Friends Help Friends Stop Twitter DM Spam

You know your friends well enough to know the language they will use and content they are most likely to share. You can also probably discern the same for the majority of your Twitter followers. When you get a spammy DM (direct message) similar to the one above, stop it right away.  Take these two […]

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10 LinkedIn Tips for Growing Your Business

This original article by Jeff Korhan (now updated) was published earlier at Social Media Examiner. Why should you use LinkedIn for networking? With 161 million business members, and a reputation as a trusted network, LinkedIn may be the most powerful business networking service both now and moving forward. How are you using LinkedIn to grow […]

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Facebook is Friends and Google+ Business

Recent events involving Facebook, Google+, and other social media channels suggest businesses are now facing important decisions with respect to the allocation of their social media networking and marketing resources. Today I was preparing to make a legal right turn into a clear lane after stopping at a red light. Just as I was about […]

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Nudge the Needle to Grow

Have you ever made a decision to not make a change because you were afraid the result would unfavorable? After all, why take a chance on making something work a little bit better when it’s just fine right now?  This often applies to our approach to technology, doesn’t it? The simple truth is the world […]

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Get More from Your Email Marketing

How do you get the most out of your email marketing campaigns? Get the attention of your audience. This means giving them something of value at every turn.  Since giving away real products for free is probably not feasible, the logical alternative is delivering quality informational content that will help them do more of what […]

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Facebook vs LinkedIn – Is a Public Company Better?

Now that Facebook has finally gone public, investors and marketers alike are making comparisons with LinkedIn, a social network that went public one day shy of a year ago. I bought ten Facebook shares just to have a reason to periodically check-in and stay involved with the future business plans of Facebook, more as it […]

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Want to Be Luckier, Smarter, and Happier? Connect the Dots

What could happen if you made a commitment to reconnecting with just a few of your former prospects or customers every day? If your experience is anything like mine, you will get luckier, smarter, and happier. I’ve recently been building a daily habit of reaching out to at least 3 prospects or customers – all […]

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Say Hi in 15 Languages

Once in a while a mobile app comes along that really delivers, and that is the reason for this recomendation about SayHi – a remarkably accurate translation app that I recently discovered. Having studied several different dialects of the Spanish language as a green industry professional, I can attest that SayHi does an excellent job […]

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Is Your Business Ready to Pivot?

Pivoting is a term that is well known within the circles of technology start-ups. It is one with which every small business should become more familiar. Pivoting is shifting your business strategy on short notice as a result of any number of expected or unforeseen circumstances. Today Google announced Google Drive – a free cloud computing […]

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Manipulate Google at Your Own Risk

In your real life you are a stand up guy or gal who would never consider misleading anyone. If that is true, then why are so many marketers still using a search engine optimization company to help with manipulation tactics of old to trick Google into ranking their site more highly? The word on the […]

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