A business-oriented social networking site. The purpose of the site is to allow registered users to maintain a list of contact details of people they know and trust in business. The people in the list are called Connections. Users can invite anyone (whether a site user or not) to become a connection.
A free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author’s profile page and delivered to the author’s subscribers who are known as followers.
A global social networking website. Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves.
Stands for HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages
An Internet advertising model used on websites, in which advertisers pay their host only when their ad is clicked. With search engines, advertisers typically bid on keyword phrases relevant to their target market. Content sites commonly charge a fixed price per click rather than use a bidding system. A popular service of this type is Google Ad Words
A service that focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services. Examples are Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
refers to a computer application which provides the ability to send bulk email to target audiences. The intent is usually to send newsletters or promotional materials to opt-in lists of subscribers, although the software can be used to send unsolicited email. Common providers are Constant Contact, Emma and Mail Chimp
a form of direct marketing which uses electronic mail (email) as a means of communicating commercial or fund raising messages to an audience
If you’re thinking of starting a Facebook group for your business we say, “go for it!”
This is a great way to keep people connected to your company or organization. We just ran across a great article at VirtualMarketingBlog.com that may help you decide how to start and help you make your group a success. These tips will also help you when applied to other online social networks or blogging…
Fun Internet term here explaining how your email interacts with the server it’s hosted on. In this case the emails are left on the server and not downloaded to your computer. This is ideal for people who have to have access to thier email from multiple locations but don’t have a ton of big files.