Webinar: Top 5 Tips For Putting LinkedIn To Work
I’m excited to let you know that tomorrow – I know this is very short notice, but sometimes these things just happen that way – I’ve been invited to be a part of a Goldmail seminar and I’d like to...
View ArticleAre You Confused By All This Online Stuff
I was reading an interesting piece from Lee Odden about social media marketing strategies. What he was talking about made perfect sense to me – but then, I am a professional in the business. It struck...
View ArticleLinkedIn Is The #1 Social Network
A new report shows that LinkedIn – not Facebook and not Twitter – is the No. 1 social network. If you think about it, that makes a lot of sense. Facebook is still a personal space for a lot of people....
View ArticleThe Social Media Death Match
It’s on. Who’s going to win? Is it Facebook? Twitter? Google+? LinkedIn? YouTube? For about five years now, we have seen social media marketing rise to the top of the Internet marketing practices and...
View ArticleHow LinkedIn Can Help A Small Business Survive And Grow
Much is written about social media and how it can be used to market your business. In some cases, social media can be very effective, in others, not so effective. Sometimes, we are simply looking at...
View ArticleGoogle+ Gets A Facelift, But How Social Is It?
I checked out the new look on Google+ and, for some reason, my first reaction was how ‘Facebook’ it looked. The two are nothing alike, yet that was my initial reaction. Perhaps I’d spent too long on...
View ArticleTaking Social Media Marketing Beyond Facebook And Twitter
For many, social media marketing is all about Tweeting and working on a Facebook page. Whilst those are two of the bigger players in social media, they are not always the best when it comes to...
View ArticleThe Best Five Social Media Websites For Meaningful Comments
When it comes to meaningful comments, and deep discussions, forget Facebook and Twitter. If anything, they can flood you with banal comments that take a lot of time yet deliver little in results. If...
View ArticlePromoting A Small Business Blog Through Social Media
A small business blog has a number of benefits, however, it can also be a tax on valuable time resources. Having a blog is, too a certain extent, a waste of time if you don’t have the resources to...
View ArticleLinkedIn Goes Pretty
LinkedIn has changed the design on its profile pages, and I have to say it looks rather nice. Here’s what I like about it. The design layout is smooth and easy to navigate if not pleasant to look at....
View ArticleMore LinkedIn, Less Facebook
While small businesses aren’t quite in the same category as Inc 500 companies, there are a few things the small- and medium-sized businesses can learn from their larger counterparts. I’d suggest where...
View ArticleOne More Reason To Use LinkedIn
LinkedIn has come a long way. It started out small and grew steadily, gaining a huge following in the business-to-business market. It’s also very popular for job seekers to post their resumes. In...
View ArticleBacking Up Your Own Social Data
Are you taking Facebook and LinkedIn for granted? If so, it’s time to get your head out of the cloud and start thinking about how you are going to preserve years of social data that you’ve been...
View ArticleLinkedIn Hits 3 Million Landmark
3 million business pages that is. At least, according to Marketing Pilgrim. The interesting thing is that 1/6 of those were created within the last 12 months. Was yours one of them? It would not...
View ArticleWhy LinkedIn Sponsored Updates Make Sense
When Facebook introduced sponsored posts, people got upset. Understandably so. Businesses started their Facebook pages with the understanding that their followers would see their posts, then Facebook...
View ArticleDeveloping Your LinkedIn Social Selling Strategy
According to the authors of a new e-book titled “Cracking The LinkedIn Sales Code,” top LinkedIn sellers spend 6+ hours per week on the social network and are engaged with 30+ groups. The report...
View ArticleHow To Use LinkedIn For Reputation Management
Did you know you can use LinkedIn as a reputation management tool? LinkedIn has several features that make it a great tool for managing your reputation online. Here are 6 ways you can manage your...
View ArticleKlout Partners With Bing On Snapshots
First, there was Google+ Authorship. Now, you can help people find you on Bing through Bing Snapshots. But you need to claim your Klout profile. And then you need to link your Klout profile to your...
View Article5 Ways To Get More LinkedIn Leads
LinkedIn has become one of the most popular social media networks. But, like any other network, if you don’t work it, then you can’t expect to get anything out of it. So how do you work LinkedIn to...
View ArticleIntroducing LinkedIn Showcase Pages
Companies doing business on LinkedIn have been able to connect with audiences through business pages. Now, LinkedIn has rolled out an additional level of social media for companies with multiple...
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