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Pointers for Using Pinterest for Business

Pinterest offers a variety of useful options for reaching current and potential customers. Although it’s more of a bookmarking site than a typical social media site, over time Pinterest has added news and messages features to make it more like Facebook and Twitter, allowing more and different types of interactions. For those of you not familiar with this growing site, it’s helpful to think of it as an electronic version of the bulletin boards where people tack (pin) things they want to remember. Knowing that makes their terminology easy to understand: Pins: bookmarks to bring you back to an image [...]

By |2014-10-14T09:07:10-06:00October 13th, 2014|0 Comments
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Consuming Social Media – Knowing When You are Full

Social media provides numerous benefits. Yet, one of the challenges of using it is that we can be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of available material – it’s impossible to even scan it all, and it might not be a good idea to even try. For purposes of this discussion, I will include blogs and email newsletters to which you subscribe, as well as the social media sites you frequent, and I will group all of these under the term “social media.” Having access to all this information reminds me of being at an enormous buffet. Just as with the [...]

By |2014-10-06T21:50:14-06:00October 6th, 2014|0 Comments
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Put Yourself in the Path of Opportunity

Just over a year ago I put myself in the path of opportunity when I joined the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce (CWCC), and that concept was integral to the message of the keynote speaker at the CWCC Annual Awards Luncheon last week. One of the reasons I joined the chamber was its support for women in business. In fact, the mission of the CWCC is: To create an environment and the resources conducive to our members’ business success. Since I have joined, I have put myself the path of many different opportunities and in the process have learned a [...]

By |2014-09-29T22:18:47-06:00September 29th, 2014|0 Comments
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Blogging, Branding, Marketing, and Storytelling

Last week felt like “back to school” for me. I attended three sessions at the Denver Startup Week as well as workshops sponsored by two different Chambers of Commerce. The presenters of these program provided valuable insights and tips on blogging, branding, marketing, and storytelling. So that you, the readers of my blog, can benefit from my experience, here are some of the informational gold nuggets I collected, with the names of those who shared them in case you’d like to research more of their work: Denver Startup Week Brian Clark of Copyblogger Media and Doyle Albee of Metzger Albee [...]

By |2014-09-23T23:08:59-06:00September 23rd, 2014|0 Comments
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Using Facebook to Market Your Business

Do you have a business presence on Facebook? With the tremendous number of people using Facebook, this social media site has become a great place to showcase many different types of businesses. Some businesses, such as that of my acupuncturist, have tremendous success in drawing in clients via their Facebook business page. Others have not had great results, even when they spend money to advertise the page and specific posts on it. Since there is no charge for creating or maintaining a business page on Facebook, I suggest that if you don’t already have one, you create a page for [...]

By |2014-09-16T11:56:14-06:00September 16th, 2014|0 Comments
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Pointers for Perfect Profile Photos on Social Media

Recently I had a new professional photo taken, the first one in four years. Naturally, the experience got me thinking about profile photos on social media. Does your profile photo represent you well? Does it capture your personality and style? Is it appropriate for the social media sites where you use it? Use the Same Profile Photo Across Social Media Sites or Vary Your Photo by Site?  Some people prefer to vary their profile photos, depending on how they use a particular social media site. For example, if they use Pinterest primarily for personal reasons, they might have a more whimsical, [...]

By |2014-09-10T20:38:44-06:00September 10th, 2014|0 Comments
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Using Social Media to Spread Social Good

Many people bemoan the presence of social media, especially Facebook. Certainly there are people who post WAY too much, people who get into the “too much information mode”, and people who show a mean spirited side of themselves they might not reveal in face-to-face interactions. Despite all of that, the sheer magnitude of people on these sites, especially Facebook, makes it possible to spread information farther and faster than we could have imagined even just a few years ago.   Case in Point: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Unless you have been living under a rock for the last month, you [...]

By |2014-08-25T22:32:53-06:00August 25th, 2014|0 Comments
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Dealing With Duplicate Social Media Accounts

Many people have duplicate accounts, especially on LinkedIn. Most of the time they aren’t even aware of their “dual identity,” because they have forgotten they ever created their original account, as it was a long time ago. So they make a new one, without even realizing that it’s not the only one. The problem with duplicate accounts is that people get confused about which one is the real you. A year ago I created a business account on Pinterest just to check out the features of business accounts. Sometime later I decided to convert my personal account into a business [...]

By |2014-08-19T08:10:23-06:00August 18th, 2014|2 Comments
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Why Facebook?

What is the point of being on Facebook anyway? That was the question posed to me by two of the seven people the last time I taught “Facebook for Beginners” at Colorado Free University. You see, these people actually came to the class to build a case for NOT being on Facebook. They were curious about Facebook and why so many people are drawn to it. But they were very unclear about its value for them. Their reservations got me to thinking about what it is about Facebook that does appeal to me – and millions of other people whose [...]

By |2014-08-12T08:30:50-06:00August 12th, 2014|0 Comments
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Asking for Kudos on Facebook and LinkedIn

One of the great things about social media is that people can write nice things about you that everyone can see. And who doesn’t appreciate a genuine compliment? In fact, it is OK for you to ask a customer or client to write a review or submit a rating for your company on your company’s Facebook business page. They don’t even have to have “liked” your business page to write the review. People usually write a sentence or two about what they appreciated about their experience with your company. Similarly, it is perfectly fine to ask a customer or client [...]

By |2014-08-04T20:59:11-06:00August 4th, 2014|0 Comments
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