I’ve averaged about 10 twitter posts per day (Retweets of others at about a 9 to 1 ratio to tweets with my links) and at least once per day, I’ve updated my Linkedin status with something that I felt would be of interests to my contacts. While I did dive in more ambitiously on Linkedin, I only started a couple of discussions and commented on less than that. Goal: Be more active in discussions on LinkedIn and Focus. Goal: Keep up with all paying work, do our best at it and win some new business too. What were the results? Day 30 arrived and I failed. MORE >>

” In the previous blog post, Mike Volpe, CMO of HubSpot, exhorted marketers to stop buying lists and start doing their jobs: “Doing marketing right, building relationships and creating love for your company requires some work,” Volpe said. When you meet someone at an event, inquire about their positions, challenges and opportunities; offer to send them information that can help make their lives easier. ” If you don’t have the resources to develop your own content, pay special attention at timestamp 20:00 to find out how to leverage third-party content. MORE >>

LinkedIn recently added company status updates which work similarly to Facebook’s Wall feature. Recruit Staff via LinkedIn. Posting jobs and taking applications through LinkedIn helps to raise your company’s profile on the network and allows your company to stay connected with potential employees. Encourage your company’s employees to complete their LinkedIn profiles as much as possible, follow your company page, and help them list their current position with the correct company name, so that their profile will be listed on your page. MORE >>

LinkedIn is today to working professionals what Facebook was to college students when it first launched: a networking tool with a specific audience and purpose in mind. Facebook has since degenerated to an all-inclusive social media outlet for friends and family, but LinkedIn still retains its reputation as an online social networking service for the working world. As of last month, LinkedIn reported an astounding 131,200,000 members, with 12% of those being entrepreneurs.  LinkedIn Groups. Feed Your Blog Automatically to LinkedIn & Twitter. MORE >>

The only real positive I had going for me in this period was that my blog was gaining traction in less than six months of its launch and I was already gaining popularity among my social media connections (largely my ex-students). But taking responsibility for your life improves your attitude, you become more positive toward people, even negative people. Only through taking that risk of trust and working through successful collaborations that I was able to shed my emotional baggage. You may connect with him on Linkedin too. 'By Dr. So how did I learn these lessons? MORE >>