Every local business should be on Yelp to monitor public feedback about their products and services, but surprisingly just 1,000,000 or so businesses listed on the site have actually claimed their business' page on the social review platform. While... (Read More)

With only 140 characters or a couple lines of text, getting a social media post perfect is important. It can be tempting to throw something together and forget about it. Sadly, this tends to be too many people’s social media strategy, and it’s... (Read More)

One of the best forms of marketing occurs when a happy customer shares their good experience with others. People trust recommendations from friends and family more than they trust advertising by companies. Word of mouth is a powerful way to boost... (Read More)

LinkedIn, the business-oriented social networking platform, is still being overlooked as a prime way to strategically grow your business. It's time to change that. No matter what your industry, LinkedIn can provide you an opportunity to connect... (Read More)

With the summer vacation season reaching an end, it's time to start thinking seriously about business again. Chances are, you have some year-end goals you'd like to reach for revenue generation, customer retention and perhaps even employee morale... (Read More)

Do you put pay-per-click advertising and content marketing in two different buckets? You shouldn’t. These two strategies work beautifully together. PPC delivers targeted traffic to your website. Great content makes those visitors stick... (Read More)

Desktop is dead. Well, not really, but desktops have officially dropped to the second most popular way to view a website. And like a popular fictional Nascar driver said, “If you’re not first, you’re last!” What’s in first? Mobile... (Read More)

Can you guess what one of the most underutilized online marketing tools is? It’s email! The most ironic thing about it, however, is that Email Marketing can be the most powerful tool to get messages to your audience. This is especially true if... (Read More)

Social media is a great medium for keeping in touch with customers and sharing information. But it also presents a unique problem: inaccurate information seems to have a life of its own. Here at Social5, we know you want to share information that... (Read More)

Content marketing is one of the best long-term marketing strategies for businesses. But unlike some other forms of online marketing, content marketing can be somewhat trickier to grasp. If you're just starting out with your brand's content marketing... (Read More)