See You on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter … Are you there yet?

Aug 24, 2010 by Lee Richter

What is Social Media?
Social Media is a vehicle to share information with a broad audience twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. In addition to being any form of online publication or presence that allows users to engage in multi-directional conversations, it is a way to build relationships with the public. Online tools allow businesses to keep in touch with customers and easily update them on what’s new, whether it is products, services, events, an interesting insight or a new hire to the team. Basically, Social Media is the “wave of the now.”
What to know about Social Media
Social Media …

Sharing Our Facebook Experience

Aug 24, 2010 by Marissa Berger

Well, we finally made it to Facebook. Just like any other small business, we struggled with the decision of whether or not to have a presence in Facebook. It’s free to start; it’s simple to use… but the reality is that it’s an investment of internal resources—mostly time. But given the staggering statistics of how much Facebook is used, we decided to give it a shot. Here’s how we did it.
1. We decided on content
We took this as an opportunity to have a balance of work-related posts and fun/personal ones with the goal of showing the world who we are …

Enhancing Your Competitive Advantage

Apr 21, 2009 by kellyv

As we run our businesses we are seeking to keep our competitive advantage and push the potential of our businesses farther. One simple best practice that has the greatest return is ‘know your audience.’ Simple as it sounds, it is one of the most frequently neglected marketing tools.

1,2,3 Easy. Capture your existing client data. Track your marketing and sales communication activities. Analyze the client data to make smarter business choices. Customize your approach to achieve more powerful results. Sounds like more work than the return. Where does it payoff?

Optimize Time. Save money by optimizing the use …

Efficient email… or is this an oxymoron?

Feb 19, 2009 by korder

Ten ways to be a more effective sender and receiver

  • Plan and block your daily time to manage email. Three  times a day is efficient for the average worker. Do not let email run your workday. Set your synching to receive emails less frequently.
  • Follow the two-minute rule. If you’ve blocked the time to handle emails, handle ALL emails that can be done in 2 minutes or less right now. Handling emails more than once is unproductive and a big time waster. Longer responses go on your task list when you are scheduling time to get them done.
  • If the content and …
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