Two nights ago, I had the privilege of having my business Alyka being recognized as one of the top 100 fastest growing companies which are under 5 years old in Australia. I had the privilege of flying to Melbourne and receiving the award. Known as the BRW Fast Starters 2013, it is akin to the Forbes list in the US. So what did it take to qualify? The qualification involved having a business under 5 years ol ...

There is no doubt that social media has changed the way the world works. No longer do we have wait for news to reach us, nor do we have to wait for friends to reply and while we're at it, we can easily get in touch with people all over the world and all in real time whether it be via text, images, video you name it! Social media has made it all possible. Social media has complemented businesses in that it n ...

Facebook have very strict rules and guidelines when it comes to running contests on Facebook. The good news is that if you run your contest through a third party application and adhere to these guidelines, Facebook contests are a great way to engage with your fans, give something back to them and increase your fan base. So in this video, I run through how to set up a Facebook contest using a third party app ...

This guest post is by Carlo Pandian from Intuit QuickBooks bookkeeping software. Twitter is hugely useful for businesses. The micro blogging network gives you the opportunity to increase links to your website, provide information to the public and build your networks. You can also use it to share relevant information with followers, keep an eye on your competitors and provide an alternative customer service ...

Applications are a great way of maximizing the effectiveness of a Facebook fan page. They allow fan page owners to engage and interact with their fans better and also to provide content and information. In this video, I run through how to add an application to a Facebook fan page. ...

At the time of writing, creating a poll or survey on Google+ is nowhere near as easy or available to set up like Facebook's poll. I've always wondered why it still hasn't been implemented for Google+ users since polls are a great way of engaging others. So in this video, I show a way of creating a poll on Google+ using a clever workaround. Let me know your thoughts below and if you have any other great Goog ...

One of the best features about Twitter is the ability to on share someone else's tweet, which is known as a retweet. In this video, I show how to retweet on Twitter using two different methods and the rationale behind each method. Feel free to post your comments below or if you have any other great tips when retweeting. Would love to hear them. ...

This guest post is by Eric Taylor from Qwaya. If you have a Facebook presence, or just an Internet presence in general, you’re eventually going to learn two things. Number one, you’re going to learn that you can reach a lot of people and grow your brand significantly via the Internet. Number two, you’re going to learn that negative comments repeatedly appear on your pages. Marketing on Facebook comes with a ...

I really enjoy the engagement and the short message exchange that happens over Twitter. For example, with the limited character space of 140 characters you don't have to take ages thinking about what you're going to write. Moreover, you don't have to write an essay either and it's just a quick, short and sharp message and then you're done! So what I've found is that by using Twitter you tend to think quicke ...

This guest post is by Kelly Campbell from Liqui-Site Designs. If it’s true that "people buy from people, not from companies", then it would make sense that LinkedIn has become one of the most successful social networks of all. LinkedIn gives professionals the chance to connect online in order to help develop trusted relationships offline – and vice versa. I first started using LinkedIn in 2005. I created my ...