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How LinkedIn Endorsements Can Work for Your Small Business

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Get out there and meet these fellow SMBs by asking and answering questions in the Startups and Small Businesses Category of LinkedIn Answers and joining LinkedIn Groups ,” it encourages on its website. Suggested skills won’t appear on your connection’s profile until they approve them.

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5 Tips to Create a Job Based on Your Personal Knowledge

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Solo service providers, consultants or product creators can make a decent living with minimal startup costs. Think about what you’re good at or what you’re passionate about, and then list ideas of how you can turn that skill or knowledge into a paying position. Don’t forget to participate in those forums.

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7 Tips for Building a Career in Marketing (Advice and Insights From Top Founders and Investors)

Buffer Social

What skills do you need? However, before diving right in and choosing an area or two to focus on, experiment with a bunch of different skills to see what’s the best fit for you. Treat each “No” as an opportunity to learn and refine your skills. Focus on timeless skills. What should you focus on learning?

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4 Simple Steps to Finding Perfect Freelance Writers

Writtent Blog

Hiring freelance writers makes perfect sense when you run a small business or startup. Granted, not every writer is a good one, and not every good one has the necessary skills and expertise, but the right wordsmith can be an invaluable asset. You can also find quality writers on discussion forums. They’re writers.

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Market yourself as an individual

The Marketing Blog

Home About In the Media Discussion forums still alive. He could tell the whole world know about his skills and he started gauging with this audience through blogs. The focus of the blog has shifted from that of a startup-centric one when it originally started in 2007. Quick post – Cool sites (Wis.dm) August 2, 2007.10:53

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My Day With Shopify

Pixlee

This topic stood out to me as something that developers, agencies and frankly anyone in the room could relate to, because in the fast-moving world of startups, it’s easy to dream big, and all too easy to look beyond the basics. There are blog posts about everything under the sun, webinars, meetups, forums…you name it, I bet Shopify has it.

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The Silent Rise of LinkedIn to 500M Members: What Marketers Need to Know for 2018 [SSM069]

Buffer Social

Statistical Analysis and Data Mining are the top skills on LinkedIn. Startup Founder, Gretta van Riel , explains just how powerful LinkedIn has been for her content: Video content. We also had the wonderful opportunity to speak with the LinkedIn team at MarketingProfs B2B Marketing Forum this year. It’s working, too!

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