Hello everyone, my name is Mark and I am the owner of Mark Alousis Portrait in Toronto. I take modern, magazine style portraits and headshots. Think Vanity Fair or GQ style for the everyday men and women. In this post I will talk about the importance of a professional head shot as well as a few tips toContinue reading “Importance of a Great Personal Branding Photo – Guest Blog by Mark Alousis”
Author Archives: Tammy Hudgin
Learn the Basics
We live in a world of technology and social media is one of the BIGGEST elements. As business owners, we have an opportunity to use social media to build a business BUT it is more overwhelming for most than easy. With the differences between the web version and the App versions, with the many changesContinue reading “Learn the Basics”
Guest Blog: Back Up Your Data: It’s Easy I Promise
Did you know that Diet Coke and your laptop aren’t best friends? I learned that the hard way but so have others. Most recently I received a call from a business client whose son dumped milk onto the laptop. As you can imagine he was very anxious. All his business information was on that computer.Continue reading “Guest Blog: Back Up Your Data: It’s Easy I Promise”
Are you doing contests?
Have you thought about running a contest on your Facebook business page to bring you more visibility? I just finished running a contest that was giving away one of my Facebook Online Training Packages, so it was geared towards small business owners and wanted to share the stats that went along with it: I hadContinue reading “Are you doing contests?”
Not again?
Scrolling through your news feed and thinking “are they promoting their product/services AGAIN?” Here’s the thing, everyone gets caught up in trying to compete for space in news feeds BUT if you are promoting your business ALL THE TIME, people are going to “unfollow/hide” you. So how can you get your business out without feelingContinue reading “Not again?”
Creating your Presence, what does it mean?
What does “creating your presence” really mean? It means: Building relationships Networking Interaction Showcasing Asking questions Being consistent Promoting your business Creating your presence consists of a variety of elements that ultimately will lead you to business. If we focus ONLY on selling our products/services, then people will start running from us. They want toContinue reading “Creating your Presence, what does it mean?”
Visual Impact
When working in the world of Social Media, it is important to add visual elements to your posts. When people are scrolling through their news feeds, they tend to be drawn to the visual first before reading the actual post. So creating visual has to be fun, inviting, curious, attractive. It has to draw theContinue reading “Visual Impact”
Woo hoo We Did It!!!
Well, we have made it through the first month of 2017, did you survive it or are you feeling overwhelmed with all the resolutions and goals you made? Personally, I don’t set resolutions as I feel it is more of a hype than anything else and most people don’t stick to them. However, I doContinue reading “Woo hoo We Did It!!!”
Yes, it is OVERWHELMING
I hear this all the time “it is overwhelming” and YES, it most definitely is. Learning Social Media can be hard to understand, with all the different ins and outs that surround each site. Ultimately, instead of trying to focus on learning ALL of them, focus on mastering one, then branch into a second, third,Continue reading “Yes, it is OVERWHELMING”
Starting 2017
We are now officially in the year 2017!! Time to seriously look at what you are doing in Facebook for your business. You need to make some changes and focus on what can bring you the new clients you are looking for. Start working your personal timeline to build relationships. Share what you are upContinue reading “Starting 2017”
Tammy Hudgin 