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LinkedIn Basics
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10 Steps to Update your LinkedIn Profile for Maximum Find-ability
My friend Barry had been unemployed for more than a year when he came to one of my LinkedIn workshops to maximize his site profile. Shortly thereafter he was tapped by an overseas firm for a very lucrative project. My brother Chuck had been at home “playing” with social media. I suggested he focus on [...]
Social Media Policy: Protect your online reputation
Q: Who needs a social media policy? A: Any person with employees, independent contractors, and visitors who may use your business computer. With more than one-third of the world’s population now online, it makes sense to have guidelines and procedures for cyber citizens to turn to — and if you are a business owner or manager, [...]
What to Tweet to Stand Out from the Masses
Now that 106 million Twitter accounts have been set up, it’s a great time to distinguish yourself from the rank & file. Building an online presence — whatever the platform — is, in fact, under your control. People using the “Global Whiteboard,” i.e. the Internet, must keep in mind that “Whatever you post can and [...]
How TO DO Facebook Right . . . If You Care About Your Online Reputation
When I heard the title “The zen of social media marketing,” I knew I had to read this book by Shama Hyder Kabani. Her chapter on Facebook was really detailed with lots of tips, so I thought I’d offer many of the items on Shama’s list of Do’s and Don’ts with my own comments. Facebook [...]
Social Media Victories — and how to win them
Bay Area Consultants hear SOCIAL MEDIA TIPS from popular speaker Patrick Schwerdtfeger Back by popular request, Patrick presented more detailed online marketing tactics — building from his earlier talk on social media basics delivered last fall. Author of Webify Your Business, Patrick spoke at 127 events around the globe in 2009. He shares social media [...]
10 Mistakes Made by Social Media Newbies
A few weeks ago, I participated in a social media webinar that unfortunately went “over the heads” of most of the other attendees. So I invited many of them to contact me for answers to some of their basic questions. Bob asked me: “What do Newbies typically do wrong?” Putting on my Thinking Cap, I [...]
Twitter Basics – Workshop “cheat sheet”
Today ten new Tweeple will be fluttering around the Twittersphere — at least that’s my hope. In the next few days, you’ll read about some of the things they learned, but a few people left without their “cheat sheet,” so I’m posting it below . . . as well as the earlier Twitter 101 lessons [...]
Beyond the Hype: Roadmap for Social Media’s Future . . . and Ours
A few weeks ago, I felt like I’d died and gone to Heaven. That’s the sensation one has when a passion is being filled to the brimming [tipping?] point. For a student of the Social Media Revolution, nothing could be more gratifying and fulfilling than to hear a panel of highly influential Social Media Mavens [...]
Tips to becoming a Twitter Pro — before your first Tweet
Getting started on Twitter is not difficult and could be a “No Brainer” for some of the more than 100 million Tweeple now signed on. But if you’re a journalist — or training to become one — then getting started the right way takes some thought and strategic planning in advance. Here are your first [...]
What to Tweet So Your Company Becomes a Brand All-Star
“What to Tweet” articles have been among the most popular on my blog. That’s why I suggested the topic to Michael Cohn, founder and CTO of CompuKol Communications — when he asked me to write a guest post for his very popular social media for business blog. I’d been reading CompuKol Communication for quite awhile, [...]
What to Tweet to Stand Out from the Masses
Now that 106 million Twitter accounts have been set up, it’s a great time to distinguish yourself from the rank & file. Building an online presence — whatever the platform — is, in fact, under your control. People using the “Global Whiteboard,” i.e. the Internet, must keep in mind that “Whatever you post can and [...]
What to Tweet? Yes, you can mix personal with business
I’m planning a Twitter workshop for some of my BabyBoomer friends, who are finally getting the idea that Twitter isn’t going away — and maybe they ought to jump aboard sooner rather than later. There’s a whole lot of confusion out there: note the “Digital Divide” that Janis Johnson and I discussed in my last [...]
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