I have on top of my blog post 4...
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Verify Your Pinterest Account with Your Website
Welcome to day 2 of the 31 Days to a Better Pinterest Page. It’s also the day that my fiancee and I are moving in together. And we’re definitely looking forward to spending time together. Today’s...
View ArticleSocial Media Plan – How to Create One in 9 Steps
How to Create a Social Media Plan 1) Determine Your Goals In order to create a successful social media plan, you need to know what goals you want to achieve, and how those goals will be measured. Are...
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How Long Should My Pins be on Pinterest?
I’m sure many of us who use Pinterest want to know the answer to “How long should my pins be on Pinterest?” Having pins that are long can help your business pins stand out from the vast ocean of pins....
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Social Media Experiences are the New Form of Advertising
Traditional Advertising Makes It Hard to Create Emotionally Engaging Experiences Traditional Advertising isn’t dead, and probably never will. Just because TV was invented, doesn’t mean that people...
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How Some Professional Pick Up Artists Became Great Marketers
Become a Master Pick Up Artist in Marketing Welcome to our Valentine’s Day edition of MCNG’s marketing blog…we’re going to talk about sex, picking up women, and marketing. Hold on to your chairs for...
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How to use Pinterest to Launch Your Etsy Business
Are you talented at making handmade crafts, or even thinking of starting your own business on the side? It’s always nice being able to earn some extra cash on the side for activities you enjoy doing....
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Pinterest Desktop versus Pinterest Mobile
Welcome day to day 13 of the 31 Days to a Better Pinterest Page. Day 13 focuses on the task of viewing your pins across different mobile platforms and the desktop version of Pinterest. Mobile Usage...
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10 Ways E-commerce Sites Can Use Pinterest to Increase Sales
It was announced that Pinterest received an additional $225 million in funding, giving the “start up” an evaluation of $3.8 billion dollars. While the social network continues to expand globally, and...
View ArticleShould my Restaurant use a Groupon Type Deal?
Before your restaurant decides to jump into Groupon, Living Social or using any daily deal, it’s important to understand the pros and cons of using one. Here are the key things to watch out for when...
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How Pinterest Advertising Works
Thanks for dropping by the Pictures to Profits Podcast. and I’m happy to be interviewing Andy Hayes, who is the founder and creative mind at PlumDeluxe.com, which is a lifestyle blog that helps people...
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