5 Fundamentals Of Marketing For Any Business

The Power of Storytelling in Social Media Marketing

Stark SocialBlog, Social Media

In today’s digital age, social media has become a vital tool for businesses to connect with their target audience and build brand awareness. With billions of active users on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, social media has opened up new avenues for marketers to reach and engage their customers in ways that were not possible before. However, with so many brands vying for attention on social media, it can be difficult to stand out from the crowd. This is where the power of storytelling comes in.

Storytelling has been a fundamental part of human communication for thousands of years. Read More

Twitter is not Dead Podcast

Twitter is Not Dead

Stark SocialPodcast

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Did you know that Twitter is doing things to improve it’s viability? Yep, it’s doing things that are making advertising awesome for businesses who are looking to grab the attention of audiences all over the world.

In this episode, Deanna and Nate chat about what they love about Twitter, and how to use it for your own personal and professional needs!

What are you doing with your Twitter? Don’t forget if you have questions about your LinkedIn presence or need help sharpening it up, please don’t hesitate to reach out by emailing Deanna at [email protected]


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Top 10 Tips for Bringing Harmony to Your Email & Social Marketing

Top 10 Tips for Bringing Harmony to Your Email & Social Marketing

Stark SocialPodcast, Social Media

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Nate and Deanna have a fun conversation about bringing harmony to your email and social marketing – what does that mean? Deanna covers the basics of creating an email marketing strategy, and adding it to your social marketing strategy.

In this podcast, we cover the following:

  • Ask your current social sphere to build your sales funnel
  • Make sure you’ve got at very least your Facebook and Twitter set up
  • Pick an email provider to send your emails (separate from your CRM) we like MailChimp
  • Have you claimed your Google MyBusiness Yet? Go now. Do it now.

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Mind Your Manners on The Social Media Webs

Mind Your Manners on The Social Media Webs

Stark SocialPodcast, Social Media

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In today’s podcast, Deanna and Nate chat openly and candidly about the recent media attention caused by a social troll revolving around the hilarious and smart, Leslie Jones of the recent Ghostbuster movie and other recent incidents of people behaving badly on social media. Using social media to harass or bully someone seems childish and against the initial purpose of those tools. And, yet some use it for that exact purpose and nothing more.

Check out this info graph from Adweek about Social Harassment: Click Here

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What's New With Twitter Twitter

What’s New With Twitter

Stark SocialPodcast, Social Media

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It’s been in the news a lot, and the BIG question is whether or not Twitter is going to be around in the future. With some huge changes, including a customer service tool application for brands and a look into potentially introducing an algorithm that would sort your feed for you. Twitter is seeking to achieve something that has never been done before, and we’re crossing all our appendages that it works out.

Nate and Deanna chat about the advent of easier brand management customer service tools and what they think is the future of Twitter as Read More

Choosing The Best Social Media Site For Your Biz 1080p

Choosing The Best Social Media Site For Your Biz

Stark SocialPodcast, Social Media

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A question, Deanna gets a lot… Do I need to be on every social media channel? And, the reality is that not every business needs to be everywhere. It might not match your business model, or provide you with a viable customer base and it makes much more sense to focus on the things that are going to increase that sales funnel!

Deanna and Nate chat about social media channels, and which ones are MUST haves for businesses and which ones are just add-ons to support solid efforts as needed.

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Social Media as a Customer Service Tool? Heck Yeah!

Stark SocialPodcast, Social Media

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We’ve all been there. A bad experience makes everything seem a lot less shiny, and can leave consumers chomping at the bit for redemption or at most acknowledgement that what they experienced wasn’t ok. In today’s episode, Deanna & Nate discuss what they’ve seen work and what they seen simply nose dive with failure in terms of businesses maximizing their customer service!

Things Nate & Deanna recommend thinking about when you’re making choices about how to utilize your social media channels for customer service:

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Common Social Media Fails

Stark SocialPodcast, Social Media

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It’s the New Year, and while you’re building your strategy for this year, why not also make a tiny list of Social Media Fails to avoid. It’s so easy to be out and about with your pals and snap a few shots of your bestie with her skirt tucked in her undies, BUT what if that bestie is the CEO of a major company, and that immortalization of one of her not so finest moments, could make it onto Page Six?

Grab a pen and paper, and start making that list, as Deanna and Nate chatter about Read More

5 Social Media Snafus Your Business Must Avoid

5 Social Media Snafus to Avoid

Nathan ImhoffSocial Media

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There are few things more embarrassing for an individual, or a business than having a social media account compromised by a phishing attack. These attacks usually start when another compromised account sends a direct message to all the accounts connected to them via social media – for example, Twitter. While these messages are camouflaged to seem harmless and fun, they are indeed the bait for the phishing! You might have seen this one in your DM box “I can’t believe the look on your face in this video” with a link of some sort.  The innocent and unsuspecting user Read More

Twitter 3.0 Webinar

Stark SocialSocial Media, Webinar

Who doesn’t love Twitter? Deanna Miller of Stark Social and Mike Bjorkman of HomeSmartNCG have a blast sharing their tips and ideas for maximizing sales while having fun with social media!

In this webinar, learn how to use Twitter search to find new potential clients, Twitter Lists to build a content base and discover the best ways to grow your audience.

Join expert social media trainer Deanna Miller, Co-Founder of Stark Social Media Agency and Mike Bjorkman, Owner and Broker of HomeSmartNCG for this free social marketing training!

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