Linkedin: Professional Social Networking

No matter what industry you are in, you should be using Linkedin, which is the best professional social networking sight out there today.  With Linkedin, you are able to connect with other professionals that you meet through networking, somebody you knew in the past, or network with your colleagues.  With Linkedin, you can upload your resume, so that it will show your prior experience and other qualifications, which will help you if you are connected to a prospect of yours.  You want to show the world that you are qualified to do your job and that you are the right person to talk to in your industry.

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Understanding Twitter For Your Business

This article provides the information about twitter, how it can help you to grow your business. Twitter is one of the best online marketing tools.

Twitter for business marketing is really a very important subject to discuss. People must understand the importance of Twitter for marketing your business. It can indirectly help you to grow your business. Now many internet marketers prefer twitter for promoting any product.

See my 3-part Seminar on Social Media

I will be leading a three part seminar on Social Media for the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce in New Hampshire beginning on Wednesday, October 19 between 12 and 1pm.  The first subject will be Facebook, and I plan on videotaping the seminar to show on my blogs.  If you are in the area and wish to join me, you can go to http://www.plymouthnh.org/inner.php/Chamber+Events/Chamber+Brown+Bag+Lunch+Seminars/ to register.

I will be editing the videos to a shorter summary to post on my blog and on Youtube, but if you wish to see the videos in their entirety, you have to sign up for my email list to get that.  I am excited and honored to be hosting these seminars, and if you have a certain question you with to be answered, please leave a comment here and I will do my best to answer it.  If I cannot during the presentation I will do my best to answer them either here on the blog or via email if you provide me with that.

Social Media Definition

This blog has talked a lot about how social medial can help your business and the different types of social media.  I thought it would be good to get more basic and talk about social media in general.   A great social media definition given by davepress is the following:

Digital tools that permit people and organisations to interact freely with low (or no) barriers to entering a conversation. The nature of the relationships between social media users is often as important as the content they share – the ‘social’ aspect is very important.

davepress.net/2010/03/19/a-digital-engagement-glossary/