Social Media
Six Quick Tips for Becoming a LinkedIn Power User in One Hour a Week
If you’re a LinkedIn user, a look into the LinkedIn mirror might reveal some stunning truths about you. We all need a reality check from time to time if we care about growing and improving professionally, right? I’ve used LinkedIn since 2006, quite a long time to remain loyal to any website. Yet that doesn’t mean I don’t have things to learn. Even when I think I know it all, there are still ways to improve by watching others who do things a different way.
A Mix Tape of 2011 Social Media Observations and 2012 Expectations
This post goes out to all of those who remember making mix tapes on cassettes for their friends, crushes, and significant others. I found a mix tape of mine recently while cleaning out some old boxes. Was I too shy to give it to the girl I liked in the late 80s, or did she return it to me (ouch!)? These days, we just hand out iTunes cards and tell people to make their own playlists. How un-creative have we become? What will the next generation of social media look like, and what will those practitioners say about how we used social media in 2011 and 2012? After all, we are still in the mix tape stage of social media.
What Are the Benefits for My Business to Create a Page on Google Plus?
Dear ABR, Just when I thought I was participating in all the right social networks for my business, I started hearing about Google’s social network called Google Plus. Because it’s Google, it has caught my attention, but do I really need to spend time on yet another social network? What are the advantages of being on Google Plus?
Also posted in Blog, Dear ABR Tagged business pages, Facebook, Google, Google Plus, Social Media, social media for businesses, social media strategy, social media tools Leave a comment
Five Ways to Scare People Away from Your Social Media Sites on Halloween (and All Year Long!)
With Halloween lurking around the corner, it is a timely occasion to share my top five scare tactics that are sure to send your social media communities running and screaming through the streets in horror.
How Do I Maintain Control and Privacy on My Facebook Business Page?
Dear ABR, I have not created a Facebook business page for my company. I don’t want people to see what I am posting from a personal standpoint on my profile. I want to be able to control what people see, and I’m unsure of how much control I would have over my business page. How can I get my business more involved on Facebook but maintain control and privacy?
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Top Ten Ways That TweetDeck Takes the Phobias and Frustrations Out of Twitter
In this video blog, Accelerated Business Results Social Media Specialist Jason Martin discusses Twitter and TweetDeck and demonstrates the advantages of using TweetDeck to manage your Twitter account.
10 Content Ideas to Tap When Your Social Media Sources Are Tapped Out
Social media practitioners report that a real-time burden in social media is the act of sourcing content to post on their social networking profiles. We all get to a point in our social media lives where we hit a wall, where we’re out of breath. Despite having a content marketing plan, the ideas for new and fresh content have gone stale. This is the point where social media managers often lapse in the frequency and quality of their social content publishing.
Also posted in Blog Tagged content marketing plan, Facebook, Flickr, Google Alerts, linkedin, Social Media, social media content, social media strategy, social networking, twitter, YouTube Leave a comment
Work Smarter with the Institute for Social Media
ABR is partnering with the Institute for Social Media (ISM) at Cincinnati State to offer the upcoming Selling 2.0 Certification. The purpose of this program is to teach professionals how to work smarter by combining proven sales skills with the advantages of social media. For today’s blog, we have interviewed Jim Kleemeier, one Cincinnati State’s Workforce Development Center leaders, to find out more about the Selling 2.0 Certification course and what the ISM can offer.
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Social Media for Business Professionals: New Training Launched in Cincinnati