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ChompOn is a white-label service that allows any person to create a group buying site such as Groupon or LivingSocial.  Group purchasing sites are very popular today in that they offer substantial discounts to buyers.  They also help drive new revenue and new customers to businesses.  Today there are no group buying sites for the [...]

As a hunting social media strategy blog, it is our job to continually update hunters and outdoors folks on new hunting social media tools.  Here are 3 very powerful tools that your probably never heard of: 1.http://www.cinchcast.com Cinch is a free and easy way to create and share audio, text and photo updates using your [...]

Social media is a huge industry, only getting bigger and bigger each day.  Social media is here to stay and should be taken very serious by all outdoors businesses. There are thousands of social networks out there today and tons more popping up each week.  So if you are a large company like Cabela’s or [...]

Many hunters have enjoyed a product from paper.li known as the Twitter Daily.  It showcases stories from Twitter users that were posted on Twitter, in a newspaper format.  In addition to Twitter statuses, hunters will soon be able to integrate Facebook newspapers.  Here’s the latest update from their blog @ http://blog.paper.li/2010/12/facebook-newspapers-on-paperli.html We have just released [...]

As I mentioned on Twitter yesterday, I began using my own short URL.  The short URL is http://fld.tw.  (ie FieldTweets).  Here’s an example: long URL – http://www.fieldjournals.com/2010/11/23/growing-your-outdoors-business-through-social-media/ and here is an example of a short URL – http://fld.tw/dHSjsS.  Both of these links take you to the exact same page.  I use my Twitter account to [...]

Social media can be a confusing and daunting way to promote your outdoors business. What networks should you use; what strategy should you employ? Facebook or MySpace? Gowalla or FourSquare? What should you offer to your networks that grows your business. Before all of this, you need to take some steps to ensure success. GETTING [...]

Transform your outdoors eCommerce site into a fun, social, and engaging shopping environment in 5 mins. No coding, No backend integration, No IT investment.  Just add a single code snippet and you’re done. Barilliance’s Social Commerce Platform adds a social layer to the online shopping experience, making shopping more fun and engaging by allowing shoppers [...]

Amazon allows blog publishers to publish their blogs on the Amazon Kindle.  Now your hunting and fishing audience can read your blog on their Kindle from the beach, woods, train, anywhere. Kindle Blogs are auto-delivered wirelessly to the Kindle and updated throughout the day. They are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so they can be [...]

MobiFlex is a new application that allows outdoors folks to create their very own mobile app without knowing how to code or hiring a developer. Build inexpensive mobile apps online in hours and download a working app to your smartphone in seconds. No coding – Design with drag and drop wizards on the web. Finished [...]

Press releases are a great way to communicate a new hunting product, website, or service.  PRWeb.com is probably the best when it comes to syndicating a press release; however, this service will cost several hundred dollars.  Below is a list of free services from around the web for free press release services. http://www.1888pressrelease.com http://www.24-7pressrelease.com http://www.addpr.com [...]