Many small business owners view social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter as an exciting new shortcut for marketing their business. They think social media magical solution; if they sign up customers will flock to their website or store front. It’s as if marketing no longer has to be work. Well I hate to […]
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If you are using Facebook and have a business, you need to consider creating a fan page for your business. What’s a fan page? Facebook originally created fan pages to allow celebrities and large corporations to connect with more people. After all, your personal profile only allows you to connect to 5,000 people. Stars like
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If you read my previous post you know I’ve been busy reinstalling software onto my new computer. And while I have many purchase software programs, much of what I use is free (or nearly free) software I download from the internet. I’ve been busy relocating old favourites but I’ve also had a chance to discover
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Last Friday, after about seven hours on the phone with tech support, it was determined that while my laptop wasn’t quite dead yet, it was well on the way. And couldn’t be brought back to life without some major repairs: a new motherboard, memory and whatever else isn’t working. On the plus side, this was
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Too many people feel like selling is beyond them. “I’m just not a natural salesperson.” I say that’s a load of crap. We are all natural born sales people. It’s just that somewhere along the line we unlearned this very natural skill. Don’t believe me? Watch your kids. Think Big Kids automatically think big. They
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Last week LinkedIn announced it was adding Twitter to the list of applications you can add to your LinkedIn profile. This means you can now have Twitter update your LinkedIn status and vice versa. For someone like me who is a heavy user of both LinkedIn and Twitter, this added functionality is much appreciated. To
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It’s that time again: the weekly collection of tasty tidbits from the the best collection of baby boomer bloggers on the web. This week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival is being hosted by Cynthia Samuels at Don’t Gel Too Soon. This week’s carnival includes posts about Anti-Aging Clinics, Short Sleeves, Chocolate, finding your passion, a youngest child’s
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When it comes to marketing your business, there’s no better way than turning up in the top search results on Google. Since more and more people are using search engines rather than the phone book to locate business (even local businesses) you’d better make sure people can find you. To get found, you need a
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Yesterday I was speaking with a friend who had spent the weekend working on her books. Turns out she has $20,000 in outstanding invoices. For a solopreneur, that’s a big chunk of her annual income that is overdue. This outstanding balance is affecting her business because she’s now having to make decisions based on the
Do customers owe you money? Read More »
Welcome to the H1N1-free blog carnival. Yes, I’ve been struck with H1N1 (as have the rest of my immediate family) and I can highly recommend you don’t get it. On the other hand, I can stop the “yes I will … no I won’t” tango about the vaccine. Don’t need it. Anyway, Blogging Boomers Carnival
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