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Many businesses these days are venturing into the Wild West of social media, trying their hand at things like blogging and Twitter and creating profiles on social-networking sites. But along the way they’re making lots of mistakes.
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Social media can be one of the great levelers for small business competing in today's global markets. Your boss may not know that. Here's 11 ways to help your boss correct that oversight and make you look good doing it.
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If you've ever gone to a business networking event and (a) wondered who to talk to, (b) wondered what to talk about, or (c) left the event with a handful of business cards but not solid leads, this is a great article to help you make those meetings more productive and focused.
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Too many companies I've worked with are unable to articulate just exactly who it it they are and what they do. But now Internet technology is forcing companies to form a new kind of shorthand for their company strategy.
The newest version of the "elevator pitch" is a "Twitpitch," so named in an article in Business Week Small Biz because i
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At a single trade show, you can expect to receive a stack of business cards in the double digits.
And while a good networker is enthusiastic about receiving them, no one looks forward to reviewing an indiscriminate pile of contacts. (Most probably don't bother.) Here are tips for a card worth keeping.
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Could Facebook ever be a place where serious business is done? Or does it pay to maintain two separate network profiles -- one for work and one for play?
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Ah, Twitter, the first and foremost way to quickly find out what your friends, colleagues, and mentors are up to right now. It’s quickly becoming a questionable tool in the online world. Some say it’s pointless, some are still trying to
find the point in it, and some are using it to build their networks, blog readerships, and esssentially, their
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True word of mouth emanates from a grassroots-driven community that inspires passion and customer evangelism. It's a sustainable, long-term form of word of mouth that can build brands. There's countless ways to think about making that happen, which is part of the challenge.
That's why we are introducing the Society for Word of Mouth....
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Online job boards and newspaper classifieds suffered declines in advertising for help, making it essential that small businesses find new ways to reach the people they want to recruit.
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Last week, Steve Strauss began his annual look at the top ten trends shaping small business. He wraps it up this week with a look at the Top 5. Be sure to check out trend number 1.
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A new study has found that businesses are increasingly looking to social networking and user-generated channels to improve their levels of customer engagement. Ninety percent of respondents to the Annual Online Customer Engagement Report said that a customer engagement strategy was “essential” or “important” to business operations. The research, c
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