<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Business Generating Platforms (TOTW: 9.30.2012) | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/feed/</link> <description>Business Generating Platforms (TOTW: 9.30.2012) - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business</description> <pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 05:07:57 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43381</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43381</link> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:18:23 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/" title="Kristy C. Cartier" rel="nofollow">Kristy C. Cartier</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow">@rich-brooks</a> A little late in my response; however, I believe that Twitter has gained us the greatest visibility so far. As I mentioned in another response on these boards, our directory purchases and paid job [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43310</guid><title><![CDATA[John Lee Dumas replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43310</link> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:35:42 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/entrepreneuronfire/" title="John Lee Dumas" rel="nofollow">John Lee Dumas</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I would say Podcasting hands down for me. &#160;EntrepreneurOnFire.com gets over 3,000&#160;downloads&#160;every day, and results in 15-30 email subscribers every day&#160;because&#160;of it. &#160;<div></div><div></div><div>I just upped my opt-in offer to 20 Wordpress [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43288</guid><title><![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#38; MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43288</link> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:39:41 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/" title="Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert" rel="nofollow">Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/vomers/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/vomers/' rel="nofollow">@vomers</a> I only post when I find something interesting.  So it's not consistent.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43148</guid><title><![CDATA[Jeff replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43148</link> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:41:02 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/vomers/" title="Jeff" rel="nofollow">Jeff</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Too be honest my best has always been offline networking face to face.&#160; After that I would then say it would have to be LinkedIn, but that is where I am focusing right now.&#160; I do very little with Facebook and [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43124</guid><title><![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#38; MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43124</link> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:10:31 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/" title="Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert" rel="nofollow">Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/milan-steskal/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/milan-steskal/' rel="nofollow">@milan-steskal</a> Peopel connect with me.  I always accept all connections and message the new connection to try to get some conversation going. About 25% of the time someone has connected with me because they have [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43042</guid><title><![CDATA[Milan Steskal replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43042</link> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 05:26:27 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/milan-steskal/" title="Milan Steskal" rel="nofollow">Milan Steskal</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Guys, how exactly do you manage your LinkedIn to get leads? Do you just connect to people and post updates to your profile or do you also join groups? I've tried to join groups, but it's so much spam there, that [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43038</guid><title><![CDATA[Charlene Kingston replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43038</link> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:56:38 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/charlene-kingston/" title="Charlene Kingston" rel="nofollow">Charlene Kingston</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow">@amyhallbiz</a> I think most business people don't realize how powerful LinkedIn can be because they are overwhelmed with yet another social network to maintain. I get good leads from LinkedIn, also.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43012</guid><title><![CDATA[Ann at  greenoak replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-43012</link> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:12:06 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/annfurnivall/" title="Ann at  greenoak" rel="nofollow">Ann at  greenoak</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> mine would&#160; be&#160; our website..... it gets&#160; seen&#160; all over the&#160; country and&#160;&#160; has&#160; brought us&#160;&#160; many leads&#160;, lots&#160; turning into sales....and when they&#160; get there there is&#160; gps&#160; for directions&#160; and&#160; all the info and [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-42996</guid><title><![CDATA[Kim Kline replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-42996</link> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:41:53 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kimkline/" title="Kim Kline" rel="nofollow">Kim Kline</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow">@amyhallbiz</a> &#160;I have been using LinkedIn the same way for my company (I provide Background Check services). &#160;I have found that sharing informative articles (whether my own or not) and posting my blog has really [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-42993</guid><title><![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#38; MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-42993</link> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:27:55 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/" title="Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert" rel="nofollow">Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/charlene-kingston/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/charlene-kingston/' rel="nofollow">@charlene-kingston</a> Thanks for sharing that. I had been contemplating that as a business generating tool, but was worried about the effectiveness.  My best ROI is LinkedIn. Just posting articles that I think [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-42938</guid><title><![CDATA[Charlene Kingston replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/#post-42938</link> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:46:25 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/charlene-kingston/" title="Charlene Kingston" rel="nofollow">Charlene Kingston</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-business-generating-platforms-9-30-2012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Business Generating Platforms (9.30.2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I've always believed that creating good content is the foundation for my business growth. Primarily, I do this through my blog, and I promote the articles on many social media sites.&#160;<div></div><div>By promoting my articles on [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>