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Last Week’s Small Biz Tip Of The Day – Digest

Last Week’s Digest of Small Biz “Tip of the Day” from http://facebook.com/GrowYourBiz
Feel free to comment with your thoughts, experiences, and share your insights with the other members. The more you share and post, the more exposure you get for your business…
* FRIDAY Tip of the Day: Prioritizing and efficiency -> When making your To-Do list [...]

Is speaking really one of the best ways to market your business?

As many of my clients know, one great way to market yourself and make more sales for your business is to speak in front of an audience.
You can learn to do workshops, teleclasses and keynotes much more easily than you might realize.
“But public speaking scares me to death!”
Even those of you that get terrified at the thought [...]

“Facebook Friending” Etiquette?

 
Why do people that I don’t already know, with no info viewable on their profile, add me as a friend without an accompanying message? What’s with that?
 
To me, that’s the same thing as going to a networking event, handing your card over to a stranger, and walking away. Except that the card has a little [...]

Q: At a networking event – Do you chat with current contacts or meet new people?

This question was posted on LinkedIn. Below is my answer. Please add your views and experience in the comments:
Definitely both.
It’s great to meet new people and expend my network. I really enjoy connecting with and getting to know quality professionals so I have a large group to draw from in order to help other people, and [...]

Updated Facebook Privacy Settings – And what you need to do now

Hello Facebook Enthusiasts!
I thought I would alert you to a fact that may have been easily overlooked.
In the past couple weeks, Facebook has made a few changes that may have altered your Privacy settings.
I recommend you take the following steps to update your profile and account privacy to the level that you want:
1.) Please your [...]

“FACEBOOK for Fun and Profit” – Hands-on Workshop & Networking Event

Dec 2, 2009, Afternoon – Get out in plenty of time for evening networking events and holiday parties!
Dear Chicago Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners,
Confused by the difference between a Profile, a Group and a Fan Page?
Not sure which to use, or if you should use Facebook at all for business?? You’re not alone. Many people [...]

“Why don’t people comment on your blog?”

I just read a couple of short articles today about why people don’t leave comments on blogs and social networking posts.
They were pretty good points. One had 10 reasons, the other 25. I thought of a few myself and realized the list could easily grow to 100 or more.
So, from my point of view, rather [...]

“Where’s Waldo” – How to find that pesky “Edit Options” button on Facebook’s new Live Feed

Are you one of the thousands or perhaps millions of people confused by the new Facebook “Live Feed”?
When I switched to the new feature a few days ago, I only saw updates from some people and sometimes those were many hours old. I figured FB was on the blink again.
So eventually, I posted something to that effect [...]

Q: What is the best “client-getting” strategy?

Every small business owner asks themselves this question - usually more often that not.
I’m happy to say that recently a number of past clients have contacted and hired me again to help them with this very question, to get down pat the skills, strategies, motivations and action plans needed to make it happen. That’s always a wonderful [...]

May I Repeat?: “You MUST REPEAT!”

The below was posted by Vincent Wright, on http://MyVirtualPowerForum.com 
I love his perspective, and his message is spot-on, so I thought I would pass it along.
This is really important to keep in mind not only for online networking, but offline as well. It’s important to keep going to the same networking groups regularly, get to know [...]