November 2009

The New York Times on Marketing your Business with Facebook

by Alice on November 19, 2009

How to Market Your Business With Facebook

By KERMIT PATTISON Published: November 11, 2009

Quick Tips:

  • Identify a short list of goals before you begin.
  • Show some personality in your page.
  • Don’t shill. Use your page to engage-and trust that sales will follow.
  • Use Facebook data to analyze your customer demographics.

A growing number of businesses are making Facebook an indispensible part of hanging out their shingles. Small businesses are using it to find new customers, build online communities of fans and dig into gold mines of demographic information.

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6 Must-Follow Steps for Selling in Any Economy

by Alice on November 13, 2009

Here is some great advice from Mashable http://mashable.com/2009/08/20/sales-tips/.  This is a blog that I follow for great advice on social media and other interesting business topics.

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Ducks Quacks, Eagles Soar

November 11, 2009

No one can make you serve customers well….that’s because great service is a choice. Harvey Mackay, tells a wonderful story about a cab driver that proved this point. He was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a cab pulled up, the first thing Harvey noticed was that the taxi was polished [...]

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