Entries by Mark Toney

10 Steps On The Rules Of Engagement in Social Media

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What Happens In An Internet Minute

Did you know that every 60 seconds, around 700,000 hours of videos are being watched on the internet? And more than 400 hours of videos get uploaded to YouTube? How about 46,740 photos are posted on Instagram every minute. During the same measure of time, an average of 69,444 hours of video was watched on […]

The ROI of Social Media

ROI is the sum of all social media activities that create value. Your return may vary. Rеturn оn social media invеѕtmеnt iѕ mеаѕurеd in mаnу wауѕ.  Sосiаl media rеԛuirеѕ time, рlаnning, ѕсhеduling and оrgаnizing оf rеѕоurсеѕ.  Here is a quick look at an infographic on The ROI of Social Media. Share this Image On Your […]

Four Steps to Drive Revenue From Social Media

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Hashtags and Filters: Cultivating a Corporate Instagram Presence

It’s no surprise to anyone that Instagram has become one of the most effective strategies for growing and marketing your business. Cultivating a social media presence is one of the best ways to engage your audience and triple your sales. So, how exactly do you go about creating a successful corporate Instagram presence? Here, we’ve outlined some […]

Why We Engage on Facebook

Do you start and end every single day by scrolling through your Facebook newsfeed and seeing what your friends are up to? If your answer is YES – It turns out you are not alone––statistically, most people probably do the same thing. Almost half of Facebook users “like” content posted by their friends at least […]

Just How Dominant is Facebook? The Numbers Speak For Themselves

When people think of Facebook as a company, they mostly think of it synonymously with Facebook, the social network. However, Facebook Inc. is much more than that, as this chart nicely illustrates. With WhatsApp, Instagram, and the namesake Facebook and Messenger, the company owns four of the world’s largest social media / messaging services. Facebook […]

$10 Billion Dollars Lost – Bad Online Data

  A friend recently returned from vacation, and we were discussing the good times she had. Since we are both in the digital space – the talk eventually led in that direction and how digital impacted her vacation. One of her comments: “I couldn’t help but remember how much inaccurate online data I came across while […]

Social Media Coaching and Training

Here is something that is going to help your career….guaranteed!  We all know the realities of today mean that journalists of all types must embrace social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social platforms continue to dramatically change news gathering and sharing. Journalists today are required to have a strong Social Media presence to promote […]

The Generational Divide in Todays News Consumption

Some people like to stay on top of the news cycle throughout the day by checking Twitter, Facebook, and their favorite news websites. Others prefer to be served to select the day’s important happenings by the evening news on TV. Whether you prefer one or the other may come down to your age and what […]

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Social Media Fears Be Gone

In today’s B2B competitive world, there is a daily hand-to-hand battle almost to gain market share. Growing your business today and grabbing a larger share of the market has turned into nothing short of guerilla warfare. Companies need to use every tool available to reach sales goals and objectives. To achieve these goals, companies have […]