Increase Your Facebook Audience Engagement With These Effective Strategies [Infographic]

In 2004 Facebook reached 1 million users. By the end of 2012, Facebook had more than 1 billion monthly active users.

As the social media platform has grown, so too have the number of businesses on the site.  After exploring proven tips for increasing engagement on Twitter last week, it’s time to look at strategies that increase engagement on Facebook, another social media giant.

M&A Weekly Digest – March 22, 2013

This edition of the M&A Weekly Digest features education about valuing a company and a review of current middle market and merger trends. As usual, click on the headline for the full article.

Study Reveals Proven Tips for Increasing Engagement on Twitter [Infographic]

Twitter has been around for seven years now, and the majority of businesses – estimates range from 50 percent to 80 percent – have taken to the social media platform. But many marketers are still searching for the “perfect tweet formula.”

In order to stay relevant, businesses will have to continue developing their social media marketing strategies as the Internet evolves – making the hunt for that perfect formula an ongoing one. But don’t let that get you down or overwhelm you.

Regardless of what new features are rolled out tomorrow or what new networks emerge, there is something that social media marketing teams can do today – analyze information that we have and add new best practices to our arsenals.

One study that helps us get closer to the perfect formula comes from Buddy Media. Nine months ago the company published an analysis that examined what was driving user engagement on more than 300 of the top brands on Twitter.

M&A Weekly Digest – March 15, 2013

We’re covering quite a bit of ground in this edition of the M&A Weekly Digest. We start with a conversation about factors driving both buyers and sellers in the M&A market before moving to how sequestration will affect M&A activity, things to avoid when selling a business to family members, and a review of a recent acquisition that many private business owners will be interested in hearing about.

As usual, click on the headline to read the full article.

M&A Weekly Digest – March 8, 2013

Today’s M&A Weekly Digest features news about how private equity firms offer a growth strategy for private business owners, the latest M&A news, and a summary of the most recent Thomson Reuters deal-making rankings. As usual, click on the headlines to read the entire articles.

What Is Sequestration? Will It Affect Privately Held Businesses?

Sequestration officially took effect March 1, but many are wondering what exactly it is and what it means for them.

M&A Weekly Digest – March 1, 2013

Today’s M&A Weekly Digest covers why business owners should see exit planning as an investment, how easy or difficult it will be to find buyers for companies this year, and the current mindset of family-owned businesses. As usual, click on the article headline to read the piece in its entirety.  

One More Benefit of A Great Corporate Culture: Fewer Leaks

If you weren’t already convinced that having a positive corporate culture is essential to your company’s success, especially if you’re planning to sell your business at some point, here is one more reason to develop a culture that makes other CEOs jealous: fewer leaks.

M&A Digest – Feb. 22, 2013

This week’s M&A Digest is focused on 2013 and what it will bring. Covering industry trends that will drive M&A activity this year to how dry powder will affect deal volume, this edition is for business owners interested in selling in the next 12-18 months.

M&A Digest – Feb. 15, 2013

Today’s M&A Digest features how cash rich strategics will play into 2013 M&A activity and the steps business owners can take to sell a company.