No Time for Games?
On Facebook the other day a friend mentioned that they wish they knew how to block the games requests that people send. I put together a short how-to video. If you need to know how to do it, take a peek!
Keep an Eye on Your Competition
Gone are the days of just having a “secret shopper” go to the competitors store to find out pricing. New tactics are required. After reading this article in Entrepreneur by a former CIA Officer on How to Get Ahead of Your Competition, I thought about how you could “spy” on your competition through social media. There are…
3 words or 30 seconds
I attend a great deal of networking events. Often you go around the room with introductions. What starts out as succinct introductions can turn into a life story. Sometimes if you attend multiple events, your introduction might turn into a robotic statement. One group I attend often asks for your introduction and then answer a…
How do you use Networking?
I’ve written about networking in the past. But it bears repeating. As much as I LOVE social media and especially LinkedIn, I realize that you cannot ignore face to face networking. Recently, I met with a gentleman that called me based on a referral from one of his connections. When I walked into my office…
Online reviews
I encourage my clients to create a place page on many of the popular “location based sites”. Yelp, Google Places, Foursquare and Bing or Yahoo Local are some of the more popular ones. Facebook allows check-ins if you have entered your business address in your profile. By encouraging your walk-in customers to “check-in” you win.…