Archive for April, 2011

What Your Network Marketing Up-line Mentor Does Not Want You to Understand About Social Media

How many of you network marketers start out in the business all fired up and work your tails off for 6 months to a year doing everything your up-line mentor tells you to do and you see very little ROI?  Does this sound eerily familiar? You have heard all the party lines and believe me, [...]

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Why a Really Unique Facebook Fan Page Won’t Make You Money…

As Social Media consultant, I see many different versions of the same story.  While everyone, from individuals to large corporate businesses, is shifting their marketing strategy into Social Media, many are forgetting the most important aspect of marketing…follow-up and follow through. Unique Linked-In profiles, charismatic Facebook fan pages, really cool Twitter backgrounds, and YouTube pages [...]

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Why Your Social Media Time Is Unmanageable

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Social media is integrating itself into every aspect of our lives, but most people do not understand how to harness its tactical as well as strategic power.  Time management is a familiar phrase but a misleading one.  This is because so few of us have the power to really manage our time. We can integrate [...]

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Why the Power of Social Media Will Not Benefit You

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Social Media…just that two word phrase elicits varying responses.  Some embrace it…some despise it… while many really do not have any idea what to do with it. Lately, I have been hearing more of the latter…how can I integrate social media into my business model?  Is social media really going to help my business?  Isn’t [...]

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When Your “Social Media” Becomes Too Interactive

Do you ever communicate too much?  Have you ever realized that you just showed your face card because you “communicated” too much?  Does this happen very often when using Social Media avenues for communication?  One can only assume… According to Wikipedia, “Social Media is a portal for social interaction using highly accessible and scalable communication techniques. Social media is the use of [...]

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What Your Mentor Won’t Tell You About Success and Social Media

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Technology has overtaken our lives. It fuels our business and organizes our homes. Social Media has fully integrated its roots in all aspects of what we do professionally and personally. If we are not “Tweeting” someone, we are surfing on Facebook, or making a video for Youtube. I am a huge fan of Social Media. [...]

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The Most Important Factor in Planning Your Social Media Strategy

It seems like everyone is jumping on the social media platform these days. Bloggers and pundits alike are expounding on the future of business and how social media must be integrated into your business model, including your website, or you will be considered a dinosaur within 5 years. I agree wholeheartedly.  Your business model must include at [...]

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Rants of an Annoyed Blogger

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Ok, well maybe I won’t completely rant, but I do get annoyed and mystified by individuals who have talent but refuse to follow through.  Why?  Why not push yourself to complete whatever goal you have set and make it happen?  Why do you frequently add the word “but” into the equation?  I would like to do this “but” I [...]

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Have You Caught the Big One…Or Has it Caught You?

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An avid fisherman will spend all day sitting in a boat waiting to catch the “big” one.  Some will even peer through a hole in the ice for hours in freezing temperatures patiently waiting. Fishing is a very popular sport where bait, time and patience are the keys to success. In the internet world, the new [...]

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Warning…No Laggards Allowed!

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When was the last time you received an actual letter in the mail with a stamp on the envelope?  When was the last time you used a pay phone?  These long time communication icons are quickly being erased by computer technology…technology that has changed the way we interact with each other.  Whether you like it or not, you [...]

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Who Stole Your ID When You Were Asleep?

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Are you always searching for your true identity and your purpose in life? Well, you better watch out! With the increasing number of identity theft cases, this journey may be more difficult than you imagined! Thousands of people fall victim each year to criminals who have stolen their social security numbers, credit card information, and medical insurance [...]

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