Janet Fouts

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Book Review and Giveaway- The Commitment Engine by John Jantsch

Janet Fouts

The Commitment Engine: Making Work Worth It , by John Jantsch. In the Commitment Engine he shows us what commitment really means in a business and a personal sense. John shares several examples of transparency between the business owners and staff. Want a free copy of the commitment engine? Replacing managers with teams.

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Why are more companies seeking group leadership coaching? Because it works!

Janet Fouts

When the marketing, engineering and sales teams barely know each other, there is little understanding of what each other is doing, much less who they are as human beings. This is especially true in companies where roles are siloed.

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Naming your Facebook page

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link] for example. It’s also a URL the search engines will pick up, so think carefully. From a search engine perspective it’s fine. You can even customize the link so it will make sense to your friends. Once you get up to 25 fans you can create a custom user name. What should be in your name? First off, no spaces.

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Hashtags, the Good the Bad, the Oh So Ugly

Janet Fouts

Some lovely examples for your amusement are below. See the stats from SimplyMeasured in this Search Engine watch post , and Twitter’s own evaluation of the buzz below. Sometimes the best intentions can go stunningly awry. “What if I did an #AskThicke hashtag on twitter? dA52KUQD7A pic.twitter.com/sZo0zYLWON.

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Should you start a Google+ page for your business?

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For example: A page can’t follow you until you follow it first or mention it in a post. Go to the Google search engine and type in Toyota+ to see what I mean. Look at H&M for example. All my clients are asking and it’s a tough question for many. For most small businesses I’m saying no, wait a bit.

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Creating Google Plus Business Pages

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For example: Friend Mike Elgin created a page where he and his wife plan to share their new diet called The Spartan Diet and he says he’ll be sharing on this page instead of to the circles of foodies he had created. It’s Probably not a good idea to create a fan page that uses a brand name for example.

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Empire Avenue – Measurement of Social Influence?

Janet Fouts

As a spam engine Empire Avenue excels. For example it’s very hard to follow the threads of shout outs on your profile. If you want to increase your value you make your investors happy, interact a lot on your social networks and on the site and voila! Your shares spike and you look like a big deal.