It’s a new year and maybe you think its time people start noticing your awesome business. The problem is, you don’t have a million dollars to throw down on a Super Bowl commercial. No worries, you don’t have to spend money to get noticed. In addition to the basic social media avenues of Facebook and Twitter,…
A little while ago we shared an awesome visual map of the social media world with you and after watching some video from the Web 2.0 Summit, couldn’t resist sharing the map they were using as the backdrop for the stage. It is a little more broad, being that it is a Web 2.0 Map rather…
New Years is always a time for resolutions, goals, starting over, or rededicating. Fitness and health seem to be a popular trends in resolutions and is a goal for some of us here at Salty Waffle as well. We figured we weren’t the only ones interested in some apps to help out along the way…
Here it is! The final part of the 15 Stages of Evolution of the Online Presence Through Social Media. If you haven’t been following along, catch up with the first three parts here, here, and here if you missed them and let us know where you are at, we’ll meet you there. Read on for the exciting conclusion:…
Parts 1 and 2 have taken us through the first 8 stages of evolution of the online presence through social media and now its time for part 3. This will take us to stage 12 and we’ll only be one post away from from the last three stages. Catch up with the first two parts…
Have you ever thought about how much energy you use when you work out? Ever wondered what you could power with all that energy? Well, Ryan Barr and his team at PlugOut have and that is precisely the idea behind their revolutionary fitness products. You see, their ellipticals, cycles, and bikes, built right here in Seattle, capture the…
Exactly one week ago, we began a journey through the 15 stages of online presence through social media that we see our clients, friends, and even major corporations going through as they attempt to implement social media into their marketing strategy and overall online offering. Part I had the first three stages so if you…
At Salty Waffle we have the privilege of meeting a lot of great people during our social media classes and we always seem to learn just as much or more from them as they do from us. As we watch people in the class and keep up with them afterward, we have observed a kind of pattern…
All these official terms and phrases, billions of dollars, hours upon hours, all dedicated to growing businesses via the internet. But why? Well, because online marketing works. It is no secret that almost any business needs a few, if not all of the latest internet advertising and customer interaction tools at their disposal. In fact,…
I saw this great post by Robert Swanwick, aka Swan, @spkrinteractive, @swanwick, or @twchat (definitely check him out, he has some great stuff) about the stages people go through as they find Twitter and begin to use it. The stages were great, but we tweaked a few based on what we see happening in our social media…