How to Network Using LinkedIn Groups | Social Media Examiner

Groups continue to be one of LinkedIn’s most powerful opportunities for networking, but finding the right Group and using it correctly can be confusing. Thanks to Stephanie Sammons, posting over at Social Media Examiner, for giving step-by-step instructions for becoming a LinkedIn Group Ninja: How to Network Using LinkedIn Groups | Social Media Examiner.

4 Online Personalization Ideas for Your Business

The question that is on everyone’s mind in the social media world: How do I get customers to engage with my business, and become paying customers? Well Small Business Trends offers up four good points for you to think about next time you want to engage: Ask them what they want Give them a voice [...]

Social media contacts – who owns them?

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I got this article today in my mailbox and thought it raised a great question for the social media marketing workers out in the world. Social Media contacts- who actually owns them? Do you “own” the contacts that you have either in your personal social media accounts, or in your business social media accounts? Do [...]

Phil Gerbyshak: The 3 R’s of DIY Video: Record, Rinse, Repeat

Ok another social media venue I have not stepped into yet: Video! I think it stems from having to be video taped and critiqued while I was student teaching. Wowza. But, YouTube has jumped leaps and bounds this year in becoming a popular site for customers to research companies or products they want to buy. My favorite tip in [...]

Call-To-Action, how to make it even better!

Do you use a CTA, or a Call-To-Action? If you don’t you should really think about using them to get your customers to act on something you are promoting. If you are using them, and you are not finding them to be effective, then this article is a great way to boost what you are [...]

A Brief History of LinkedIn

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In late 2002, Reid recruits a team of old colleagues from SocialNet and PayPal to work on a new idea. Six months later, LinkedIn launches. Growth is slow at first—as few as 20 signups on some days—but, by the fall, it shows enough promise to attract an investment from Sequoia Capital. via A Brief History [...]

7 Tips to Finding Your Your Voice for Writing

I don’t know about you, but I love finding great articles on how to improve my content creation and writing. Plus I am a huge fan of Jeff Bullas, who happened to write this article. If you are not checking out his website at JeffBullas.com, I suggest you run over there and start following him [...]

6 ways to get content shared on SM

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I just found Epiphany today, and this article popped right out at me. Isn’t this what all of us marketing managers deal with daily? How to get our content shared, and get our voice to rise above everyone else’s voice. The six tips to get content shared are: Understand your goals Publish content worth your [...]

8 Career Mistakes That 20-Somethings Make

  I ran across this article that was found by one of my friends. Biggest career mistakes that 20-somethings make. Now I am not in my 20′s anymore, but some of these mistakes could be applied to any age range depending where you are in your career. My favorite mistake is : You compare yourself [...]

4 Tips to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile « t2Social

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  I signed up for LinkedIn back in 2007 – it was my very first experience on any of the major social media platforms! It remains one of my favorites, and I have endured many of its changes over the past couple of years. It’s a great place to be, and there are always ways [...]

9 Question Form to Prioritize Your Content

Great article today from Content Marketing Institute about how to effectively prioritize your content creation requests for yourself and for your customers. Not only do you have to create engaging content, but you also have to keep a flow of content coming out. This article, written by Gina Balarin, offers 9 questions to think about while [...]

How do I find content?

Ann Marie of ATMP Media posted a great article on how to find Content to curate yesterday. I know I am one who is always looking for new ways to find and curate content. She mentions three great ways to go about starting to find content online: RSS Reader, with the focus being on Feedly [...]