One of the biggest mistakes people make with social media marketing – Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter – is they think it means they don’t have to talk to people. They think if they’re posting to Twitter, updating their status on Facebook or posting videos to YouTube that’s it for social media marketing. But making posts without […]
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Edition 185 of the Blogging Boomers Carnival is online at Fabulous After 40. Fabulous After 40 is the creation of The Glam Gals – Deborah and JoJami. They write about how to continue looking great as you age. For those new to The Blogging Boomers Carnival, we’re a collection of bloggers who write about a variety
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We’ve all heard the saying that it takes a village to raise a child. However, if there’s one thing I’ve learned after surviving five years in business is that it also takes a village to raise a business. When I was in my mid-20s I actually tried to start my own business doing very much
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It’s that time again for the Blogging Boomers Carnival. This week Ann Harrison of Contemporary Retirement Coaching is hosting. There are some more serious posts about boomers and depression as well as research about why some people and not others have a midlife crisis. There’s also the hottest fashion trends, some cooking, energy-wasting devices and
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Here’s a nice short video from personal branding expert Lethia Owens about how to claim your Google profile. This is helpful if people are likely to search for you by name and there are others in the world who share your name. When you’re online for business, you can’t be in too many places. When
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The Blogging Boomers Carnival One of my biggest pet peeves is how when talking about baby boomers most people (particularly the media) focus on retirement. And yet the baby boomer generation covers a much larger demographic. At a conference last week, one of the speakers pointed out that George Clooney and Brad Pitt are baby
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A recent study found that boomers are adopting social media at an amazing rate – an increase of almost 100% last year. So it’s not surprising that a group of baby boomers are bloggers and that some of us have joined forces to create the Blogging Boomers Carnival. This collection of bloggers writes on a variety
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If you’re work has a visual component – graphic designers and photographers come to mind – then LinkedIn has probably felt a little cold to you. On a site like Facebook you can easily post your most attractive work and let it speak for you. After all, saying you’re a great photographer is a little
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Setting up a LinkedIn group is a great way to encourage discussion and get to know new people. However, groups on LinkedIn have been the last bastion of spammers on the site. Unless you had lots of time to moderate the group, too often people would be posting items that are unabashedly promotional, rather than
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How can you use Twitter to promote your business? This video is a discussion by Wayne Peters and Brad Gosse from the SEO Guys about how to effectively use Twitter for business, even local business. Wayne is a member of my BNI group and I’m happy to share this video with you as Brad raises
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