You can prepare a post and schedule it to appear later by adding a date and time in the future before you post it. You can schedule a post up to 6 months in advance in 10-minute intervals. From your Page’s sharing tool: Choose the type of post you want to add to your Page Click the icon in the lower-left of the sharing tool Choose the future year, month, day, hour and minute when you’d like your post to appear Click Schedule If you choose a date in the past, the post will appear immediately at the appropriate place on your… Continue Reading VIDEO: How to Schedule a Facebook Post
Our CoFounder to Serve on Executive Board of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland
Today marked my first meeting with the Executive Board of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland. I am honored to have been asked to participate with the TCC as the Calvert County At-Large representative. The TCC is a partnership of State and local government covering a broad range of topics, including regional transportation and infrastructure planning, economic and workforce development, agricultural development, and tourism. For those unfamiliar with the TCC their mission is to: To serve as a forum for the discussion and resolution of issues affecting the Southern Maryland Region. The Council shall select, advocate and advance those activities,… Continue Reading Our CoFounder to Serve on Executive Board of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland
Southern Maryland Internet Marketing via Social Media for Small Businesses
I recently started a Facebook page named Southern Maryland Jobs (http://www.facebook.com/southernmarylandjobs) as a way of giving back to community. A big part of our business at Calvert Design Group is social media internet marketing in Southern Maryland (and nationwide). I saw an opportunity to use a platform I was familiar with to help people who are in need of jobs. It seems now to me like the logical next step would be to create a Facebook page that supports local business for Southern Maryland. So I would like to announce and share with you Southern Maryland Business on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/somdbusiness).… Continue Reading Southern Maryland Internet Marketing via Social Media for Small Businesses
What is Internet Marketing?
The term “Internet marketing” gets thrown around quite a bit today. But what does it really mean? Before you hire an Internet marketing consultant to assist you it is a good idea to gain a better understanding of the field and how it applies to your business. Internet marketing is easily divided into the following broad categories. Some insight into each will provide you a broad overview of each discipline and help you determine what might be most valuable for your business. Search Engine Optimization Search Engine Marketing Social Media Marketing Inbound Marketing Referral Marketing Display Advertising Email Marketing Affiliate… Continue Reading What is Internet Marketing?
How to Tell When It’s Time for a Website Redesign
I have been building websites for over 15 years now – the last 10 of which have been primarily devoted to clients here at Calvert Design Group. The average “shelf-life” of a website is approximately 2-4 years depending upon how the site was built and what technologies were used to deploy it. While we have many clients that far exceed this time period with no ill effects it is important to continually examine your website with a critical eye (or have us do that for you) to determine if it is time to think about a redesign. Here are just… Continue Reading How to Tell When It’s Time for a Website Redesign
Southern Maryland Website Design
From our headquarters in Calvert County, MD, Calvert Design Group has been providing professional and affordable website design in Southern Maryland since 2002. Serving all 3 counties of Southern Maryland – Calvert County, Charles County and St. Mary’s County – we don’t stop there. We routinely work with clients in Anne Arundel County, Prince Georges County, all of Maryland, Washington, DC, and Northern Virginia. In fact, we provide web development, web design, Internet marketing and social media expertise nationwide. Southern Maryland Website Design – A Few Examples
Google Names Top 12 Android Apps of 2012
Google has put forth a list of what they feel were the top 12 Android apps of 2012. Tavares Ford, a Google Play Merchandising Manager who is responsible for merchandising and promotion of apps and games for Google Play, added the list to an App Focus page in the Google Play store. These are some of the best apps available in Google Play. Some launched in 2012 while others issued updates that achieved a great combination of utility, beauty and accessibility. Almost all of them are available globally and offer a great user experience on both tablets and phones. From… Continue Reading Google Names Top 12 Android Apps of 2012
We’ve joined Pinterest!
We are really excited to have officially joined Pinterest! Check it out and see what we have pinned so far! Watch for images associated with our blog posts, client websites and Internet marketing resources you need to know about. Follow us today!
10 Tips to Engage Facebook Fans
Small business owners that understand the value of social media marketing expend a lot of effort to gain Facebook LIKEs but that is only half of the equation. Once you have Facebook fans it is important to interact and engage those users. Your posts will eventually drop out of the News Feeds of your fans when they do not interact with your posts. In a recent Hubspot webinar Chris Luo of Facebook outlined a few ways to engage your business page fans with quality content. 1. Post Regularly At a minimum you should be posting to Facebook twice a week.… Continue Reading 10 Tips to Engage Facebook Fans
Facebook Cover Photos and Profile Pictures
It’s a question we get quite frequently. What’s a Facebook cover photo and what makes for a good one? Technically, that is two questions but we get so many questions about Facebook cover photos and profile pictures that they tend to run together. What is a Cover Photo? A cover photo is a photo associated with your Facebook profile. It sits at the top of your timeline and is always public – an important point to keep in mind as you select what photo you would like to use here. It is 851 pixels wide and 315 pixels high. You… Continue Reading Facebook Cover Photos and Profile Pictures