LinkedIn is one of the first places people go to learn about you and to help them decide whether to bother calling you in for an interview. Especially if LinkedIn is your primary web presence, you need to give it your full attention to make it as effective as possible.
13 tips to help you plan your new blog or newsletter before you launch it to make sure it projects the professional image that you want to portray.
Sellers and bloggers need your feedback and comments, so take the time to give feedback when you can. For sellers on sites such as Amazon, feedback that “everything was as expected” is better than no feedback at all. Be sure to place blame (and credit) where it belongs, and try to stay constructive and fair.
You don’t have to call it a “blog” in order to have a spot on your website to say what you want to say. But if you call it a “blog,” you must keep it current or it will be worse than no blog at all.
StumbleUpon is another tool in the social media toolbox that lets us stay in touch with the world with as little effort as possible. And now that it has surpassed Facebook as the leading social media tool, your Stumbles may be seen by more people than ever.
Customer feedback is free market product and market research! Watch for trends in the feedback to steer your product managers in upgrading your product.
I knew it was important for me to jump into the social media fray, because not participating in popular social media outlets would only result in a conspicuous absence. But I’m not a “social” person. I don’t care what I can do in social media, as much as I care about what the minimum is that I really must do.
When you refer or recommend someone, their performance will have a direct impact on your own reputation. When you refer someone, you are saying that this is someone who you would feel comfortable associating with and doing business with.
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