Twitter Basics: 8 Great Reasons Why You Need To Still Be on Twitter
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.
Cultivate Strategic Alliances to Easily Attract Clients and Grow Your Revenue
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.
5 Ways to Hack the Ultimate Blog Challenge
[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.
New Years Resolutions For Business
Today is the day of resolutions! It's a day of hope and encouragement about the future. We resolve to stop smoking, lose weight, save money, manage stress, etc. For those of us who are entrepreneurs, it is the time of year when we look at our businesses and make...
Down By the Old Watering Hole…
Have you seen those private groups on Facebook and LinkedIn? If you have been around Michele for any length of time, I’m sure you are a part of at least one!
I take part in 6 private groups on Facebook and 3 private groups on LinkedIn. Why do I spend time each day reading and connecting in these groups
Because they are where my ideal clients hang out. They are my ‘watering holes’. I use them to answer questions and to show my expertise to new clients.
Why heart-centered entrepreneurs hate selling and what to do about it?
Afraid that selling is the same as taking? In this blog post, Selling for Heart Centered Entrepreneurs, Tshombe Brown, the Magnetic Entrepreneur shows heart centered entrepreneurs how to use the principles of spiritual selling to overcome the “used car salesman” myth and to share your gifts with your ideal clients in a way that is natural and helpful.
Use Your Love of Social Media to Create A Thriving Home Business
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.
Last Day of the Ultimate Blog Challenge – How did you do?
Today is also the last day of the last Ultimate Blog Challenge of 2011. How did you do? I managed to post 30 posts during the month. And, the extra posts have paid off for me. Traffic to my website is up 15% for the month of October – that's almost 20,000 additional hits. Go blogging 🙂
Using Testimonials to Promote Yourself
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 🙂
Is Social Media Too Time Consuming for Small Businesses?
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.
