The WordPress platform continues to be a popular choice for web design eCommerce. Read on to find out why many people choose WordPress for their website platform. We at The Savvy Socialista are big fans of the WordPress platform for blogging and simple eCommerce sites. We have built several websites in WordPress and our clients couldn’t be happier! Even our site is WordPress! Two reasons why people choose WordPress for…
Today’s blog post is meant to inspire those of you starting out in your businesses or perhaps stalled in your businesses and thinking the big brands or larger companies are the only ones getting all the followers on social media. We found out through Social Media Examiner.com about a work-at-home mom who has capitalized on social media and the number of her followers is quite amazing. Read on to find out…
Okay, I know we covered the topic of reasons to blog for your business earlier in the year but we believe so much in the power of this communication tool that we thought it would be worth another blog post to give you even more reasons to consider doing one to get more followers of your brand this year! If you haven’t started a business blog yet, now is the…
The social media revolution for business is here to stay so you need to know all there is to know about social media marketing. This is especially evident when there is a major conference held for just digital social media marketing specialists talking about using social media for marketing. I’m talking about the Social Media Marketing World 2013 Conference that was held recently in San Diego, CA with more than 1000…
For today’s social media news, we wanted to blog about SEO for your small business marketing. I have some good news and some not-so-good news to share. Most of you are probably aware of the latter. When it comes to the search engine optimization or SEO, the big brands usually dominate that valuable piece of real estate known as the FIRST PAGE of the search engine results. However, according to a recent…
If you are a small business owner and think branding in social media stops at your company name and logo, you are coming up short. We believe it is equally important to build your personal branding along with your business because in the end, companies come and go but there is only one of you! So this blog post is dedicated to inspiring you to think about your unique qualities…
We are happy to announce the recent launch of another eye-catching website—this time for our fabulous client Mommy & Company. The owner wanted a unique and creative WordPress eCommerce website that had fun branding elements and that’s what we gave her! We worked hand and hand with the client to ensure that each element of her new website reflected everything she wanted. We are thrilled to have given her a shopping website…
Now more than ever, having a strong branding for your business is essential to standing out over your competitors. But as a small business owner, we know it is tough to compete against those with big advertising dollars who can easily promote their branding image. So what do you do? We found some helpful tips from an informative blog targeted to small business owners. It’s called smallbusinessbonfire.com and here is…
As we mentioned in earlier blog posts, we are big fans of including a business blog when you open a website and hope as a business owner, you have considered adding a blog to your business marketing mix. However, you need to make sure you optimize your posts to get the maximum SEO results from your efforts. For some of you, those three little words –search engine optimization—can make…
Most of us know the story behind the start and rise of Facebook thanks to the success of the movie, The Social Network and all the publicity that Facebook generates. But did you know that since its roll out to the public in March 2011 (and developed in 2009), Pinterest has been named by many organizations, including SAP and Netbase, as the fastest growing social site ever? Smart businesses are…