BlogWritings, musings and occasional lighthearted banter about Web Marketing.

Facebook Promoted Posts are alive and this new feature could be one of the best opportunities for a Small Business to reach all of it’s “Liker’s” quickly and at a very small investment… as little as $5… yep you read that right!

Facebook announced a major shift in what a “Business” page will look and function like today. Here’s a short and sweet rundown on the changes and how this might impact how your business is using Facebook. Timeline As you can see in the graphic below, the new Pages for Facebook resembles the Timeline style used [...]

I’m rather amazed. I’ve spent some time this week reviewing my business year. I’ve come to discover that nearly 50% of my income in 2011 has come from creating Custom Facebook Pages for small businesses. I knew this segment of my business had grown significantly this year, but I didn’t realize it had grown that [...]

Another site by The Web Dude is now being “Showcased” over on the WooThemes Showcase.

Are you suddenly receiving a lot of email spam? If so, you’ll want to determine if there is a source of this email spam that is easily identifiable. The first place I always recommend examining is your website. If you have email addresses that are accessible by email spambots on your site, then there’s a good chance that could be the source. In this post, I share several methods for making sure that your website isn’t feeding the evil email spambots.

Nobody is perfect, right? All businesses, small or large, occasionally receive complaints about their product or service. Sometimes those complaints are voiced on the businesses Facebook Wall. Here’s a firsthand story from one of my clients and an example of how they handled the situation, the right way.

Read this testimonial from my client Keith from The Cutting Edge Landscape Services.

Providing service to your customers where they hang out is imperative this day and age. Having not only a marketing presence but a Customer Service presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and any other Social Network your business is involved in will build trust and ultimately result in more customers. Here’s a simple guide to putting together a Social Media Customer Service Plan.

Email Marketing is a largely untapped, low-cost and high ROI form of marketing, especially by small businesses. The first and most important step to getting started with Email Marketing is developing a strategy and plan. Here’s how to do this.

Software that runs in the Cloud is a great option for businesses of all shapes and sizes. For Small Business, I believe that Cloud based services are positively the Best option. Here are my top 5 reasons.

I pondered quite a bit on what the very first post should be here on The Web Dude. And while I considered some great topics, I decided that there’s nothing like a great story. Here you’ll find the story of how and why I started The Web Dude.