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I know you may find this surprising since I am always chatting about connecting on the Internet, but I am a big believer in face-to-face networking. In fact, if you spend all your time being social on social media, it is my belief that you will get nowhere fast. The main idea behind using social media for business is to convert your connections into real time engagement as in pipeline, networking, collaboration. Lately, I have been putting my money where my mouth is and getting out and networking. It has been both fun and rewarding for me. I met a few key business people and engaged on a number of consulting projects as a result of live networking. I am not saying that a few of these budding relationships did not sprout on social media, but they did take meeting in person to bloom. You see social media is like the match.com of networking. Nothing can happen if you just keep looking at profiles online, you must get out there an meet. So I say to you…Get out and Network! Find ONE event in your area that you can attend and take the plunge. However, avoid a few dating, I mean networking pitfalls. Here is to you finding the connection of your dreams. Happy Networking. Rachel http://backngroovemom.com ShareThis MORE NEWS FROM STARTUP NATION5 Marketing Lessons We Can Learn from GoogleI am always looking for ways to help my small business clients get more results in their marketing. This week I got an unsolicited telephone call from Google, of all companies, which started me thinking. Why is Google, who is unquestionably the king of online marketing, engaging in telemarketing? I’d be interested to hear what the people at Google have to say. But in the meantime, I did my own research and discovered that Google does not only count on online marketing to reach new customers, they employ other marketing methods as well. 86 Common Sense Marketing Ideas for StartupsWhen starting a business, marketing is (or should be) the business owner’s biggest priority. Yet many startups have no clue about marketing. With that in mind, I thought who better to learn what works in marketing than from those who have gone before? I reached out to established business owners across all industries to see what marketing ideas would come up. I got so many incredible tips; I decided to use them all! Of course they may or may not all apply to your business, but there are some great ideas and some common themes. Add yours to the list in the comments! Conference Survival TacticsI just returned home from a few days away at a conference. As always, getting back in the groove is difficult when returning from being away whether for pleasure or business. That is not what I am going to write about though. Rather, I am going to address the leaving for a trip instead. Spring into SEO Action!Spring is here, and it’s time to take action before the “slow days of summer” arrive (when you’d rather be outside than behind your desk). Want a “Happiness Problem”?Your phone rings off the hook. RELATED SMALL BUSINESS NEWSWhy There's Not Much Sizzle In Two Burger Chains' IPO PlansCan two also-ran burger chains that struggled through the recession win over Wall Street investors? We'll soon find out, as fast-food franchisor CKE Restaurants -- corporate parent of both Carl's Jr. and Hardee's -- recently filed to go public, seeking roughly $100 million and applying for the stock... No room for weeniesNo use complaining Keep up won’t you? There’s no room for weenies in the global micro enterprise community. My hapless and hopeless UK agent, Tony Robinson OBE, sent me a press clipping of what Serena Williams said after winning the Madrid Open last week. He’s obsessed by how Ser... Day 2: National Small Business Week - Corinne’s Catfish Tells Us Why They Love ItFor today’s post, we spoke with Orin Moore, owner and founder of Corinne’s Catfish in Lewisville, Texas. The On Deck Team found this story particularly inspiring – and we hope our readers to do. Creating Google Alerts Directly in Google AnalyticsA few weeks back I wrote about the powerful new metrics that small business owners can glean from the new Social reports within Google Analytics. And since that post, even more neat features have been released to help business owners learn more about not only what’s happening on their site, but what’s happening off of it, as well. How Ads on Your Site Can Affect SEO (Video)Your search rankings could be suffering if there are a number of advertisements above the content on your website. ... |
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