Chad Dorman

We get it… you’re busy. You’re busy in real life – with meetings, conference calls, and paperwork – and you’re busy on your social accounts as well, balancing and curating the content of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and others. With all that’s going on it can certainly be a chore to keep up with each of [Read More]

Last Tuesday, Twitter went ahead and changed one of the three ways in which fellow users can respond to a tweet (the others being a retweet and a reply), ending the ‘favorite’ and replacing it with a ‘like’. The ‘star’ icon would seemingly be no more, and the ‘heart’ icon would live on. Twitter followed [Read More]

Today’s youth are digital natives. On the one hand, they are comfortable accessing and utilizing the Internet as well as the masses of applications that are developed daily. On the other, they are seemingly at ease with the lack of privacy that the internet has created, a space where it’s almost considered odd to NOT [Read More]

1) In order for a small business to be relevant in today’s world, they need to be almost everywhere on social media. That means no less than having a Facebook business page, Twitter account, and a consistent blog presence (on your own website, shared to Medium, etc). Sure, not all applications will make the most [Read More]

Live streaming apps such as Periscope and Meerkat have become increasingly popular and have situated live video and audio as a necessary component to business marketing strategy. With millions of users worldwide, and many more joining the trend daily to view and create their own streams, these services offer businesses ways to connect like never [Read More]

Replying on platforms like Twitter and Facebook should never be considered ‘optional.’ Those replies are an absolute necessity and should be considered a major component of your social media marketing strategy. At its core, social engagement is very much a two-way conversation – the only difference being that a customer isn’t walking into a business [Read More]

Have you ever thought about what makes a website really stand out? What is it that makes a great website better than a ‘good’ one? A great website is one that is mobile friendly (Read more on that from our Archives!), aesthetically pleasing (complete with photos as well as an attention-grabbing font), and is loaded [Read More]

1) Remember that replying on Twitter is a tactic. Using the search box to find current content and tweets that surround your business, don’t hesitate to jump in to the discussion and engage with other users. Ask questions, interact, and communicate – don’t go for the ‘sale’ right away as your tweets will no doubt [Read More]

Yesterday marked the five-year anniversary of Loud Canvas Media’s accreditation by the Better Business Bureau. Reflecting on this, we thought three things: 1) Those five years have passed much too quickly, 2) We’ve had tremendous success in that time frame, and 3) Was the BBB relevant in any of that success? The BBB, while considered [Read More]

Businessman and TV personality Marcus Lemonis stresses that there are three P’s required for the success of a business: People, Process, and Product. The same could be said for the success of your social media platforms, especially Instagram. You need to have a steady balance of each ‘P’ in order to sell your product, get [Read More]

– Deliver high-quality content every day. You can offer great value by posting your own blogs, media creations, and advertisements, as well as mixing in third-party content of related subject matter. A constant stream of posts will build awareness, credibility, and relationships. Make sure that these posts let the viewers know exactly what kinds of [Read More]

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. In social media this is very true – with words, as well as with 1,000 clicks, site visits, and other means of engagement. People absolutely love pictures – sharing, tagging, and posting them – to show that they have ‘been there done that’ or to flip to [Read More]

The number one mistake that businesses (and individuals) make with Twitter is to not fully put it to good use – to have an account, but to only use it for the occasional marketing promo, the sporadic chirp. It’s been said before – you cannot simply ‘set it and forget it.’ You need to fully [Read More]

It’s been just about 3 weeks since the Google-driven “Mobilegeddon” was rolled out, an algorithm starting to rank websites that were mobile-friendly and responsive higher than those sites that were not. Now that the dust has settled, many wonder what the impacts have been. The short answer? There are really no substantial results…yet. At present, [Read More]

“The oldest form of marketing – word-of-mouth – with the newest form of technology.” Marc Pritchard, P&G. While this could be said of all social media platforms, Mr. Pritchard’s quote more directly aligns with one outlet, the one that is the busiest, and noisiest, of them all – Twitter. In 140 characters or less, the [Read More]