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New Social Media Sites…for Business?

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A nice feature is that you can import your information that you’ve already set up on LinkedIn …and then easily network with your Facebook connections. For now, I still see LinkedIn as the 800 lb. According to Melberg, there are several reasons why this site is popular. How do these sites stack up against Referral Key?

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Change to Message Notifications from LinkedIn Members

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LinkedIn recently announced a change they will be making to their email notifications to make sure users get important messages as soon as possible. Previously, the default setting was to receive a weekly summary email listing any InMails or Introductions sent to the user by other LinkedIn members. Is it helpful?

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How to Use LinkedIn for Marketing/Non-Sales Professionals – Part III

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In parts I and II of our series on LinkedIn for Marketing/Non-Sales Professionals, we discussed ways to increase your credibility online and how you can make the most of the resources available on LinkedIn. Now let’s take a look at using the social site to evaluate a potential new supplier or partner before meeting in person.

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Are You Accepting New Clients? How Referral Key Stacks Up Against LinkedIn for Professional Business Networking, Part I

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New social media sites are popping up all over. As a business owner you need to have a strategy for every social media site you engage in, not just run willy-nilly into them because they are “new&#. What points are beneficial to keep in mind as you explore new social media sites?

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How to Use LinkedIn for Marketing/Non-Sales Professionals – Part I

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It’s often easy to see how using the social networking site LinkedIn to find new potential customers could be very beneficial to sales & marketing teams. How can you use LinkedIn to your benefit and the benefit of your company if your role within your company is not directly tied to bringing in new customers? Stay tuned!

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Are You Accepting New Clients? How Referral Key Stacks Up Against LinkedIn for Professional Business Networking, Part II

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On this site you give and receive referrals and you can get rewards for referrals you give. As more and more requests come through from people we’ve never met, the value of the site is diminished. LinkedIn was designed to connect people who know each other, along with a mechanism for “punishing” those who abuse the system.

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4 Concepts Your Online Marketing Should be Ready for in 2015

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If you haven’t heard of the new social media site, there’s a good chance you will in 2015. The site offers a simple, easy, ad-free social network for its users to share information and status updates, and stresses that user information will not be shared with third party sites. LinkedIn will become B2B leader.

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