I recently received this question from a client: Q: I often receive personal Facebook Friend requests from Business Acquaintances – they ARE people I would like to do business with but I am not comfortable ‘friending’ them personally – should I accept?
How to Upload a Slideshare to Your LinkedIn Profile
You can upload a Slideshare to your LinkedIn profile to display presentations, a portfolio of artwork, images and/or reports. By hosting your content on Slideshare, it is set-up for easy social sharing (there are share buttons as well as info to facilitate linking to the content and embedding it) and
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How to Export Your LinkedIn Contacts
Here is a quick tutorial on how to export your LinkedIn contacts
How to Stop LinkedIn from Prompting You to Endorse People
Many clients of mine seem to be annoyed by the blue box that pops up every time you visit LinkedIn, asking you to ‘Endorse’ one of your connections. Here is some good news; you CAN turn this off! Here is how to stop LinkedIn from prompting you to endorse people
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Liking, Commenting and Sharing on LinkedIn
I suggest that people try to ‘like’, ‘comment’ and/or ‘share’ something posted in their news stream, each time they visit their LinkedIn page. This activity helps you engage with your community, helps amplify the original message and is an easy way to keep your newstream active without having to create
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How to make a NEW Contact List from an Old List in Constant Contact – Tutorial
I often suggest that you SEGMENT your mailing list so that you send your info only to the people that are most interested. Sometimes, this is a subset of a list you already have. The quickest way to make the new list is to copy the names you need from
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Adding Personalization to your Constant Contact Mailings – Tutorial
Recently, a client wrote: “I would like to add the recipients name to the subject line and body of my next Constant Contact mailing – can you please help me with this?” Unfortunately, Constant Contact does not have a way to personalize the subject line. But yes, you can add
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Mobile Friendly Email Marketing Template Tips
Do you own a smartphone? Do you use it to check your email? Do you own an ipad, kindle or other tablet? Do you use it to check your email?
Checklist of Items Needed for a Successful Enewsletter:
Email Marketing WORKS! While we may complain that we receive way too many emails, over 90% of us check our email daily and if the information is from a trusted source, most of us will open it. And studies show that email marketing drives both sales and loyalty – two
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Facebook adds ‘Pages to Watch’ option
Recently, Facebook has given Page managers a new monitoring option – “Pages to Watch”. When available (it is not yet available on all pages) a page manager can pick five or more other Facebook Pages to Watch. What this means is that the manager will be able to see, from
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