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Tag Archives: Twitter
Social media marketing and influence
Too much information We all get deluged with everyone’s ideas of how to use social media for marketing, with many emails from various “experts” telling us what to do. We can all use tips, but there is no clear template … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Social media
Tagged Klout, PeerIndex, small business, Social media, Twitter
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Closed and open networks in the 21st Century
Under orders Do you like being told what to do? As a small business owner, I don’t, and I don’t suppose you do either. To be honest, I never really have liked being told what to do. When I was … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, networking, Social media
Tagged closed network, ecademy, LinkedIn, network, open network, Social media, Twitter
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Is your content out of your control?
In this world of social media competition, I worry that some people are not in charge of their content. As far as I am concerned, social media is (are?) not supposed to be competitive, but about having conversations and getting … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business planning, Customer relations, marketing, networking, Social media
Tagged marketing, reputation, Social media, Twitter
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Having a negative influence online
Haven’t we talked about online reputations before? We certainly have! Just the same, I sometimes worry about apparently intelligent people who probably do their businesses no good with their unfettered pronouncements on anything we care to think about. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Customer relations, marketing, Social media
Tagged negative, reputation, Social influence, Social media, trust, Twitter
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Old style professionals and social media – do they get it?
I have written in my tax diary that most accountants don’t get Twitter or other social media. Of course some do and are brilliant at using multiple platforms. I think most that do make a start don’t stay engaged long … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, networking, Social media
Tagged Accountant, lawyer, Social media, solicitor, Twitter
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Fifteen ways to get unfollowed and disconnected from my network
Or just not followed in the first place Tweet advertising the whole time Tweet other peoples quotations Tweet religious tracts Tweet political comments and unkind comments about politicians. Tweet every meal you have (occasional food comments or pictures of dishes … Continue reading
Posted in Social, Social media
Tagged Google, Klout, LinkedIn, RSS feeds, Twitter, unfollow
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Measuring web influence?
Image via Wikipedia When some people talk about their personal relationships, we want to cry out “Too much information” but when on-line that’s what we get. It is so difficult to filter out the noise. We are constantly being urged … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Sales, Social, Social media
Tagged BranchOut, Facebook, influence, Klout, marketing, Quora, sales, Social media, Twitter
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Move with the times!
I was writing the other day about the business directories not really delivering for many small businesses. One of the reason for that is that our customer and clients tend to look elsewhere for their services. Compared with even five … Continue reading
Ten Reasons I Won’t Follow Back On Twitter
Image via Wikipedia We all have our prejudices, and I guess mine are reflected in my approach to social media and indeed networking on and off-line. Here are some turn-offs as regards Twitter users – I won’t say the Twitterati, … Continue reading
Posted in Customer relations, marketing, networking, Social media, Uncategorized
Tagged follow, network, networking, small business, Social media, Social Networking, Twitter
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Fear of the unknown in business
I wrote a little about being courageous in business a while back and was reminded that FEAR can stand for False Evidence Appearing Real (thank you Martin). Now we may often be worried about doing something that is a complete … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, marketing, networking, Social media, Uncategorized
Tagged Add new tag, fear, lizard brain, marketing, networking, Seth Godin, small business, Twitter
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