Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “Adventures in Visibility Hangout – Recent Google Plus Updates”. Wakeman says, “In this episode of Adventures in Visibility, I welcome back Stephan Hovnanian to discuss recent significant changes to the Google Plus platform. [Note: Stephan and MaAnna Stephenson of BlogAid were guest experts on a free webinar I hosted about Google Plus which you can get here.] I’ll be “grilling” Stephan about changes to the cover image that impact how people can interact with you. Stephan will also discuss how to use hashtags and cool new image... [...]

Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “Social, Mobile and Content – The Trifecta of Digital Marketing [Infographic]”. Wakeman says, “When you’re building your digital marketing empire, there are three kinds of content you must create… Text Visual Micro Content Text Content Text is obvious. It’s about content marketing, using text-based content in order to take advantage of getting found via organic search. Content marketing is generally defined as creating and sharing media and publishing content in order to acquire customers. It’s not usually about selling,... [...]

Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day – Is It Really Possible? [Infographic]”. Wakeman says, “How much time do you spend on social media (for your business) every day? Do you wonder where the time goes and then fret that you don’t have enough time to create content or products or learn new strategies and tactics to grow your business? The “I don’t have time” complaint has been addressed by me and others many, many, many times. And after seeing the infographic below, let’s look at it again. Yes, social marketing takes... [...]

Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “Make the Most of Your Blog Posts”. Wakeman says, “In this blog post, I’d like to share with you one of“21 Ways” to launch a successful virtual book tour. This tip comes from “Way #16: Make the Most of Your Blog Posts!” In essence, your audio, video, and written blog posts are “virtual real estate.” In addition to providing informational, educational, or entertaining content, you can include subtle marketing material. For example, at the end of each of your blog posts, you can include information about yourself along with a compelling... [...]

Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “Adventures in Visibility Hangout – Hellobar vs Foobar”. Wakeman says, “In this episode of Adventures in Visibility, I take on two notification bar tools: Hellobar and the Foobar plugin for WordPress. You’ll also witness me in all my experimental glory as I was distracted by my own voice coming in to my headset with a 10 second delay. At the moment, I couldn’t figure out how to turn off the audio so I carried on. A strange experience. And, that’s why I call these Hangouts “experiments” and “adventures”... [...]

Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “Are You a Lazy Marketer in the Summer?”. Wakeman says, “During a conversation with my business coach, we were discussing what happens to entrepreneurs and business owners in the Summer months. We both were getting a sense that business owners, particularly solo entrepreneurs, tended to back off on their marketing during the late Spring and Summer months. There’s been a feeling of slowing down when I talk to other entrepreneurs. A desire to back off a bit and focus on fun Summer activities. But we have no proof or statistics that this is... [...]

Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “Adventures in Visibility Hangout – What do You Want to Learn?”. Wakeman says, “With two Adventure Hangouts under my belt, I’m moving forward with the experiment. The next Hangout is scheduled for Friday, May 17 at 1 pm Pacific Time.  The first two covered a visibility tip for Pinterest and a short interview with Dr. Rachna Jain about visibility vs. profitability. Now, I need your help. I could easily come up with visibility topics to share with you. However, I’d like to know what you want to know and learn about regarding increasing... [...]

Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “Want More Visibility for Your Blog on Twitter? Nestivity May be the Answer”. Wakeman says, “Does this sound familiar? You love Twitter but you wish you could have better conversations with your community of followers about what you publish on your blog?  Even with a great tool like Hootsuite and creating niche lists of people, subjects and hashtags, sometimes the stream flows so fast it’s difficult to keep track of conversations and get beyond “Thanks for the retweet.” That’s where Nestivity comes in and may be a good... [...]

Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “9 Ways to Improve Your Business Blog’s Performance Overnight”. Wakeman says, “A lot of people are blogging for business because (when done right), it’s a proven way to establish authority, to stay top of mind in social media and to generate new sales leads. With that said, we all have room for improvement. If we’re taking the time to create this content, why not get more return on our efforts? Here are nine ways that I’ve used to improve blog performance and get better results from my content creation efforts. You can integrate... [...]

Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “Adventures in Visibility Hangout – Pinterest Tip ”. Wakeman says, “Ta da! Introducing the first Adventures in Visibility live hangout… In this Hangout, I experimented with the screen sharing tool to demonstrate a simple way to promote your events on Pinterest, and the one mistake you do not want to make with your images. There were also questions about using Google+ Hangouts which I answered in the second half of the video. Sites mentioned: Pinstamatic List of sites for creating quote images Get notices for future Adventures in Visibility... [...]