Business Networking

The Best Invitation To Connect I’ve Seen!

I previously wrote a blog titled “How To Invite Someone To Connect Online“.  If you click on the link to read it and then come back to this post, this post will make more sense. I just had to share this invite that I received through LinkedIn: Hi Kimberly, I’ve been reading some of your [...]

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Recommended Business Networking Books

Unfortunately many people say they do a lot of business networking when all they really do is talk about themselves at networking events and see how many business cards they can collect (only to be forgotten or thrown away).  If you want to learn how to do business networking the right way, I recommend the [...]

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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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How To Use Facebook & Social Networking Sites for Business

Here is a question I was just asked on LinkedIn after posting a notice about my upcoming San Diego workshop on How To Use Facebook For Business Promotion: “Hi Kimberly, I was discussing this subject with a friend of mine….  As a mom of two teens, I think of Facebook as more of a social [...]

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Don’t Post That Photo! It Could Cost You a Future Job…

Over the weekend, I was on Facebook and noticed that one of my online “friends” had posted a lot of photos of a trip she had taken.  In scrolling through my feed, I noticed this gal sporting a suggestive pose and being fondled by another girl.  My first reaction was, “why would she post that [...]

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How To Invite Someone to Connect Online

If you are reading this blog, I’m sure you would like to use sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Biznik and other social networking sites to grow your business.  If you are on these sites, have you ever received an invitation from someone that says, “I’d like to add you to my professional network on _______”?  [...]

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Back In The Blogosphere

I’m happy to say that I am back in the blogsphere! Between income tax preparation, a mini vacation and a very sick laptop…I’ve been going just a bit crazy.  Turns out my laptop (my work computer) became infected with malware last week and it limited me in what I could do.  Thankfully my computer was [...]

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Join Biznik: A Great Business Networking Community

I just posted a blog referencing a very straightforward article I read about Understanding Twitter.  The article was originally posted on a great business networking site called Biznik.  It is a growing “community” site with a lot to offer.  If you own your own business or are a professional, I highly suggest that you visit [...]

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How To Make Your Networking More Effective

This quote is from an article I just read about Effective Networking: Networking isn’t a race to see how many business cards you can load into your database or how many friends you add to your profile page. Real networking is about real people and real relationships. So let’s get back to the basics and [...]

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