I’d like to invite you all to a virtual conference to be held online this weekend. Just use a service like tweetchat.com and enter the hashtag #usxsw (that’s on Twitter, so you will need a Twitter account). Check out the schedule for each of the days (I’m hosting a chat...  More »

I was honored when my friend Margie Clayman asked me to participate in her Women and Social Media series. I even knew what I wanted to write about- how women and men seem to use social media differently, with men tending more towards using the various platforms to “get ahead”,...  More »

Most businesses have realized by now that social media (SM) is the new frontier in marketing. Of the many choices, Facebook and Twitter have become the standout social media platforms for most new marketing initiatives. With millions of users worldwide, both Twitter and Facebook are excellent avenues to pursue and...  More »

1. It is important. As of June 2010, social media accounts for one in every 4.5 minutes spent online, according to Nielsen. New studies indicate that by 2015, 94 % of smart phone users will communicate through social networks, outranking voice and text. So if it’s worth having a presence...  More »

The two most intimidating things about social media for small business owners are keeping up and knowing where to start. Keeping up is certainly an issue. There’s the question of finding time to keep up with actually creating and implementing your social media plan, and then there’s keeping up with...  More »

Have you seen our new custom Twitter background? What do you think? This is a service that will be on our new, soon to be revealed social media design menu. So, if you’re interested in getting your own custom Twitter background, contact us today. Your background can be based on...  More »

For those who have been in the internet marketing world for a while, this may be a big “yawn” question. But there are a lot of local business owners out there who hear this buzz word and don’t really know what on earth this means. I talk to such owners...  More »

We are finishing up writing an ebook on Twitter and I wanted to know what your biggest question was about Twitter so that we can be sure to answer it in our book. Go to our facebook fan page and let us know the answer: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mantyweb-Designs/135146992341#!/pages/Mantyweb-Designs/135146992341?v=wall&story_fbid=118274714852934&ref=mf or leave a comment...  More »