- Four Case Studies: How These (Very Different) B2B Organizations Are Succeeding With Social Media
by Christina "CK" KerleyEven though B2C companies get the lion's share of coverage about the benefits of social media, B2B organizations of vastly different sizes and industries are making striking gains in employing these technologies to increase their market share and solve revenue ...
- The Three Most Popular Social Networks for Business (and Why You Should Use Them) by Paul Chaney
An ancient proverb states that a "cord of three strands is not easily broken." By way of analogy, I hypothesize that the more individual connections to a particular person you have, the stronger your overall relationship with that person will ...
- How Social Is Socially Acceptable in Email? by Stephanie Miller
Marketers face a bit of a quandary in deciding how social to be. There is a seemingly endless number of social networks, all with conversations that might be relevant to the business.
When it comes to email, the issue becomes trickier ...
- Social Media and Your Personal Brand: Five Steps to Building Your Brand in Bits & Bytes by William Arruda
The ubiquity of social-media tools has made personal branding even more pervasive, powerful, and efficient. Personal branding has moved online. Many Web 2.0 tools designed for building community and fostering lively discussion—such as LinkedIn, blogs, Facebook, and Twitter—are ideal for ...
- A Corporate Field Guide to Social-Media Policy Development
by Kimberly SmithYour employees are already on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the like... so isn't it high time for companies to acknowledge that activity and implement a protective framework that will assist them in mitigating the risks related to employee productivity, confidentiality, ...
- Six Steps to Forging Customer Relationships at Tradeshows and Conferences
by Kimberly SmithTradeshow and conference sponsorships don't come cheap, but they do bring prospects face-to-face with your company and brand. In doing so, they offer a unique opportunity to establish stronger, more-personal connections with potential customers, which can, in turn, generate solid ...
- How Do I Love Thee...? Ten Tips for Using Web 2.0 to Give Back to Your Professional Network by William Arruda
Effective networking is all about giving. One of the best ways to give to your network members is to help them build their personal brands. And if you help them build their brands on the Web, you demonstrate how savvy ...
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- Advice to Out-of-Workers: Read This Before You 'Network' With Me by Lori Feldman
Before you ask me to go to work for you, go to work for yourself. When you've implemented the suggestions above, I'm more receptive to helping you connect with your next job opportunity. But I don't have time or inclination ...
- 22 Questions (and Answers!) About Leveraging LinkedIn to Enhance Your Marketing (and Your Marketing Career)
by Ann HandleyGems of 2008: If you're like most of us, you probably have a LinkedIn profile and a slew of (or at least some) connections there. But are you leveraging LinkedIn to the best of its abilities, as both a marketing ...
- 22 Questions (and Answers!) About Leveraging LinkedIn to Enhance Your Marketing
by Ann HandleyLike most of us, you probably have a LinkedIn profile and a slew of connections there. But are you leveraging LinkedIn to the best of its abilities, as both a marketing tool and career resource?
If you aren't sure, you aren't ...
- What Is Your Social Networking Strategy in 2008? by David Nour
Are you LinkedIn? Do you Spoke, Ryze, Jigsaw, or ZoomInfo? In 2008, will you get a Second Life? If these social-networking concepts are not on your radar, you are ignoring a dynamic trend that could have a profound impact on ...
- MarketingProfs Video: A Tutorial on the Subtleties of LinkedIn by Matt Dickman
In the face of mounting competition and hype from rival networks Facebook and MySpace, LinkedIn has stayed true to its mission of creating a network for business professionals.
I've been a member of the service for years, but until recently it ...
- Social Media Starter Kit: The Tools You Need by Chris Brogan
Work of any kind requires an understanding of the appropriate tools for the job, and social media is no different.
Here are some suggestions for a starter set of social media tools. The actual applications will change, over time, because technology ...
- Four Controversial Questions About LinkedIn (and How to Resolve Them)
by Jason AlbaOf course you know what LinkedIn is. You already have an account, right? So what's the next step? Here are four thorny questions about LinkedIn (and their related answers) to help you get the most out of this professional social ...
- MarketingProfs Video: A Tutorial on the Subtleties of LinkedIn by Matt Dickman
LinkedIn doesn't pretend to be MySpace or Facebook. In the face of mounting competition and hype from rival networks, LinkedIn has stayed true to its mission of creating a network for business professionals. In this video tour, Matt Dickman focuses ...
- How to Explain OpenSocial to Your Executives by Jeremiah Owyang
If you are someone who is partially or wholly responsible for the long-term direction of your Web site, or the Web sites of your clients, you have to be able to explain Google's OpenSocial in clear and concise terms.
So ...
- Eight Things to Do Right Now to Get More out of LinkedIn
by Jason AlbaYou've heard of it, you've read about it, you've even signed up for it—and you still wonder how to get the most out of it.
LinkedIn is the most popular business networking environment around. Its jump from 13 million signups to ...
- How to Brand Yourself in a Competitive Job Market: Q&A with William Arruda by Mack Collier
An increasingly competitive job market in recent years has led to the birth of the idea of "personal branding," as jobseekers look for ways to stand out to potential employers. One of the leaders of this burgeoning space is William ...
- Managing Your Marketing Career in a Web 2.0 World by William Arruda
It's no longer the world of work you knew when you graduated from college. The tried and true career management techniques you've been using just don't work in today's marketplace. Working hard, writing a compelling resume, staying connected to head ...
- Top 10 Online Marketing Predictions for 2007 by Ryan Buchanan
With 2007 in full swing, here are our online marketing predictions for the rest of the year to come.
We busted out our omniscient crystal ball, and this is what it told us... .