Practical commentary for small business owners and professionals.
LinkedIn
Employers Battle with Workers over LinkedIn Contacts
By Leslie Allan
Businesses and employees are joining social networks to establish and maintain contacts and customers. But who owns the information when an employee leaves the company? Courts are just beginning to consider the question, but business owners can take protective steps today.
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Email & Social
The Number One Way to Connect Your Email and Social Media Marketing
By Karen Talavera
With so many ways to integrate email and social media, finding the right combination is key to reaching customers where they already are. Explore the most effective bridge between these two powerful channels.
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ROI
What's the ROI of Social Media? Here Are the Answers!
Measuring the return on a social media investment remains one of the most common questions for business owners. A clear-eyed look at the numbers and the strategies that move them.
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Mistakes
6 Social Media Marketing Mistakes… and How to Fix Them
From posting without a plan to ignoring analytics, six frequent missteps can stall a brand's social media momentum, along with practical steps to correct each one.
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Demographics
Why Is Grandma Using Facebook and Uncle Joe Using Twitter?
Social networks once seemed defined by age. Today, audiences span generations, and assumptions about who uses which platform can mislead any marketing plan.
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Promotion
Why Aren't You Promoting Your Social Profiles? 10 Ways to Make It Happen
Ten practical tactics to put social media channels in front of more customers, from on-site placement to email signatures and beyond.
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Strategy
Social Media – Schmedia
Cutting through the hype, a grounded look at what social media really does for a small business and what expectations are worth holding onto.
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LinkedIn
5 Steps for Connecting on LinkedIn, Part 2 of 2
The second installment in a two-part series covering a five-step approach to building meaningful LinkedIn connections that support business goals.
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