Status updates are a non-intrusive way of publishing great information to your target audience without overtly “selling” to them. When you publish great information that is relevant, timely and solves your potential client’s problems, then you imply that you are the perfect fit for their needs. But your time is limited, and you want to…

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As a follow up to my former blog post: Is Facebook Dying A Slow Death?, the answer seems to be “yes indeed” As you will see in the following video from the Huffington Post online, Facebook has lost nearly 9 million visitors in the US and 2 million in the UK. There is more penetration…

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By now, you may have heard or seen that Facebook has now “introduced” hashtags (#) to their users. A brief explanation: “A hashtag is a word or a phrase prefixed with the symbol #. It is a form of metadata tag.” (Source: Wikipedia) In a nutshell: hashtags essentially allow people to follow a conversation or a “thread” when everyone uses the…

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One of the little “golden nuggets” I love to give during my training is the proper way to respond to a generic, template invitation request. You know, the one that simply says: “I’d like to add you to my professional network” or “Since you are a person I trust, I wanted to invite you to join…

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