Today’s episode of Crystal Media TV is valuable whether you already have someone managing your social media profiles, you’re looking to hire someone or you yourself are doing all the updating. I’ve shared these tips at a conference in New Orleans and afterwards a women in the audience came up to me and said, “Crystal, […]
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Subject Lines and Headlines That Sell
Use the below posts as a guide to writing killer email subject lines, blog titles and advertising headlines. Tweak the text to make it work for your store and/or products. 102 Headline Writing Formulas by Authority Blogger A Cheat Sheet for Writing Blog Posts That Go Viral by Jon Morrow
Rich Pins: Pinterest ‘Enhancement’ And What It Means For Indie Retailers
Last week Pinterest announced they would be rolling out “rich pins” which the goal is to make it easier for the Pinterest users (Pinner) to buy/make/watch products/recipes/movies. I personally think this works really nice for big box retailers, but this “enhancement” will be tough on independents because of their lack of know-how or resources to […]
4 Pinterest ‘Secrets’ Every Local Business Needs to Know
So I have a confession…I’m addicted to Pinterest. This site has completely changed the way I personally find things to buy and gives me inspiration for my home, closet, business and life. In this episode of Crystal Media TV I share a few ways to turn online lookie loos into offline buckaroos using Pinterest (that’s my new […]
Interview: Jon Schallert Interviews Crystal Vilkaitis About Social Media, Google+
Google+ has huge benefits to local businesses, but can seem very confusing because it is yet another social media site, and is under the giant umbrella of Google. This is a four part interview done by Jon Schallert of Destination University, which is a membership-only program designed exclusively for independent business owners to help them grow their […]
7 Sure-Fire Ways To Increase Traffic Using Social Media
7 Sure-Fire Ways To Increase Traffic Using Social Media
HootSuite 301
HootSuite 301: Interacting with Tweeps and Scheduling
HootSuite 201
HootSuite 201: Setting Up Streams, Lists on Twitter
HootSuite 101
HootSuite 101: Save Time Tweeting and Managing Other Social Networks – How to setup
Google+ Overview Interview
Jon Schallert of Destination University interviews Crystal Vilkaitis about Google+ and asks some general yet popular, social media questions. Google+ Overview: Interview Part 1 Google+ Overview: Interview Part 2 Google+ Overview: Interview Part 3 Google+ Overview: Interview Part 4