by Enventys Partners | Feb 26, 2012 | Crowdfunding
There are several excuses many small businesses make as to why they still don’t have a social media presence: 1) They think it is not for them, or “our customers and prospects aren’t on social media” 2) They think they do not have the time 3) They do not know how to...
by Enventys Partners | Feb 26, 2012 | Crowdfunding
As your business continues to move toward the social strategy of generating sales, you need to consider what methods are most effective. By now, everyone knows the power of Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube and LinkedIn—but are those necessarily the most effective...
by Enventys Partners | Feb 19, 2012 | Crowdfunding
The North Carolina Get Your Business Online program with Google will be holding a free event at The Big Chill in Charlotte, NC on Friday February 24. Sessions includes build your free website, promote your business online, grow your business online and an online expo...
by Enventys Partners | Sep 11, 2011 | Crowdfunding
Belgian furniture store Heylen has come up with a creative way to reward its Facebook fans by offering them exclusive store parking spots. At all three of its retail stores, Heylen has painted parking spots exclusively for Facebook fans. Of course, it would be pretty...
by Enventys Partners | Sep 7, 2011 | Crowdfunding
Increasingly, search engines are using “social signals” from top social media sites to help determine the best links to display in search results pages. While there is a lot of speculation about exactly how social media sites are affecting search, Google and Bing have...
by Enventys Partners | May 23, 2011 | Crowdfunding, Ecommerce
Social media guru Gary Vaynerchuk got frustrated during a recent interview on TechCrunch and said, “99.5% of the people that walk around and say they are a social media expert or guru are clowns.” Frankly, we admit we were a little annoyed at this outburst and just a...
by Enventys Partners | Apr 21, 2011 | Crowdfunding
The innocuous looking “thumbs up” Facebook Like button—now celebrating its first birthday—has morphed into a ubiquitous status symbol on millions of web pages. According to comScore Media, many of the world’s top sites have added it, including the top 10 sports...
by Enventys Partners | Apr 10, 2011 | Crowdfunding
Brandon Uttley recently had the pleasure of speaking with author and technology evangelist Guy Kawasaki, on the eve of his new book Enchantment: The Act of Changing Hearts, Minds and Actions. Shortly after the book debuted, it made the New York Times bestseller list....
by Enventys Partners | Aug 2, 2009 | Crowdfunding, Product Development
When you walk into Joe Casale’s design studio, one of the first things you notice is a bulletin board filled with sketches. “When I get an idea for a new product, I do a concept sketch and post it on my bulletin board,” he says, “so I can think about it and let it...
