Archive for Business Tips

It Was A Very Good Year…

It has been 367 days since I started this company, Java Social Networking, and I can’t help but think back to everything that’s happened during the past year.  Fellow business owners will probably agree that the first year in any business is much like a roller coaster.  With so many unknowns, we dive in head [...]

Managing Your Reputation, One Post at a Time

During my high school years, working at a local library, I remember the days I worked in the Reference Department were filled by requests for Consumer Reports Magazine.  It was also one of the few magazines that we would have bound into leather volumes at the end of the year, ever preserving its contents in the [...]

Twitter Squatters – Have You Claimed Your Name?

Have you claimed your Twitter name yet?  More importantly, has someone else claimed your twitter name?  Many of us can remember back to the 1990′s when the internet was booming.  Some individuals thought it would be a smart idea to gobble up some popular business name dot coms in the hopes that the business (or actor/actress/musician) [...]

Facebook’s Coming Out Of The Box…

Well, at least the boxes are coming out of Facebook. Facebook announced today that there will be changes to their pages including the boxes tabs and the size of the application tabs aka welcome pages.  Here’s the info: We announced plans last October to remove application boxes and application info sections as well as reduce [...]

The Smell of Social Media Success

Who hasn’t heard about the latest YouTube phenomenon sweeping the internet?  If you have been lost at sea without access to the Internet, we forgive you.  I’m talking about the Old Spice Guy whose latest campaign of videos have become some of the most viewed and shared YouTube videos, with seven out of the top [...]

Getting my M.A. in FB

I always enjoy seeing which of the targeted Facebook ads may appear on the right side of the page.   It’s a game of “are they guessing me right?”.  They usually are about planning a wedding, coffee, Penn State and fitness (they’re also probably trying to nudge me to the treadmill more, so, thanks Facebook ads).  Even when [...]

Summer Fridays…

Just as any Friday when we log into our Facebook and Twitter accounts here at JSN, we hear everyone rejoicing that Friday has finally come.  It’s come to be that these daily status updates are pretty predictable:  “Ugggh, I have a case of the Mondays”, “Why is it just Tuesday?”, “Happy Hump Day” (Wednesday), “Almost [...]

Small Business & Social Networking – Your Key to Marketing Success

There was a great article on the American Express Open Forum for Small Businesses that provided some really interesting Social Networking statistics:  Only 24% of businesses surveyed are seeing sales leads from social media.  Why?  They are simply not engaging and embracing Social Media as one of the most important tools in their marketing strategy. One [...]

Making Social Media Work for Your Small Business

As National Small Business Week 2010 comes to a close, we wanted to ask our fellow small business owners:  How is social media working for you?  Have you jumped into with both feet or are you still sitting on the side of the pool with your feet in, waiting to see if the water is [...]

Social Networking for Business: 8 Tips on How to Relate and Communicate

Since the evolution of communicating online and the formations of social networks, many businesses have shut down the access from their locations. Some might say it is due to the prevention of wasting time and improving time management. Others might be weary of hackers or phishing scams that could possibly be associated with the social [...]