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HOW TO: Create a “Healthy” Social Media Presence

HOW TO: Create a “Healthy” Social Media Presence

By Megan McMahon As a healthcare provider, it’s hard to deny the fact that having a social media presence is part of the norm these days. Whether you’re a physician, dentist, orthodontist, chiropractor, podiatrist, or any doctor really, it’s just as important to maintain a healthy social media presence as it is to tell your [...]

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HOW TO: Retain Your Customers Using Social Media

HOW TO: Retain Your Customers Using Social Media

By Megan McMahon For any brand, the most important customer is the current one- the one that is loyal to the brand and will keep coming back for more. But sometimes, it’s hard to keep loyal customers. Fortunately for the brands of the world, social media can bridge the gap between keeping a customer and [...]

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What the Klout?! 3 Reasons the “New” Klout Might Blow Your Mind

By Megan McMahon For all you avid Klout “users” (if such a person exists) and even for those of you who rarely visit Klout.com at all, you’re in for a treat. Klout is giving us a preview of their new and improved version (even though their logo in the corner still says “Beta”) and I [...]

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How Small Businesses Can Think Big But Stay Small!

How Small Businesses Can Think Big But Stay Small!

By Megan McMahon Marketing for small businesses is no easy task in the cluttered marketing world that we live in. It can be scary when sales are slow and there are no new customers coming through the door. With so many ways to market, it can be hard for a small business to figure out [...]

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Have we Forgotten About the Original Social Media?

By Megan McMahon In a day and age where Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the like are all the rage, has society forgotten about our original social media roots? Think about it. How often do you use the telephone in your everyday life? I personally send 10 maybe even 20 times more Facebook Chats in a [...]

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Finding Your Social Identity

Finding Your Social Identity

By Megan McMahon This past weekend while sitting at a small café in Manhattan, I overheard a conversation two girls were having about social media. One girl refused to be on Facebook because she didn’t want to “have another identity” there. This got me thinking – why would you not be yourself on social media? [...]

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The DNA of a Giveaway

The DNA of a Giveaway

By Megan McMahon Free giveaways from brands via social networking sites; We’ve all seen them and most likely we’ve all participated in at least one or two or maybe WAY too many (I’m talking to you crazy couponers of the world!) But regardless of whether you’ve participated or not, there is a bit of a [...]

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Get Your Speak On: #LikeableU 2012 Call for Speakers!

Get Your Speak On: #LikeableU 2012 Call for Speakers!

By Megan McMahon Likeable Media’s 2nd Annual #LikeableU Conference is knocking on the door and we’re giving YOU the opportunity to showcase yourself as a speaker! #LikeableU is a full-fledged social media conference located in NYC where you will have the opportunity to rub shoulders with the best of the industry. This year, #LikeableU will [...]

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Don’t Stop Your Social Just Because It’s the Holidays – 5 Reasons Why

Don’t Stop Your Social Just Because It’s the Holidays – 5 Reasons Why

By Megan McMahon Santa never sleeps. Neither does social media. We’re in the day and age where social is king and it’s where everyone is turning whether it’s 1 PM or 1 AM, a regular work day or the biggest holiday of the year. Stopping your social media efforts just because it’s the holidays is [...]

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Google Plus and Your Brand: Why It’s a Love/Hate Relationship

Google Plus and Your Brand: Why It’s a Love/Hate Relationship

By Megan McMahon So Google Plus is the shiny new toy in the social media toy chest. Any brand that’s a brand is trying to make sense of why it’s the next greatest thing that social media ever invented. Some brands are getting the hang of it, a handful are doing it really well, but [...]

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