This past week: I read a lot about social media and small businesses, as usual, it is a topic that really interest me. As YWD is still a small business (with a big client list) I'm always looking to the new and current marketing trends; with the goal to maximize time an effort. A goal I'm sure we share with all SMBs, and with that in mind I've collected this list of tweets. These tweets are tips, advice and ideas on how to do better business online.

YWD Testimonial by Context Creative Andy Strote and Lionel Gadoury [ViDEO]
Andy and Lionel is one of the creative agencies that use YWD to quickly deploy websites for their clients. In addition to the websites they have launched using YWD, they also use YWD also for short term promotional campaigns. They have created a collection of landing pages for different successful marketing campaigns.

What do you think? -> Will LinkedIn Outlast Facebook?
Rachel Parker makes a good point. Would the commercialization of Facebook kill its current appeal? I have to admit of all the networks I work with, I prefer Facebook. Is the same for you?

This is cool -> Fashion Retailer Shows Real-Time Facebook ‘Likes’ On Clothing Hangers
What a great way to bring Social Media to a retail store.

Worth of giving it a try-> One Simple Tactic That Can Give You an Unfair Advantage in Local Search
True, this is a great way to promote your website. Give it a try and let us know if it worked for you.

Check how @paulChato proves it-> YWD is the only website service that is designed for the small business owner
This is true, our target is the small business and we work hard to listen and develop YWD to make it work for business owners.

Do you use Klout? I found myself in it-> 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Klout
I got an invitation to Klout and I was curious, so I open the account hooked up all my social networks and my score doubled in a couple of days. Now the question is: What is the value of Klout? A self patting on the back? Certainly not something to use in your hiring process.

We don't have incentives nor penalties, now I think we need both-> Small Business Payment Trends
We are all going through the same tough economic environment. Late payments are just a consequence of this financial uncertainty, is time to add incentives for prompt payments?

The Evolution of the Blogger [INFOGRAPHIC]
Great infographic of the history of blogging. For SMBs blogging it is becoming a need, there are way too many benefits to not do it.

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