Author: Stephen Wagner

Why Facebook is Good for Business

Everyday, I am on Facebook for no less than 8-9 hours.  It is always on.  Along with Twitter and LinkedIn, it is one of my top three favorite social media sites.  Facebook is the first thing I open when I sit at my computer.  It is also the last thing

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Defining Your Social Media Goals

Whether your business has been on social media for years and has a presence on every site, or if you are just starting out, setting clear goals is paramount to your success. The absolute worst reason you should be on social media is because “everyone else is”, or “someone told me

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How To Unlink Your Google Plus Account from YouTube

*Updated 1/24/2014 It appears as though YouTube no longer offers the ability to unlink your Google+ account.  If I find a way to do this, I will update this post to reflect that. *Updated 8/15/2013 I have received a lot of questions about how to unlink your Google Plus account

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The Importance of Visual Content

When social media sites like Facebook and Twitter first started, most of the updates were text based.  Lets face it, most of the sites themselves were text based.  However, as the years have gone by and as smart phones with the use of apps like instagram have grown in popularity,

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Listen to Your Potential Clients on LinkedIn

Ok, so you’ve got your LinkedIn account setup, you filled it out so it’s 100% complete, and you have connected with everyone you know.  Now what? Great question.  Fortunately, LinkedIn is a social network, not just an online resume.  There are a few different ways to be social on LinkedIn,

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Creating Social Media Routines

Katie and I just completed a 28-day cleanse.  For 28 days, we ate nothing but whole foods prepared and cooked by us at our home.  No alcohol, caffeine, dairy, gluten, added sugar or processed foods.  Just the good stuff – lots of fruits, veggies, grains, nuts and oils. At first,

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How to Use Pinterest Like a Man

Yes, I use Pinterest. I realize that I am not a typical Pinterest user, being a man and all.  However, I am totally, one-hundred percent cool with Pinterest.  In fact, the more I use it, the more I like it! For women, it’s a no brainer, right?  Most women already

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Tap Into Your Existing Network

When it comes to social media, we talk a lot about connecting with new people.  After all, if you are doing social media for your business, that’s the point – to get in front of new people, right?  And it should be. But that’s not the whole picture.  There are

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Twitter Question: Do You Follow Back?

I am always shocked by the number of people that don’t follow back on Twitter.  Now, there is no rule saying that you have to, but it just seems like the right thing to do.  If I have determined that your tweets are worthy of me following them, then that’s

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Gary Vee, Crush It, and Social Media

I just started reading the book ‘Crush It’ by Gary Vaynerchuk.  What can I say, I’m inspired already! I was initially attracted to the book because in my spare time I like to believe that I am a wine maker (Wagner Estate’s is the retirement plan), and I have loved

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