One of my favorite networking tools is Facebook. Here are some tips on using Facebook to attract new clients, get more publicity and build your expertise and community online.
One of my favorite networking tools is Facebook. Here are some tips on using Facebook to attract new clients, get more publicity and build your expertise and community online.
If you’ve been browsing the web today – you’ve probably noticed that several sites are blacked out today in protest of a bill currently in the Senate called SOPA/PIPA. I don’t generally write about politics on this blog — but SOPA/PIPA is very scary. The bill is designed to help the entertainment industry enforce copyright rules. As written, it has the power to cripple the Internet and destroy social media. In essence, SOPA/PIPA requires domain hosts to shut down websites that contain any copyrighted material and payment processors to withhold payment. This can be done at the word of the copyright holder with no further proof necessary.
It’s official! Today is the second anniversary of Decisive Minds. As I look back at the last 12 months it has truly been an amazing year. As any business owner knows we sometimes describe our businesses as our baby – well I am so pleased to be able to report that my baby did not…
Scribd is a social media channel which allows you to share your published documents, .pdfs, Powerpoints, etc. You can upload materials for people to access for free — or you can sell on the site. Scribd started out being for academics, but now it is used by small businesses, individuals, large companies. non profits, etc. It is like giant virtual library. And, it is easy to add your material to it.
Here are some reasons to consider submitting your documents to Scribd:
Are you making rookie mistakes that make you look unprofessional on Facebook? Read this blog post and see if you are making 5 mistakes I see every day.
When people get started with social media – they tend to start with Facebook. Twitter seems to be a lot of work for little return. Business owners complain that they don’t have time to keep up with Twitter in real time. Depending on your business model, Twitter can be a great way to reach out and communicate with your customers.
Here are eight ways that being on Twitter can help your business.
By creating successful strategic alliances you can consistently add new clients and build your list while at the same time, creating more momentum, more opportunities and more business success for yourself and your strategic partners.
One kind of strategic alliance is to identify individuals in your field that provide products or services that are similar to yours, yet with a different spin or specialty. Bread bakers refer dessert makers, dietitians refer personal trainers and visa versa, and doctors, lawyers and consultants refer based on specialty.
[ultimateblogchallengebanner1] Was creating more content one of your New Year’s resolutions? Joining the Ultimate Blog Challenge is one of the best ways I know of to kickstart a blogging habit. The challenge started on January 1 – but it is not too late to join in and reap the benefits of regular blogging including increased traffic to your site, credibility and a network of entrepreneurs who are willing to spread the word about your content.
When I talk to clients about the Blog Challenge — many resist because they think it will be too hard. To help encourage you to take the leap, I’m going to share my 5 best blog challenge hacks with you.
I’ve been traveling a lot over the past six months and have been saddened by the stories of all the people who are struggling to get by and frustrated with my conversations with business owners.
70% of them want to hire a social media manager — but they can’t find one that has the skill and professionalism they need. Rachel Strella and I teach these skills in our program. The students from the last session of SMMP are finding clients, making connections and are well on their way to starting successful social media businesses. I wanted to share a guest post from one of those students today.
You’ve just been to a fabulous event – the host asks for testimonials. Should you step up to the camera? Absolutely. Here’s why. If you give a good testimonial, then not only to you build a relationship with the event host (always important!), you also get promoted as the host proudly displays your testimonial as they promote their product. Plus, who doesn’t want to be counted as a success story :)
Did you know that less than half of small businesses use social media to market their business? That’s what a recent survey from the small business insurance firm Hiskos says. According to the survey, 47% of small business owners rated social media as “unimportant” in their marketing efforts. Of the 53% who use social media – only 12% use it regularly. Here’s how to make more time for social media.
One thing that you can do to make sure that you are being authentic with your audience, is to periodically read your past posts and make sure that as a group they accurately represent who you are.
In this post, I’m going to talk about what is takes to be a successful affiliate (otherwise known as a superaffiliate).
One of the best things I learned from my mentor, Adam Urbanski, was the power of offering personal coaching as a way to expand my business and to truly make a difference in people’s lives.
Facebook is going to be rolling out the new timeline templates soon. The big difference is the huge picture that goes on the front of your page. That picture is called a “cover”.
