Paul Gillin

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Five Facebook Tips for Small Businesses

Paul Gillin

But with Facebook becoming the place you just have to be for businesses of all sizes, a little marketing know-how comes in handy. When we look at what platforms our small business customers are using for social media marketing, 94% of them are on Facebook,” Schmulen said. Tip #2: Make your offer shareable.

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Facebook Tips for Midsize Businesses

Paul Gillin

With Facebook presenting a tempting target of 800 million potential customers, small businesses are flocking to social network as a fast and easy way to generate business. I talked to Brody about tips for SMBs that want to optimize their Facebook presence. Facebook pages and apps offer easy ways to collect e-mail addresses.

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Facebook Can Work for B2B Marketers, But You Gotta Know the Rules

Paul Gillin

In my work with B2B organizations, the question of how to use Facebook is invariably front and center. This Is despite the fact that numerous surveys have shown that Facebook is one of the least effective social networks for B2B marketing. Storage maker EMC makes particularly good use of Facebook’s “Welcome&# page.

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15 Tips for Getting the Most From LinkedIn Groups

Paul Gillin

Here are 15 of my favorite tips. The language we use on Twitter doesn’t fit well in the more generous confines of a LinkedIn or Facebook post. Facebook is more playful than LinkedIn. Polls are a basic tool you can use to solicit feedback. Please add your own as comments. Ask Questions. Think of the context, too.

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What Social Media Marketers Should and Shouldn’t Do

Paul Gillin

Listen to your market and customers using tools like Twitter filters, Google Alerts and LinkedIn searches. Even though there are tools that make it possible to post the same message across multiple social networks simultaneously, I urge you not to use them in that manner. 3 Low-Cost, Low-Risk Tips For Getting Started With Social Media.

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Five Lessons From the Web 2.0 Summit

Paul Gillin

Summit in San Francisco and hear from some of the business leaders of the new Internet, including the CEOs of Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Whether it’s a coupon, shopping tip, reference source, comparison engine or something else, you’ll need to address the needs of this rapidly growing mobile audience. and Twitter. Why should you care?

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The Social CIO: Texas Health Builds a Knowledge Engine

Paul Gillin

My attitude is to let people use their breaks to develop a Facebook account or check their Gmail so they can get used to how computers work,” Marx says. Ed Marx’s Social Network Success Tips. Use the tools yourself. The social network is spread through peer referrals without the benefit of a mandate from the IT organization.