How To Attend The 2012 Miami Winter Music Conference From Home

If you’re busy growing a business and getting your MBA, or if “life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans” (John Lennon), you need to find a way to attend the 2012 Miami Winter Music Conference (WMC) from home.  Look no further my friends – all you need is Be-At.TV!      b…

NCAA March Madness Online Brackets

It’s the best time of year again for college basketball fans and this is your source for NCAA March Madness Online Brackets.  First, I want to give a HUGE shout-out to the Long Beach State Men’s Basketball Team for beating UC Santa Barbara 77-64 on Saturday night, winning the Big West Conference championship game and…

Getting Social with NBA All-Star Weekend

As social media has evolved so has the NBA and All-Star weekend has become a huge social event.  Last year, the NBA had 1 million fans in China following them on social media. This year they have 41 million thanks to Jeremy Lin.  They also have 200 million fans globally through Twitter and 14 international…

Getting Social with Super Bowl XLVI

Are you ready for some football?  Ready or not this year’s Super Bowl could be the most social event yet.  It may not be the ritual you’re used to but the social media buzz has gotten louder and louder for the most epic game day in America.  Twitter, Facebook and Google+ are taking advantage of social media…

The Significance Of An Opt-In Box

Any local business owner can use the Internet to get more customers, clients, or patients immediately.  If you haven’t already done so go to your website and Facebook Fan Page, (hopefully you have both), and get what’s called an opt-in form or opt-in box.  When someone comes to your website or fan page there should…

Why You Need An Effective Facebook Fan Page

As a business professional you need to realize marketing is the lifeblood of your business.  Facebook Fan Pages are an efficient way to promote a business, brand, product, or service and the best part is they’re FREE!  In order to compete today you need to have a strong, professional social media presence and pages give…

Hottest Social Media Trends of 2012

The hottest social media players on deck have moved into the batter’s box and are coming out swinging in 2012!  Over the next twelve months, keep your eyes open for this year’s Hottest Social Media Trends: 1.    New Buzz Words – as the ever-expanding online community grows, so does the vocabulary!  Put down “Social Media…

Tea Time

We write about social media so much here at Salty Waffle that it may appear we have no other life. Well today I’d like to interject a bit o’ flavor of the personal kind. I’m a tea drinker. I love my Yogi teas for the bits of wisdom on each tea tag. “Happiness comes when…

5 Things You Can Do On Facebook You Would Have Paid a Private Eye for 10 Years Ago

You know the person, the ‘Facebook Stalker’. The guy or gal that hunts around Facebook way past the boundaries of their own wall and feed looking for information on one of the more than 500 million individuals inhabiting the site. Maybe an ex, maybe someone you just met, someone from high-school, or maybe just a…