Archive | January, 2010

Twitter – how local business should be using Lists and Hashtags

The most useful features for your local business on Twitter are Lists and Hashtags. Why? Because they help you connect with people in your area. Try searching on Twitter for hashtags like #cleveland or #NYC and look at how many people pop up from those cities talking about what is happening in those cities. You [...]

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FaceBook Statistics are thru the Roof!

After going to sleep way to early last night, I found myself awake at 3 am. What do you do when you are bored at 3 am? I decided to look at FaceBook Statistics. Why? Because I kept thinking the last time I looked there were 250 million active users loading 1 billion photos per [...]

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Twitter Karma Limited by Twitter – Bummer

Logging into my favorite Twitter tool this morning, Twitter Karma, I was disappointed to discover I could no longer bulk unfollow people. There is a notice from Dossy saying Twitter made them remove this functionality as it is in violation of their automation rules. Unfortunately, this was the best tool I have used for getting [...]

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Advertising on FaceBook – Grow Your Fan Page

Do you want to grow your FaceBook Fan Page? How about advertising on FaceBook? I suggest going with a Pay-Per Click that leads to your Fan Page.Why? Because your Ad will be seen by a lot more people, you will get hundreds of thousands of impressions. You want people to click thru and become a [...]

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Status updates – Keep your voice authentic to your network

Recently I have been thinking about status updates. When should they be automatic and when is it inappropriate? Basically, as long as you keep the voice of your status update authentic to each network you are updating, then be efficient and update multiple networks at once. Should you be posting #jamierocks on LinkedIn or FaceBook? [...]

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Follow Thru – What you need more of in 2010

I am increasingly aware that Follow-Up is an over used term, that is not really accurate. What we really want to do is Follow Thru. In sports we learn that your follow thru is where you get your fine tuned power and accuracy from. Think about throwing a baseball, spiking a volleyball, shooting a basketball, [...]

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Pictures – the best way to increase your foot print!

Looking at a friend’s profile today on LinkedIN, I was surprised to see she did not have a profile picture. Pictures are the key to growing your presence online, networking effectively and growing your revenue! On LinkedIN this is easy, pick a decent profile picture that shows your eyes and communicates just enough of who [...]

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Going Mobile – From FaceBook to LinkedIn

It is 2010, the year of the Mobile Web…are you ready for it? From a social media perspective, your phone can be a photo, video, audio, text gathering tool. I am a long time fan of Apple and use an iPhone daily to gather media and stay in touch with my networks. The FaceBook application [...]

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Do What You Love

Watching Tinker Bell a few weeks ago, I laughed as Tink struggled to do anything but “Tinker.” Thinking about how hard it is to make anything successful, I am reminded of Tink and the importance of “Do What You Love.” Your passion and desire is the key to success! If you believe in something, it [...]

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