10 Steps to Promoting with Facebook
Use the Social Networking Website to Connect with Current Customers and Attract New Ones By: E. Andre Wijnveldt, MBA Location. Location. Location. We’ve all heard that phrase when it comes to selecting real estate. It’s probably th...
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Social Media is Just Another Tool
It Is Not A Sales Plan
By Nathan Jamail
Social media is powerful, and there are many experts that have shown and believe that social media can really help a company become better known, or take the “word-of-mouth” to another level. 
Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are some of the great social media forums, but they alone will not increase a company’s sales. It is a nice added inexpensive media outlet (and highly encouraged!), but if social media is the primary source for a company to attract new customers or to sell their product and services, then they are sure to fail.
Social media should work in conjunction with a marketing and prospecting plan that is based on network marketing, cold calling, vertical marketing, and other key prospecting activities. Prospecting is still the most difficult part of any company’s sales process, but it is not complicated. Prospecting is 90% discipline and 10% skill set. Sales professionals should take the time to learn how to maximize their social media, but they should not rely on it to make their sales. In the old days, sales professionals were taught to follow their dollars. This means where a sales professional spends money, they should look there for future prospects as well, including friends and family — the “old” social network. Just like then, as it is now, social networking is not the only way to grow business and should not be relied upon exclusively. HBM
Nathan Jamail, president of the Jamail Development Group and author of "The Sales Leaders Playbook," is a motivational speaker, entrepreneur and corporate coach. To book Nathan, visit www.NathanJamail.com or contact 972-377-0030.
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Getting Started With Social Media in Your Start-Up
Use Social Media to Contribute to your Marketing Efforts By Barry Thomsen One of the fastest growing areas of electronic communication is social media. And what started as a fad has quickly turned into a new business tool to create valu...
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Seth Godin on Social networking – VIDEO
Video on Seth Godin discussing importance of Social Networking and Media. video: MarketingMarketing: Internet MarketingEcommerce: Internet MarketingFeatured Item: off 1
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The New Networking
How the Concept of Networking is Changing for Home-Based Entrepreneurs
By Nora Caley
Networking used to mean attending chamber of commerce meetings or leads groups and trying to start conversations with strangers. They might or might not be interested in your business, and you would have to hear their sales pitches, too. Those events still exist, and some business owners do find those get-togethers to be useful and even enjoyable. But today, much of the interacting has changed with social networking and other online services.
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