Category: How To

6 Tips to Increase Your Facebook EdgeRank and Exposure

April 28, 2011

Ever wonder why you can have 548 friends on Facebook, yet only 15-20 show up in your news feed? It's not that those other friends have stopped using Facebook; chances are they're still there. It's just that they aren't showing up in your news feed.

If you haven't noticed, there are now two settings on your Facebook news feed: "Most Recent," which shows most of the content published by your Facebook friends in chronological order and "Top News," which filters content based on EdgeRank.

Friends and fan pages with a high EdgeRank are more

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6 Steps to Expanding Your Network With LinkedIn Company Search

April 20, 2011

If you've spent some time on LinkedIn, you may realize that the network allows for companies to build dynamic profiles on the site. Did you know that you can discover important information conducting company searches?

What is LinkedIn Company Search?

According to LinkedIn, your professional network isn't just about the people you know, it's also about the companies in your network and how you're connected to them. LinkedIn's new Company Search provides an opportunity to discover connections in your network and filter them by the companies

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8 Ways to Successfully Sell Using Social Media

April 19, 2011

There's this age-old problem with selling: If we could only get more people to pay attention to us, we could build relationships that lead to sales.

Fortunately, social media offers an amazing source of business opportunities. If you approach it the right way, you can build many relationships that could be crucial to your business growth and success.

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How to Use Geolocation in Your Marketing Initiatives

April 14, 2011

2011 has been hailed as the "year of geolocation." Alas, so was 2010. As was 2009 and 2008. Yet geolocation services like Foursquare and Gowalla continue to seek mainstream audiences with limited success.

Most smartphone users have never used a geolocation app. What's holding them back? And how should marketers approach these emerging technologies?
The Value of Geolocation
It's easy to see why marketers would be interested in geolocation: You can effectively target customers at the most important point in the consideration cycle –

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