Archive for September, 2011

Baltimore’s Best Places to Work

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

BBJ_Sept19It’s that time of the year to celebrate Baltimore’s Best Places to Work!  Every year, the Baltimore Business Journal hosts its Best Places to Work luncheon, bringing the Baltimore business community together to recognize and award those companies who have gone above and beyond in fostering a fun and enjoyable work environment.

Adventure Web Productions is proud to announce that we have been named as one of 30 finalists in this year’s Best Places to Work contest. Adventure Web is competing against other companies in the Micro Business Category, including: Chambers, entreQuest, Groove Commerce, High Street Partners, Insperity, Stanton Communications, Suddath Relocation Systems of Maryland, The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults, and Trigger Agency. The winners for each category – Best Micro Business (10-20 employees), Best Small Business (21 – 100 employees), Best Midsize Business (101 – 499 employees), and Best Large Business (500+ employees) – will be announced at the BBJ awards luncheon on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at the BWI Westin.

Wish us luck!

StumbleUpon Steals Facebook 1# Spot in Referring Social Media Traffic

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Are you looking for ways to increase your social media traffic? Then you will be happy to hear that StumbleUpon can help you get the job done! In fact, StumbleUpon can refer more social media traffic for you than Facebook!

StumbleUpon is a website created for users to find useful and entertaining websites around the world.  You simply press a like button on the sites you enjoy to spread the word on how great they are for you!

As of August 2011, StatCounter has declared StumbleUpon refers more than half of all social media traffic in the United States of America! Facebook is now second place, referring 38% of the U.S social media traffic. Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, MySpace and Digg refer fewer than 4% each.

StumbleUpon has a smaller user base, 12 million compared to Facebook’s 750 million but it does not change the power it has as a social media tool. It is expected that StumbleUpon’s recently released explore feature, will increase a higher referral rate in the next few months and make it much easier for users to stumble upon desired topics of interest.

To learn more on how to increase your social media trafficking, read this article from WebsiteMagazine.com.

Or for professional help in full-service Internet development, hosting and web marketing, contact Adventure Web Productions by calling 410-788-7007 or click here today!

Check us out on Facebook and Twitter as well!

How to Get Social Media Users to Follow your Brand

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Curious as to why people follow brands on Facebook and Twitter? Then we are here to help you obtain more of an understanding on what draws in Likes, Re-tweets and Follows on your most used social media networks.

Social Media sites are very powerful marketing tools for brands online. A recent info-graphic published by Get Satisfaction and Column Five Media suggest that positive online brand experiences create loyal customers the more customers can be engaged by a brand in digital space.

Potential and existing customers can be engaged by participating in a contest, by liking or re-tweeting a brand on Facebook or Twitter. Those who are engaged with a brand tend to purchase products and make recommendations to their friends, coworkers, and family.

But why are social media users becoming more engaged in brands through online marketing? The answer appears to be that 36.9% of Facebook users and 43.5% of Twitter users want to connect with brands to stay in the loop with special offers. In addition to these statistics, 70% of social media users say they engage with brands online to participate in a contest or sweepstakes. The results reveal that social media users want to gain benefits from engaging with your brand. Social media users do not want to be subjected to the same content over and over again. They want brands creative with offers and ones that create new offers they have never received.

Brands and social media users alike want meaningful and beneficial relationships on social media.

Here are just a few suggestions to make your brand have meaningful and beneficial relationships with social media users:

  1. Your brand can establish meaningful relationships with social media users by responding to mentions in a timely fashion on Twitter or responding to questions posted on your brands Facebook “wall”.
  2. Make your status updates thoughtful to always make your social media users feel connected to your brand on a daily basis.
  3. Post a contest to draw excitement to your brand.
  4. Post weekly or daily blog posts.
  5. Measure what type of content gets the most return of comments and impressions.
  6. Make sure whatever your brand may be offering to social media users can be promoted regularly using social media with links that direct back to the landing pages of your website.

For more marketing statistics that can advance your brand’s popularity on social media read this article.

Or for professional help in full-service Internet development, hosting and web marketing, contact Adventure Web Productions by calling 410-788-7007 or click here today!

Check us out on Facebook and Twitter as well!