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May 23, 2012

Social Media: A Tool, Not a Solution

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If you’re a small business owner, chances are you’ve heard all the buzz about social media sites. You’ve probably heard the fairytale-like stories of people who used social media to grow their company and their bottom line exponentially. The reason that these stories sound too good to be true is because, in most cases, they [...]

Easily Learn Social Media Networking

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In order to make social networking work for you, you need to be patient and persistent. Just as in the physical world of networking, it is going to take more than a couple of weeks to build relationships and get your network going. However, the more you reach out to others and contribute, the more [...]

New Relationship Marketing – FREE Webinar Series

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Here’s great news on a Facebook event I’m actually happy to hear about… because it comes from a true leader in the social media space – Mari Smith. If you’ve been trying to get social media to work for your business, you know that Mari Smith provides some of the best guidance there is for [...]

Black Friday Facebook Fun(ds)

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Here’s an idea for making this Friday more fun and fruitful. In addition to doing your own Christmas shopping online, give your Facebook friends and family good reasons to do likewise. The screenshot below shows a Facebook status update about reading Ken Follett’s “Fall of Giants” on my iPad, and how Ed was enjoying his [...]

Facebook Stalker Spam

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Good grief. What’s up with the Facebook Stalker app (and all the idiots that are promoting it)? Folks, it’s just another way that scammers are getting you to give up your Facebook password. Don’t fall for it! First of all, if your Facebook security is good (no telephone numbers, addresses or real birth years), then [...]

Help a Reporter Out – Get Free PR and Backlinks

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Can you imagine how valuable a backlink from Huffington Post, AOL or Reuters would be for your website in terms of traffic and increased customers? A link like that is well within your reach if you join HARO (Help a Reporter Out). All you need to do is sign up for their twice daily emails [...]

Social Promote: Where Clickbank Meets Facebook

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So, you’re touring around the Clickbank Marketplace looking for a good product to promote and you find one that you like. Before you grab the product hoplink and paste it into your full-scale review of the product, look for the Facebook “Like” button and give it a click as shown in the screenshot below. When [...]