Creating a ‘Vanity URL’ for your Facebook Page – tutorial
Please click here to see our UPDATED tutorial on ‘Creating a Vanity URL on Facebook’ A Facebook “Vanity URL” is a clean, easy to remember web address for your Facebook Business Page. In addition to being easier to share, both online and in person, this type of URL address
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Ten Simple 10 Minute Tasks to Optimize and Maintain Your Online Presence
Ten Simple 10 Minute Tasks to Optimize and Maintain Your Online Presence I love this image of the astronomical clock of Prague in the Czech Republic. Installed in 1410, it is the only astronomical clock in the world that is still working. It is a fascinating
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How and Why to use Social Share on Constant Contact – Tutorial
Recently, Constant Contact added a very helpful feature called ‘Social Share‘. This is a quick and easy way to share your e-newsletter issues and anything else you have published via Constant Contact, with your social networks.
New on LinkedIn – personalize your invitation when using the ‘people you may know’ feature
Personalizing an invitation on LinkedIn is a quick and easy way to optimize the chances of it being accepted. A short note indicating how you know the person, or if you do not know them, why you are reaching out to them, is much more likely to be read and
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The top 10 reasons why YOU should consider a WordPress based Website
While a WordPress website is not necessarily ideal for everyone, here are the top 10 reasons you should consider a WordPress based website: 10. Professional Looking 9. SEO ready (Search Engine Friendly) 8. Easily Customized to reflect and reinforce your branding 7. Often less expensive than a traditional website
Showing Your Hand?
To share, or not to share, your LinkedIn connections list Lately, I have had quite a few people ask me how to ‘hide’ their list of connections on LinkedIn. Some want to do this to protect their business, such as a headhunter not wanting to let anyone see his potential
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‘Hiding’ your connections on LinkedIn – Tutorial
If you have not already read my post on ‘Showing your Hand‘ where I talk about why I recommend against ‘hiding’ your LinkedIn connections, please do read it before proceeding. If you do decide to hide them, here are the steps:
Setting up a Vanity URL for LinkedIn – Tutorial
Please click here to see our updated tutorial on ‘How to set up a Vanity URL on LinkedIn’ One of the most important reasons to set up a vanity URL for your LinkedIn page is so that you can easily share the address with others. A “vanity” URL is
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The Recipe for Online Marketing Success
1 hour Twitter engagement 2 – 30 minute visits to LinkedIn Answers 5 posts to Facebook, be sure these are content of value 1 You Tube video 6 Foursquare check-ins 3 Yelp reviews 10 insightful comments, divided among various platforms a dash of ‘Likes’
Twitter Search – Basic and Advanced
Twitter Search, now even more powerful! For those of you that are on Twitter, you have probably used the ‘search’ feature to find conversations and content of interest. Twitter has recently upgraded the search results to now include ‘people’ associated with your search phrase.