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Small-Business Guide - Smart Ways to Promote Your Business on Twitter - NYTimes.com 

Great tips for how SMBs can approach Twitter.

Local Search Marketing using Foursquare 

Welcome to the best article I’ve ever seen explaining why your business should be active in Foursquare. Read this!

How 5 Brands Are Mastering the Game of Foursquare 

Excellent examples of how to engage people using geosocial apps like Foursquare.

4 Ways to Use Twitter to Capture Customers 

I love this advice from the Social Media Examiner

  1. Go Local with Twitter GeoTargeting
  2. Join the Conversation
  3. Do Something Unique (good idea but their example isn’t)
  4. Use Contest

Learn from the Best: Getting Started With Social Media for Your Small Business 

An amazing resource of links and advice. Consider it must read for SMBs

5 Ways to Rock Customer Review Sites 

I can’t say it enough, geosocial is a boom for local businesses. Here’s 5 tips to get you plugged in.

Why The Buzz About “Augmented Reality Apps” Might Actually Matter For Your Small Business 

Apps and location aware social networks (sometimes known as geo-social) are still emerging and we don’t have clear paths to measuring ROI and influence

BUT…

I think geosocial networks/apps may hold the biggest potential for small businesses. It is a hyper local network by definition with a very long reach.

  • Listen, Read Reviews
  • Make sure your biz can be found

Essential Social Media Tools for the Small Business 

A very helpful guide for SMBs

4 Myths About Social Media and Business 

From the American Express Small Business Open Forum:

  1. Small Businesses Must be on Social Media
  2. Set it and Forget It
  3. Word of Mouth Presence Isn’t There
  4. Social Media is Only for Broadcasting Messages

Very good article that helps you think through your strategy.

5 New Year's Resolutions for SMBs 

  1. Reflect on Industry Trends
  2. Set New Social Media Goals
  3. Go Local
  4. Master Twitter Lists
  5. Experiment

Repeat #3 often. #5 is unnecessary.

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