10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs. This series is supported by Grasshopper, the Virtual Phone System designed for entrepreneurs.
Learn more about Grasshopper at Grasshopper.com. Whether your company is just starting out, just starting to turn a profit or already on the verge of an acquisition, as an entrepreneur you'll be constantly evaluating the tools that will help get your business to the next stage. Even if the ink on the business plan isn't dry yet, you want to be armed with the social media tools that will play an important role in company communication, product and brand promotions, and business development for your startup.
Some of the tools in this list will be familiar, but it's worth taking a moment to reframe how they might become power tools in a business context. 10. As an entrepreneur, you need to know what people are saying about your company as well as your competitors. Pro Tip: By default, the Monitter interface is gray on black, which can be hard on the eyes. 9. 5 Impressive Real-Life Google Wave Use Cases. The Google Wave invite rollout extravaganza started more than a month ago.
While in some respects the buzz around Google Wave has started to subside, the term is still constantly one of the top trending topics on Twitter, and new gadgets, extensions, and applications are now starting to appear on a daily basis. Each day more and more people are opening up their email inbox to find an invite to Google Wave. With that shiny new invite comes the inevitable quest for ideas about to how to put the medium to good use.Should you happen to be one of those people, we've got a number of different resources that you can use to get up to speed with Google Wave. This time around, however, we wanted to look at how people are actually using it now. From process modelling and customer service, to project collaboration, annotation, and gaming, the examples listed here highlight the power of the newborn medium, and in part, showcase what we can expect as the platform matures. 1.
8 Essential Apps for Your Brand's Facebook Page. Alison Driscoll is an interactive copywriter and social media consultant who specializes in .
She authors a blog at alisondriscoll.com. Not even a year ago, Facebook was still being dismissed as a silly site intended to help college kids slack off. Indeed, that is what helped the social network take hold with a large number of users, but it has proven its worth in business and by now, nearly everyone is on board. Companies of all sizes are scrambling to get on the site and reach both new and current customers with a Facebook Page, the Facebook preferred method for user interaction with a brand, company or public figure. An effective Facebook Page not only attracts fans, but is sticky so that fans keep coming back and may even share the content on the Page.
Applications 1. This app was originally a Facebook feature that they then converted into an application; as such, it is sponsored and maintained by Facebook and less likely to break or be abandoned. 5 Ways to Use Google Wave for Business. Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting.
She authors a blog at hrbartender.com. Remember Google Wave? Clearly, Google Buzz has recently overshadowed Google's other hotly anticipated social communication platform, but before you ditch your Wave account, give it a second try. There are many useful business applications for Wave, especially in situations that call for collaboration with a group or managing a project. Wave can easily allow users to dispense with the formalities (and expenses) of meetings, phone calls, travel, etc. and instead make it easy to collaborate across time and space. Here are five examples of common workplace activities that Google Wave can support. 1.
This one probably seems obvious. For example Chris Hoyt, author of the blog The Recruiter Guy, set up a Wave for the human resources and recruiting community during last year’s Social Recruiting Summit. 2. 3.