<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11270469665163166</id><updated>2024-11-01T04:46:57.382-06:00</updated><category term="Marketing"/><category term="Facebook"/><category term="Social Media"/><category term="Small Business"/><category term="Real Estate"/><category term="business tools"/><category term="Events"/><category term="Selling"/><category term="internet"/><category term="Affiliate Programs"/><category term="Boulder County"/><category term="Chuck Blakeman"/><category term="Community"/><category term="Crankset Group"/><category term="Harvard"/><category term="LCV Merchants"/><category term="Money"/><category term="Mortgage"/><category term="Networking"/><category term="Promoters"/><category term="motivational"/><category term="realationships"/><category term="tattoo"/><category term="viewpoints"/><category term="workforce innovation"/><category term="203K"/><category term="Business CPR workshop"/><category term="Car Dealerships"/><category term="Cards"/><category term="Earning money"/><category term="Gifting"/><category term="Gifts"/><category term="Gratitude"/><category term="Greeting Cards"/><category term="Hallmark"/><category term="Julia Gentry"/><category term="Liberty Home Loans"/><category term="LinkedIn"/><category term="Lousiville Colorado"/><category term="Mayor Michael Hancock"/><category term="Mindset"/><category term="Monthly Meeting"/><category term="Mortage"/><category term="Pam Atherton"/><category term="Peace"/><category term="Promotions"/><category term="Rally"/><category term="Send out Cards"/><category term="The Ulitimate E"/><category term="WOW"/><category term="Workshops"/><category term="World of Warcraft"/><category term="addiciton"/><category term="blizzard"/><category term="change"/><category term="food baskets"/><category term="freshstartlasertattooremoval"/><category term="gaming"/><category term="gangs"/><category term="increase revenue"/><category term="inspirational"/><category term="laser tattoo removal"/><category term="perspectives"/><category term="video"/><category term="you tube"/><title type='text'>Internet Marketing in a Box™</title><subtitle type='html'>We assist Small Business &amp;amp; Non Profit organizations set up and maintain Marketing &amp;amp; Branding through Social Media. We Also Enhance Business&amp;#39;s  Client/Employee Retention with the &amp;quot;Appreciation&amp;quot; Personalized Tools of Cards &amp;amp; Gifts!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09934148678554048262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>30</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11270469665163166.post-9157336487141005822</id><published>2013-03-06T06:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2013-04-11T22:08:15.341-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for, 4 GREAT years!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;After 4 amazing years, networking, meeting &amp;amp; assisting awesome people &amp;amp; clients, we at Internet Marketing in a Box have made a decision to transition our clients to some wonderful &amp;amp; very skilled people that will continue what we started and take your business to yet another level.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;As the Founder and President, it is with mixed emotion we end an era to begin a new one.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;We are very grateful to have shared so much and are grateful to have been such an integral&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;part of your businesses!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;We trust you will be pleased with the various transitions and we commit to be available to support you until you are comfortable with the transition!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;The last four years was full of discovery, challenges, learning new and exciting industries and most of all connecting with so many AMAZING&amp;nbsp;Entrepreneurs&amp;nbsp;and Small Business owners in Colorado!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Thank you for your candor &amp;amp; open doors to allow us into the most inner workings of your businesses, it was&amp;nbsp;certainly&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;privilege!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;We look forward to watching your business brands continue to grow and&amp;nbsp;flourish!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;As we also look &amp;nbsp;forward to continuing working along side you in many of the community groups and non profit interests we share!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;We&amp;nbsp;sincerely&amp;nbsp;THANK YOU for your business, partnership &amp;amp; friendships!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;With sincere appreciation,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Maria N. Thome &amp;amp; the Internet Marketing in a Box Team&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id=&quot;internal-source-marker_0.7969064412172884&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 48px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Should your business become active in Facebook?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;b id=&quot;internal-source-marker_0.7969064412172884&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; To help you make an informed decision about your company’s Facebook strategy, Hubspot compiled these fantastic Facebook business stats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;1. 93% of adult US Internet users are on Facebook. (source: BlogHer, April 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;2. One out of every eight minutes online is spent on Facebook. (source: ComScore, February 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;3. The average Facebook user spends more than 11 hours per month on Facebook. (sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2010 &amp;amp; Facebook Press Room, 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;4. Facebook is overtaking Google and Yahoo in total time spent online. (source: ComScore, August 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;5. Facebook has become the top choice for social sign-in. (source: Janrain, April 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;6. Facebook has become the preferred way to share content online, second only to email—for now. (source: Chadwick Martin Bailey, September 2010)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;7. The average number of “likes” per post on a brand’s Facebook page is 54. The average number of comments per post is 9. (source: Visibli, April 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;8. More than half of B2B marketers agree that Facebook is an effective marketing tool. (source: Outsell, December 2009)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;9. More than half of small businesses agree that Facebook is beneficial to their business. (source: Ad-ology, November 2010)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;10. More than 1/3 of marketers say Facebook is “critical” or “important” to their business. (source: HubSpot State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;11. The number of marketers who say Facebook is critical or important to their business has increased 83% in two years. (source: HubSpot State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;12. 67% of B2C and 41% of B2B companies that use Facebook for marketing have acquired a customer through this channel. (source: HubSpot State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Information provided by: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Internet Marketing in a Box&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/feeds/7044617250255829125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/11270469665163166/7044617250255829125?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/7044617250255829125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/7044617250255829125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/2012/11/should-your-business-become-active-in.html' title='Should your business become active in Facebook?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09934148678554048262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11270469665163166.post-6296174316150335247</id><published>2012-10-11T12:47:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-10-11T12:47:43.411-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Facebook"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="LCV Merchants"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Marketing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Money"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mortgage"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Promoters"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Real Estate"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Selling"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Small Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Social Media"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="workforce innovation"/><title type='text'>Is Social Media Just a Time Suck for Small Business, Real Estate Agents &amp; Mortgage Brokers?</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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Social media time management is an ever-evolving environment. New tools are coming out every day, and it can be hard to keep up. Furthermore, many of us, including myself, have wondered whether all the hard work will pay off. Bottom line: Leveraging social media correctly in conjunction with the rest of your marketing/business plan will increase your revenue; I saw my income increase exponentially! I will give you five tested tips and tools that will help you efficiently manage your social media.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;50 percent of small-business owners reported getting new customers from social media. (CrowdSpring)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nearly 80 percent of active Internet users visit social networks and blogs. (Nielsen)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;91 percent of online American adults (approx. 129 million) access some form of social media each month. (Experian)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;According to an analysis of 4,200 companies by the business consulting giant McKinsey Global Institute, social technologies stand to unlock from $900 billion to $1.3 trillion in value.&lt;/li&gt;
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1)&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;You must be an “iAgent” — and by that I mean, an agent of the Internet.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Mobility is key. You need to be able to work from anywhere from your “virtual office.” Whether it be on your laptop, smartphone or tablet, you must be on one of them. The operating system is your choice: Droid or iPhone or Blackberry. All have App stores where you can find Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare, etc.&lt;/div&gt;
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2)&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Dashboards.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Having all your accounts in one place really is a time saver. I use HootSuite and simply love it! I manage many of my accounts from this one platform (desktop and mobile). There are also others out there like TweetDeck, CoTweet, and Seesmic.&lt;/div&gt;
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Now, if a dashboard is too overwhelming, try connecting some of your accounts together. For instance, you can use Facebook Connect to connect your Twitter account to your Facebook profile so when you post to Facebook, your posts will feed automatically to your Twitter stream.&lt;/div&gt;
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And vice versa, you can go into your Twitter account and connect your Facebook profile. INSIDER TIP: Create a personalized #hashtag so you can build an audience around a specific theme, event or discussion topic, and then add that stream to your dashboard.&lt;/div&gt;
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3)&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Create a posts bin.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;It is a very simple tool that many agents don’t think about. When you come across good content to share, save it for later in the posts bin. So, if you have writer’s block or have been busy with customers, you will have ready-made content.&lt;/div&gt;
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4)&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Integrate a social media daily checklist.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Go here for a great one (and free) viaHubSpot&amp;nbsp;to download and personalize. Simple, easy and efficient.&lt;/div&gt;
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5)&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Take advantage of alerts apps and tools that go straight to your phone and/or email.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Depending on your preference, set them up for daily or weekly timing. My favorites are TweetAlarm, TweetBeep, Facebook Page Weekly Insights Alerts, Repinly, Pinterest Weekly, and Unroll.me.&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/feeds/6296174316150335247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/11270469665163166/6296174316150335247?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/6296174316150335247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/6296174316150335247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/2012/10/is-social-media-just-time-suck-for.html' title='Is Social Media Just a Time Suck for Small Business, Real Estate Agents &amp; Mortgage Brokers?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09934148678554048262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVC6XXpU1jtRkPJX-bosxG2PvbxqpOyw50AcZzumF6wtD8ibdaojHUBnD7G8FjOtbgpxiXA3A6AaaCCOMz_3tSM65useAGZ8WRdiKJRqKT6HN2f1nXApXP9TkD9vyup-R8QgtMumHA2Q/s72-c/plan-300x270.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11270469665163166.post-1146938638530421403</id><published>2012-08-21T11:54:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-08-21T11:54:41.296-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="business tools"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Facebook"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Marketing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Social Media"/><title type='text'>Building Your Personal Brand</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1 style=&quot;background-color: #fafafa; color: #191818; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px;&quot;&gt;Building Your Personal Brand (Pt 1 of 2)&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;entry&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fafafa; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 15px; padding-top: 15px; width: 574px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://darrenhardy.success.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/MyBrand.jpg&quot; style=&quot;color: #346ba4; padding: 0px 1px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;alignleft size-full wp-image-6212&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;http://darrenhardy.success.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/MyBrand.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); float: left; margin: 0px 15px 5px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px;&quot; title=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Describe yourself in one word.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;What’s the word?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;What one word do others use to describe you?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Don’t know? Ask a few people.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is it the same word?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;That word is your reputation, your personal brand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is that the brand you want and need to accomplish your goals in your marketplace?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;If not, that could be what’s holding you back.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;The world is changing all around us (noticed yet?). The 40-year job security is a laughable memory. Pension? Social security? Hilarious!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;No, in this day and age YOU have to create your own security. You already know that. That’s why you read&amp;nbsp;our blog.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;In this whirlwind of change the only thing that is constant and your greatest asset, no matter what the future holds, is your personal brand. It is your only security for your future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;It’s time we build your brand—the one you want and need for your greater future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;First off, let me dispel what you might think a personal brand is. It is not your business card, brochure, website or magnetic car signs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;Your personal brand is the powerful, clear, positive idea that comes to mind whenever other people think of you. It’s what you stand for—the values, abilities and actions that others associate with you. Your personal brand tells your audience: Who you are, What you do and What makes you different or How you create value for your target market.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;Look, here’s the deal… know it or not, like it or not,&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;YOU are a brand&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
And you have been shaping your brand since you first started walking and talking.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;Every day, through every communication and interaction you have, every room you walk into, every hand you shake, every picture you post, blog you publish, comment you make, tweet, ‘Like’ or Facebook posting you make, you are sculpting your brand. These many thousands of chisel marks ultimately shape the statue that is your personal brand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;So the question becomes, How does your statue look to date? Is it as magnificent as Michelangelo’s&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;David&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;or might you need to improve your sculpting skills, just a bit?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;Over the next couple posts I’ll outline a 5-point Game Plan to help you select, develop, package, distribute and reinforce your new, beautiful and compelling brand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5-Point Personal Brand-Building Game Plan &amp;nbsp;&lt;span id=&quot;more-6208&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ONE—Pick Your Word&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;Select your brand. Forcing it into a single word causes you to become crystal clear, thus making it clear how to live up to your word and for others to understand you, in a single word.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Example: What word would you use to describe me and my brand?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;My hope is you quickly picked the word “success.” Not because of the title on my business card or the masthead of our magazine, but because I personify, live up to, deliver on that word, every day in every conversation. The way I walk, talk, dress, show up, perform and deliver on every commitment I make. I am intentional about living up to and demonstrating that word in all that I do and all that I am. That’s my brand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;What’s your word? What’s your brand? Pick it now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;I want to give you some time to think about and come up with your word and we’ll continue the discussion next week.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding: 7px 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;What single word sums all that you aim for? Write the word you you’ve chosen in the comments below.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/feeds/1146938638530421403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/11270469665163166/1146938638530421403?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/1146938638530421403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/1146938638530421403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/2012/08/building-your-personal-brand.html' title='Building Your Personal Brand'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09934148678554048262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11270469665163166.post-2460167897577050860</id><published>2012-08-21T09:44:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-08-21T09:44:57.673-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Facebook"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Marketing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Selling"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Small Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Social Media"/><title type='text'>Why Every Business Should Use Facebook</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1 class=&quot;entry-title&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 7px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Why Every Business Should Use Facebook&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;entry-meta&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;meta-prep meta-prep-author&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;By&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;author vcard&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;url fn n&quot; href=&quot;http://social-media-university-global.org/author/admin/&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; title=&quot;View all posts by Lee Aase&quot;&gt;LEE AASE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;meta-sep meta-sep-entry-date&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;entry-content&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 22px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;As&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://social-media-university-global.org/2008/05/23/chancellor-in-computerworld/&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;I previously mentioned&lt;/a&gt;, I had an opportunity a couple of weeks ago to distill my thoughts on the business benefits of Facebook for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;amp;articleId=9087498&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;an article Julie Sartain was writing for&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Computerworld&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. It was a really useful exercise for me, and an opportunity to encapsulate what I’ve learned in the 10 months or so since I first wrote about&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://social-media-university-global.org/2007/07/15/facebook-business-uses/&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook Business Uses&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;You can find many of these thoughts expressed, described and demonstrated in more detail in posts linked to SMUG’s&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://social-media-university-global.org/facebook-business/&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook Business&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;page, in its&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://social-media-university-global.org/category/facebook/&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook category&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or in the formal Facebook curriculum, but I’m posting my full essay here.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://leeaase.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/fax-picture.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;alignnone size-full wp-image-731&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;http://leeaase.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/fax-picture.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 18px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;From telephones on each salesperson’s desk to fax machines in every work unit to the hundreds of millions of workplace personal computers connected to the Internet, U.S. business leaders have invested incalculable billions of dollars over the last several decades to connect their employees with the outside world and with each other.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;They’ve justified these investments because of increased productivity and greater organizational agility. In 1990, for example, being able to receive customer purchase orders by fax instead of via FedEx or local courier was a huge advance, well worth several hundred dollars for the device purchase and the monthly charges for the requisite extra phone line.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 28px 0px 14px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;And if AT&amp;amp;T had offered its business customers a free fax machine and dedicated phone line, can you imagine&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;anyone&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;declining?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Social networking sites like Facebook are a much more profound communications phenomenon than the fax, and Facebook’s functionality far surpasses the transmission of black-and-white document images. Yet not only are many businesses failing to take advantage of the free communication services Facebook provides: some&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;actively block&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;their employees from accessing it from their workstations.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;What’s wrong with this facsimile?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Can you even conceive that business owners and managers would not only reject the mythical free fax offering, but would call security to have the AT&amp;amp;T representative escorted from the premises?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Many managers misperceive Facebook, and therefore fail to appreciate its benefits. I’ve listed some practical Facebook business uses below. While every category won’t apply to every business, if you can’t find&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;some&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;way to profitably leverage a free communications network that has more than 70 million active members, your main business problem is likely lack of creative thinking and vision.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here are five&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;free&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Facebook business uses you should consider, plus a low-cost bonus:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Directory Listing:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;You can establish a free “fan” page for your business or organization in Facebook, complete with links to your Web site, photos, videos and contact information to key employees or salespeople. It’s like a supercharged multimedia white pages listing in a telephone directory. Here’s the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mayo-Clinic/7673082516&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mayo Clinic Facebook fan page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Word-of-Mouth Catalyst:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;When people become a “fan” of your organization, or when they write on your wall, it shows up on their Facebook profile and in their friends’ news feeds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Collaboration Networks:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Facebook allows you to form an unlimited number of free groups. They can be open to anyone, closed (you must invite or approve new members) or even secret (their existence doesn’t show up on your profile.) The latter two types could enable your employees to collaborate with each other and with external vendors or agencies, without providing them VPN access behind your corporate firewall.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Free Intranet:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Speaking of corporate firewalls, if you run a small business, Facebook could&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;be&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;your intranet, through a secret or closed group. You can post important updates from leadership, invite discussion and even&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://social-media-university-global.org/2008/04/23/facebook-chat-b2b-b2c-business/&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;use Facebook Chat for instant messaging&lt;/a&gt;, without any expense or IT support. Each work team or unit within your company could have its own secret Facebook group for collaboration.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;What about data security? Let’s face it: you probably have a hard enough time getting&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;your employees&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;to pay attention to your corporate priorities. Do you really think it’s likely your competitors will A) Find out that you have a secret Facebook group, B) Have the technical sophistication to engage in strategic espionage, and C) Effectively share the information from your secret group with their employees to put you at a significant competitive disadvantage?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Don’t use Facebook to store your bank account or credit card numbers or other information that could have serious legal ramifications if released, but understand this:&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;most of your corporate information just isn’t all that interesting.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Focus Groups:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Groups also let you invite current or potential customers or clients to interact with you and share feedback on your products and services. You can bring them together without travel expense or schedule coordination, and your group can be much larger than what can be managed behind the one-way mirror of a focus group.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The Non-Free Bonus:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;With 85 percent of college students having profiles, Facebook ads could be a great tool for employee recruitment. You can target pay-per-click ads to students at particular schools, with specific college majors and to undergrads or those who already have their degrees, with a link to a Facebook group or your recruiting site. The extra bonus is that by showing openness to social tools like Facebook that are part of how today’s students interact, you’re more likely to be perceived as a desirable place to work.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;I’m not advocating diving into Facebook without first thinking exactly what you hope to accomplish, and whether Facebook is the right fit. But given its power (&lt;em style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;and the new privacy settings, demonstrated in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://social-media-university-global.org/2008/04/17/facebook-limited-profile-professional-friends/&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook 210&lt;/a&gt;, which enable separation of personal and professional networking&lt;/em&gt;), the burden of proof in the discussion should be on those who oppose its use.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;What do you think? What other practical uses for Facebook have you found? I’d love to hear your stories. And if you disagree with anything I’ve said, I’d be glad to hear your reasons.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/feeds/2460167897577050860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/11270469665163166/2460167897577050860?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/2460167897577050860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/2460167897577050860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/2012/08/why-every-business-should-use-facebook.html' title='Why Every Business Should Use Facebook'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09934148678554048262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11270469665163166.post-5295315866914118292</id><published>2012-08-13T10:11:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-08-13T10:11:26.041-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Facebook"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Marketing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mayor Michael Hancock"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Social Media"/><title type='text'>AWESOME to meet Mayor Michael Hancock &amp; be a Part of the Peace March!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;Myself and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a data-hovercard=&quot;/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=108688055883389&quot; href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/InternetMarketinginaBox&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Internet Marketing in a Box&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;were glad to support &amp;amp; market for our client&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a data-hovercard=&quot;/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=216380955133074&quot; href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/FreshStartLaserSkinRejuvTattooRemoval&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Fresh Start Laser Skin Rejuv &amp;amp; Tattoo Removal Clinic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;as a part of this PEACE event! And I must say it was also AWESOME to meet Mayor Michael Hancock!! This was truly an uplifting event and proof people from all walks of life and various ethnicity can come together in Joy &amp;amp; Peace!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Add lots of personality and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Unique-large&quot; class=&quot;alignright size-full wp-image-1197&quot; height=&quot;108&quot; src=&quot;http://blog.socialmaximizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Unique-large.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid black; float: right; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;&quot; width=&quot;142&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;fun to your profile. If possible, try to create applications just for your page. Offer something different so that they keep coming back, instead of letting them wait for updates from you. If you check&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/dell?v=wall&amp;amp;ref=ts&quot; style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dell’s Facebook page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;, you’ll see that it keeps updating its status and gives new information on their products and about technology.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/feeds/8204226680976771964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/11270469665163166/8204226680976771964?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/8204226680976771964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/8204226680976771964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/2012/08/did-you-know-there-is-nothing-more.html' title='did you know there is nothing more boring then a bland FB page?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09934148678554048262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11270469665163166.post-1533099907470239474</id><published>2012-08-07T07:54:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-08-07T07:54:36.802-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="business tools"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Facebook"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Marketing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Small Business"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Social Media"/><title type='text'>Is your Business on Facebook??</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;Is your Business on Facebook?? Check out these stats....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;Need to set up a page or maintain one? We can help ~ :)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;                                                 &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;&quot;&gt;An affluent customer who&#39;s willing to recommend his or her bank to friends is worth &lt;span style=&quot;color: #00456a; font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$9,500&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; more to the company than a similarly wealthy customer who spreads negative reports about it, according to &lt;em&gt;The Ultimate Question 2.0&lt;/em&gt;,  by Fred Reichheld with Rob Markey. Promoters of a business are usually  less price sensitive than other customers, and they appreciate the  overall quality and they receive from the company; the opposite is true  for detractors, who have a negative lifetime value, the &lt;br /&gt;
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This is the access point to our personal store front! Ready to start sending out Cards &amp;amp; Gifts?&lt;br /&gt;
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We are so excited to share this fantastic tool for your personal &amp;amp; business life! As a business professional and a person whose energy signature is that of &quot;giving&quot;, &quot;gratefulness&quot; &amp;amp; &quot;appreciation&quot; I find being a &quot;Greeting Cards and Gifting&quot; distributor to have all the simple functionality to allow me &amp;amp; my business to be in the &quot;attitude of gratitude&quot; consistently &amp;amp; with EASE, from my Smart Phone or PC with smooth access even when I travel and all this PERSONALIZATION, card &amp;amp; gift giving for a very reasonable cost! &lt;br /&gt;
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If you are like me and recognize clients, vendors, potential clients as well as friends &amp;amp; family with a Thank You, Happy Birthday, Congrats etc. You are spending money on cards &amp;amp; gifts as well as the time it takes to shop, get stamps, package a gift and then the line at the post office. Well, Click on Create an Account and see how simple it is to sign up for a Retail account, having comfort knowing your unused cards are never lost, they simply roll over! How great is THAT? &lt;br /&gt;
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Try us out, you can cancel at anytime! &lt;br /&gt;
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PS: If you find yourself loving the ease of it all and sharing this amazing way to appreciate the people in your life, then consider being a distributor like me, I would love to hear from you and help you on your journey to live the life you intend by being in appreciation!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;firstParagraph&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;TORRANCE, Calif. —Just a few years ago, John Pohlig might have hung up balloons and perhaps an inflatable gorilla outside this Honda dealership here to attract shoppers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inset&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 245px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;columnistmug&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 240px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://i.usatoday.net/tech/_photos/2011/08/09/Car-dealers-go-social-F69GVRS-x-large.jpg&quot; style=&quot;cursor: pointer; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;John Pohlig, director of marketing for Scott Robinson Honda in Torrance, California, uses Facebook and other social media to try and increase business.&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;184&quot; src=&quot;http://i.usatoday.net/tech/_photos/2011/08/09/Car-dealers-go-social-F69GVRS-x.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; 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&lt;div class=&quot;credit&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; float: right; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ppy-text&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; letter-spacing: normal;&quot;&gt;Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;clear: both; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ppy-text&quot; style=&quot;color: #eeeeee; letter-spacing: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;cutline style=&quot;background-color: #444444;&quot;&gt;John Pohlig, director of marketing for Scott Robinson Honda in Torrance, California, uses Facebook and other social media to try and increase business.&lt;/cutline&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;Instead he&#39;s posting notes on Facebook and other social media sites. The effort is aimed at getting people to comment on what kind of car they&#39;re likely to drive on a vacation — and includes dangling the chance to win a free iPad in return for a &quot;like&quot; endorsement on Facebook.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;Four thousand &quot;likes&quot; later, and Scott Robinson Honda has a huge Facebook base. But can Pohlig, the dealer&#39;s marketing director, point to actual car sales from his activities?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;&quot;No,&quot; he says. &quot;But we&#39;re building relevance out there. Our objective is to reach as many people as possible. Over the long run, this will help build our business and our company.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;Active Facebook users can&#39;t help but notice that more businesses are creeping into the conversation on the social networking site — and that local car dealers are one of the most aggressive and prominent talkers. Some 41% of dealers now have Facebook pages, according to CNW Research.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;inline-h3&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;MORE: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-08-09-social-auto-dealers-side_n.htm&quot; style=&quot;cursor: pointer; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;&quot;&gt;Five social media marketing tips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;Most dealers, however, farm out the social media posting work to others. &quot;Their niche is selling and servicing cars,&quot; says Richard Valente, founder and CEO of Irvine-based TK Carsites, which provides Internet marketing services for dealers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;Matthew Funk, an aspiring &lt;a href=&quot;http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Places,+Geography/Towns,+Cities,+Counties/Los+Angeles&quot; style=&quot;cursor: pointer; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;More news, photos about Los Angeles&quot;&gt;Los Angeles&lt;/a&gt; novelist, is one of the TK Carsites writers who pens Facebook notes for dealers and assists them with their strategic plans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;&quot;Auto dealers not on Facebook are missing the boat because that&#39;s where their customers are,&quot; he says. &quot;And that&#39;s where their customers expect them to be.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;background-color: #444444;&quot;&gt;Shifting to the Web&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;Valente&#39;s firm helps some 40 dealers nationwide with their daily Facebook image, both in penning notes and advising them on social media strategy. TK Carsites&#39; rates start at $700 monthly for basic Facebook marketing and go all the way up to $8,000 monthly for website design, hosting and marketing services.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;Some dealers are more proactive than others. Chuck Capps, one of the owners of Advantage Nissan in Bremerton, Wash., says he spends a few hours daily on social media. Facebook may not be a huge traffic builder for the dealers, but it does help get people to their websites, emerging as a vital marketing tool that for some has replaced the weekend newspaper ad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;Thanks to widgets designed by TK Carsites, Capps can instantly initiate a chat session with a Web shopper, offer directions to the dealership, show videos of cars, and tout discounts and specials.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;So much so that some 68% of his business now starts at the website — from customers finding the dealership online, initiating contact and making an appointment to meet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;&quot;People don&#39;t just drop in like they used to,&quot; he says. &quot;Before they visit, they&#39;ve already done their homework, narrowed their choice down to 2 or 3 vehicles, talked to us online about pricing.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;Capps used to spend $25,000 monthly on weekly newspaper, radio and TV advertising. Now he&#39;s only spending money online, with $8,000 monthly to TK Carsites.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;At Holmes Honda, in Shreveport, La., e-commerce director Bear Goodman says his Internet sales department has helped generate 30% of the company&#39;s total income.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inside-copy&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;&quot;People don&#39;t have time to spend all day at the dealership anymore,&quot; he says. &quot;We answer all their questions online before they come in, and get them right out.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;clear&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;corrections&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;&quot;&gt;For more information about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usatoday.com/marketing/questions.htm?POE=FOOTER#contentLicensingTop&quot; style=&quot;cursor: pointer; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;reprints &amp;amp; permissions&lt;/a&gt;, visit our FAQ&#39;s. 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Thank you to EVERYONE  especially Chuck Blakeman, Jen, Nora &amp;amp; the Crankset Group for making this  such a great event ~ ideas were flowing ~ friendships made and even a few loan  deals! Thank you to all those who donated the great give aways! (CranksetGroup,  Liberty Home Loans, JB Group, &amp;amp; Internet Marketing in a&amp;nbsp; Box) Thank you to  Liberty Home Loans for being the big Sponsor! So appreciate all the positive  feedback/ glad this event served &amp;amp; was of value ~ all the follow up will  begin today and watch for pics of the event to post up next week! May we all  find our &quot;Why&#39;s&quot; and begin making a significant impact in our lives &amp;amp; in the  lives of others!! ~ :)&lt;br /&gt;
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Note: A very Special Thank you goes out to Megan McDonald, girl you are the  ultimate connector and it is YOU and your giving nature that truly made all this  possible! I am so GRATEFUL!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;form action=&quot;/ajax/ufi/modify.php&quot; class=&quot;live_10150203266964916_131325686911214 commentable_item autoexpand_mode&quot; data-live=&quot;{&amp;quot;seq&amp;quot;:16907545}&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; rel=&quot;async&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;uiList uiUfi focus_target fbUfi&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:30}&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;uiUfiComments uiListItem  uiListVerticalItemBorder&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:32}&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;commentList&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;uiUfiComment comment_16890745 ufiItem ufiItem&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;UIImageBlock clearfix uiUfiActorBlock&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:33}&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;commentActions fsm fwn fcg&quot;&gt;&lt;abbr data-date=&quot;Thu, 26 May 2011 06:01:01 -0700&quot; title=&quot;Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 7:01am&quot;&gt;May 26 at 7:01am&lt;/abbr&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;comment_like_16890745 fsm fwn fcg&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:36}&quot;&gt;&lt;button class=&quot;stat_elem as_link cmnt_like_link&quot; name=&quot;like_comment_id[16890745]&quot; title=&quot;Like this comment&quot; type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;16890745&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;default_message&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/button&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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Reminder this week is the Monthly meeting - please click on one of the Event invites and RSVP! See you there :)&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you,  Julia Gentry, Pam Atherton &amp;amp;  Business CPR workshop!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; class=&quot;BLOGGER-youtube-video&quot; classid=&quot;clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000&quot; codebase=&quot;http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;http://0.gvt0.com/vi/1Vt_YdS66dw/0.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/1Vt_YdS66dw&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;bgcolor&quot; value=&quot;#FFFFFF&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot;  src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/1Vt_YdS66dw&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h6 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;h6 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/feeds/9149268422493213879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/11270469665163166/9149268422493213879?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/9149268422493213879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/9149268422493213879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/2011/07/small-business-people-supporting-and.html' title='Small Business People supporting and learning from one another!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09934148678554048262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11270469665163166.post-3153498242970452326</id><published>2011-07-17T22:42:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-07-17T22:42:01.616-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="203K"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Marketing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mortgage"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Promotions"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Real Estate"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="realationships"/><title type='text'>Sterling Innovations Coordinates 203K continuing education for a Mortage Client</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://picasaweb.google.com/103530875732293330556/SterlingInnovationsCoordinates203KContinuingEducationForLHL?authuser=0&amp;amp;feat=directlink&quot;&gt;Click here to see pics of the Event!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A Reframing Matrix is a simple technique that                    helps you to look at business problems from a number of different                    viewpoints. It expands the range of creative solutions that you can                    generate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;w246tile&quot;&gt; &lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;http://64.19.142.12/www.mindtools.com/media/HomePage/perspectives_226x150.jpg&quot; width=&quot;226&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;10&quot; src=&quot;http://64.19.142.12/www.mindtools.com/images/box/bottom246.gif&quot; width=&quot;246&quot; /&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;padding: 5px 0pt 0pt;&quot;&gt;Things look different when you change perspective.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;photocaptioncopyright&quot;&gt;© iStockphoto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The approach relies on the fact that different people with different                    experience approach problems in different ways. What this technique                    helps you to do is to put yourself into the minds of different                    people and imagine the solutions they would come up with.&lt;br /&gt;
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We do this by putting the question to be asked in the middle of a                    grid. We use boxes around the grid for the different perspectives.                    This is just an easy way of laying the problem out, so if it does                    not suit you, change it.&lt;br /&gt;
We will look at two different approaches to the reframing matrix –                    you could, however, use this approach in many different ways.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;The 4 Ps Approach&lt;/h2&gt;This relies on looking at a problem from different perspectives                    within a business. The 4 Ps approach looks at problems from the                    following viewpoints:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product perspective&lt;/strong&gt;: Is there something wrong with the product?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Planning perspective&lt;/strong&gt;: Are our business plans or marketing plans at                      fault?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potential perspective&lt;/strong&gt;: If we were to seriously increase our targets,                      how would we achieve these increases?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;People perspective&lt;/strong&gt;: Why do people choose one product over another?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;An example of this approach is shown below:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;264&quot; src=&quot;http://64.19.142.10/www.mindtools.com/media/Diagrams/Ct7_1.gif&quot; width=&quot;454&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2&gt;The &#39;Professions Approach&#39;&lt;/h2&gt;Another approach to using a reframing matrix is to look at the                    problem from the viewpoints of different specialists. The way, for                    example, that a doctor looks at a problem would be different from                    the approach a civil engineer would use. This would be different                    from a sales manager&#39;s perspective.&lt;br /&gt;
The idea of the Reframing Matrix was devised by Michael Morgan in                    his book &#39;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1875680020/qid=1059756607/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/mindtools&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Creating Workforce Innovation&lt;/a&gt; &#39;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/feeds/208418726478859529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/11270469665163166/208418726478859529?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/208418726478859529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11270469665163166/posts/default/208418726478859529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://internetmarketinginabox.blogspot.com/2011/07/reframing-matrix-creativity-tools-from.html' title='The Reframing Matrix - Creativity tools from MindTools.com'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09934148678554048262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11270469665163166.post-8017775989988709290</id><published>2011-07-13T20:48:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-07-13T20:53:17.940-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="addiciton"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blizzard"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gaming"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="realationships"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="World of Warcraft"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="WOW"/><title type='text'>How to Break a World of Warcraft Addiction - wikiHow</title><content type='html'>Do you know someone who plays this game? Are you in a relationship with someone who plays this game? You are not alone- encourage that person to READ this article - and seek help! Hopefully your friend will choose REALITY and the REAL people in life ~:) Good luck!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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