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Anyone Can Create a Facebook Page Using Your Brand

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Did you know that Facebook will allow anyone to create a Facebook Company Page? Facebook believes in open networking. There are few constraints on Facebook as a default, and when you create a personal profile or company page if you want to protect your privacy you can adjust your settings to suit.

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When It Comes to LinkedIn Endorsements, Are We Lemmings?

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LinkedIn endorsements are important in that they build consensus about the skills you bring to the workplace. Since they are easy to give on LinkedIn (see my post on how to endorse ), they can build quickly. But LinkedIn member, beware! That’s why it’s important to manage your endorsements on LinkedIn.

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A Social Media Strategy for B2B Marketers

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Last year I would have recommended a minimum of three social media sites to B2B marketers: LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Now I have to include SlideShare (acquired by LinkedIn in 2012), because this social media platform has exploded, with over 60 million users a month and 215 page views per month by the end of 2013.

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Social Media Marketing: Where Do I Start?

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Business to Business marketers should start with LinkedIn. For B2B marketers (consultants, business lawyers, accounting firms, technology and manufacturing companies), LinkedIn is the number one social media platform with 200 million users. Over 90 percent of corporations use LinkedIn to search for skilled workers.

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Don’t Let the Tail Wag the Dog in Your Marketing Plan

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A client came to me and said one of their customers told them, “You need to be on Facebook!” Until that time their only use of Facebook had been cursory – to connect with family and follow news about their grandkids. What do their customers do on Facebook? How well do you understand your customers?

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How to Increase Customer Loyalty through B2B Marketing

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Do they spend a lot of time on Facebook and follow your content there? Others like LinkedIn and Facebook require that customers accept your invitation. You can also provide places for customers to share with other customers, such as online discussions on LinkedIn or Facebook Groups, Twitter chats and more.

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B2B Marketers: Is Your Online Brand Working?

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She also comments that just as in Business-to-Consumer (B2C) marketing, B2B buyers’ business transactions are merging into their personal lives as they review information and emails from their mobile devices and home computers at night and on weekends. What does this mean for B2B Marketers?