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8 Things To Do When Creating Your Small Business Google+ Page

Google+ Tips for Small Business

A few days ago I shared a list of the Google+ brand pages that I created for my brands and small business the day that Google released brand pages to the public. In that post I showed how easy it is to create a Google+ brand page for your business or brand with a quick [Continue Reading]

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How to Create a Google+ Brand Page

Verify Google+ Account

A few days ago Google+ released Brand Pages to the masses. If you’ve been reading my blog or follow me through my Google+, Twitter or Facebook profiles it’s safe to say that you already know I jumped all over setting up brand pages as soon as they came out. After getting most of the basics [Continue Reading]

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How to Switch Between Google+ Pages and Personal Profiles

Switch from Google Plus page

I’ve posted about how to create a new Google+ brand page for your small business or product and some of you may have noticed that upon completing your new Google+ page, you will notice a pop-up message stating that you are now logged in using your new page. If you log out, then back in, [Continue Reading]

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Share the Tanning Luv Facebook App Coming Soon

Facebook Free Tanning

I honestly don’t even know if we will be going with the actual, “Share the Tanning Luv” name for the latest custom Facebook app that I’m having designed for my small business. I own a chain of indoor tanning salons in the Tampa Bay area that have served up somewhere in the area of 1 [Continue Reading]

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Third Time is a Charm – Van vs Colt Pictures

Van Accident Pictures

On Friday around 4:30pm I received a phone call from Mike my VPO for Extreme Tan and Smoothies. Mike was calling to inform me that one of our company vehicles had been involved in an accident and he was on his way to the scene in order to get a closer look at the situation. [Continue Reading]

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9 BTS Pictures from the Extreme Tan and Smoothies TV Commercial Shoot

I Tan Naked TV Commercial Picture

On Wednesday I posted the video for the Extreme Tan and Smoothies Free Tanning til Labor Day TV commercial. The commercials are scheduled to air during this season of The Jersey Shore and Keeping up with the Kardashians in order to cap off the social media marketing campaign that went viral back in June. In [Continue Reading]

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Adding TV Commercial Advertising to My Social Media Marketing Campaign [video]

Tanning Commercial Pictures

It’s been a little over two months since I launched a social media campaign on Facebook that went viral. All though a viral social media success for me and my small business, the numbers generated from this marketing campaign would easily be trumped by bigger brands with more locations and resources. I understand that indoor [Continue Reading]

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Pop for Points Gets Added to Facebook Game TanMeToday

TanMeToday Pop for Points

Many of you that read my blog daily or subscribe to my newsletter know that I’ve been working on a custom Facebook Game for fans of indoor tanning. Being the owner of a chain of tanning salons in Florida this fits one of my business niches very well. Developing a custom Facebook game takes a [Continue Reading]

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Extreme Tan and Smoothies Facebook Game TanMeToday Reaches 400 Users

TanMeToday Facebook Game

It was only about a week ago that we posted that TanMeToday, the indoor tanning salon industry’s first official Facebook game for indoor tanners reached 250 players on my business blog. The article was titled, “TanMeToday Facebook Game for Tanners Hits 250 Users”, you can check it out if you feel like seeing something similar [Continue Reading]

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Video Update: Green Movement Continues at Extreme Tan and Smoothies with iPad App

iPad app for Tanning Salon

It’s been a hot minute or two since I’ve posted an update in regards to the custom iPad app that I have being developed to help my tanning salon chain continue in our commitment to “going green” and reduce paper expense within my small business while doing it. When it came to making the decision [Continue Reading]

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Released: TanMeToday Facebook Game by Extreme Tan and Smoothies

TanMeToday Facebook Game

Over the course of the last few weeks I’ve written about custom Facebook apps that I’ve had in development as well as a custom iPad app for my tanning salon business. In the mist of keeping you updated on those projects I also tried to keep you up to date on the new Facebook Game [Continue Reading]

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Sneak Peek Extreme Tan and Smoothies Facebook Game

Facebook Game for Tanners

With the recent and forever growing popularity of Facebook games I couldn’t help but consider having a Facebook game designed for my small business. My cain of indoor tanning salons would seem like an unlikely candidate for a Facebook game. Well, in my opinion at least. To my knowledge no other tanning salon company or chain has developed [Continue Reading]

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Memorial Weekend Party Pictures 2011

Melba, Amanda and Stephanie

There’s no doubt that I’m a little late to the table with pictures from our Extreme Tan and Smoothies annual Memorial Weekend pool party. I honesty thought I would have these out the day after Memorial Day, but that never happened obviously. This years party theme was a luau, and if you ask my brother [Continue Reading]

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24 Tools I Used to Build a Viral Marketing Campaign on Facebook

BaseCamp Project Management

I recently wrote about a Facebook marketing campaign that I put together for my indoor tanning salon business, Extreme Tan and Smoothies. I briefly shared how fast this most recent campaign went “viral”, but I wanted to put together a post that might help some of you with your Facebook marketing and social media efforts. I know [Continue Reading]

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