5 Tips for Using LinkedIn Contacts

LinkedIn is in the process of rolling out LinkedIn Contacts. In addition to several new features that are giving it a new look and feel – if offers enhanced functionality for better managing your relationships and social engagement. There is no question that all of the major social networks want you to use their service as your social […]

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If I Were Starting Social Media from Zero

A couple of months ago without notice, all of the social media sharing counters on my primary website had reverted to zero. Just like that, thousands of shares that had accumulated over a period of nearly seven years had vanished. Why is this significant? Social sharing is what is known as “social proof.”  It’s evidence […]

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Why Writers Should Practice Meditation – And How to Get Started

Meditation is usually associated with relaxation and stress release, but those outcomes are more accurately by-products of the practice. The true purpose of meditation is to quiet the mind. When that happens, all kinds of personal benefits ensue, including improved health and resiliency, greater awareness, and the spiritual awakening that comes from tapping into one’s […]

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Being the Best Connected Business

In this connected economy, your marketing message is traveling through complex and interconnected networks of relationships. This is why marketing today is more than a process of earning the attention of people and engaging them with your business. It also requires that you do the same with their friends and influencers, and then theirs too […]

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Be the Best at What Matters Most

Successful companies seem to make everything look easy, because they have mastered their craft – doing only a few things, and sometimes just one thing better than any one else. In fact, the concept of business best practices is just that – doing what needs to be done and doing it well. In this interview with […]

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Two Productivity Apps to Better Manage Your Digital World

The recent updates for productivity list manager Any.Do make this an app that will help organize your personal life and connect the dots to new business opportunities. Any.Do has been around for a few years and has always had a nice user-friendly interface. The calendar and web-based email integration are what really separate Any.Do from […]

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How to Get Customers Talking About Your Business

Last week LinkedIn celebrated a milestone of achieving 200 million users. To celebrate the occasion they sent a notice congratulating the users with the top 1% viewed profiles for 2012. Of course, they also created a social share button so their achievement of being a top user could be shared on Twitter. And those of […]

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The One Right Thing Practice

What one thing if you did it consistently will have a major impact on your business this year? The challenge is simple:  Focus on what matters most and do it with unwavering consistency. This may seem like one challenge – but there are two essential components to it. #1 – Doing What’s Right Our society […]

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3 Essential Small Business Writing Practices

You do not have to be an accomplished writer to write things down. You only need to learn how to capture your best ideas, refine them, and then use them to attract more customers. The Internet thrives on useful information and ideas – and so does your business. Knowing this, it is interesting that many […]

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How to Author, Publish, and Market Your Book

It has been said that there is a book within each and every one of us. While the greatest challenge may seem to be writing your novel or non-fiction business book – and it is indeed a challenge to do it well. That is nothing compared to getting those books into the hands of readers. […]

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