From the monthly archives:

May 2009

View History of LinkedIn Status Updates

Many social networking sites change regularly as new features are added and bugs are fixed.  Some sites seem to change on a weekly basis.  I just noticed something in LinkedIn that I had never noticed before.  I’m not sure if it’s a new feature or has been really well hidden for a long time. Login [...]

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Recall on Some HP Pavilion Notebook PC’s

HP Pavilion dv9000/dv9100/dv9200/dv9400 Series Notebook PCs -  HP Limited Service Enhancement (common language is “recall”) for Left Display Hinge. I just found out that YOU MUST CONTACT HP BY TODAY…MAY 31ST.  Details on the recall can be found here. My laptop is getting packed up and shipped out in the box HP sent me.  The phone [...]

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Winning Customers With Great Web Content

Web content is anything on the web whether it be on your blog, your website, on social networking sites or anywhere else you add or post information.  It can include text, photos, videos, slide shows, audio files, polls, links, etc… Providing useful, informative, interesting or inspiring content is critical to successfully promoting your small business [...]

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6 Keys to Success on LinkedIn

For me, LinkedIn has been great for strengthening and maintaining current referral partner & customer relationships, establishing credibility through recommendations, developing relationships with prospects, establishing an online connection with new people I meet at networking events and generating interest by providing useful information and being active on LinkedIn. I don’t search for people to connect [...]

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Survey Says: LinkedIn Gets Results

I recently asked LinkedIn members to share their success stories or results that they’ve achieved because of using LinkedIn.  Reason being, I am working on a recorded webinar on How To Use LinkedIn for Business and I want to use examples of success other than my own. Here are some of the results and success [...]

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LinkedIn “Q & A” Feature: A Great Resource

Have you utilized the “Question & Answer” feature on LinkedIn?  If you haven’t, you are missing out on a great resource.  Just click on “Answers” in the top left corner of your screen after you log in to your LinkedIn account. Using this feature, you can: Answer questions that were posed by other LinkedIn members.  [...]

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What Your Web Designer Doesn’t Know

Years ago I was under the impression that all web designers did more than just “design” websites.  I thought they also incorporated search engine optimization techniques into their websites to give them greater visibility and improve search engine rankings.  I learned the hard way! I hired a web designer to create an e-commerce site for [...]

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Why You Need a Business Blog

I am frequently asked, “what is a blog?” and “why should I have one?” A blog is basically a journal on the internet where you share thoughts, ideas, information, videos, photos, etc…  What you are reading right now is a single blog post that is on my blog.  Blogs are extremely important for a business [...]

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