Since I’m new to social bookmarking myself, I thought I’d ask my LinkedIn network for their thoughts. As always, I got some great ideas from them, including strategies I might not have thought up myself. On of the main uses of social bookmarking is sharing of links. Whether it’s for people using multiple computers (one […]
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Like all things social media, social bookmarking is something I have known about for a while but have hesitated using because I didn’t really understand it. However recently a few friends have convinced me of the benefits. I’ve spent some time using both Delicious (formerly Del.icio.us) and StumbleUpon, added plug-ins for both sites to my
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Thanks to Janet Barclay’s Tweet this morning, I’ve discovered an interesting new tool called Loaded Web. The folks at Loaded Web are “trying to be the first purely geo-based blog directory. This means we want to organize blogs primarily by geography – where the blogger is from.” They are doing the same for Twitter. Why
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This week’s host of the Blogging Boomers Carnival is Dina at This Marriage Thing. Dina writes about the ups and downs of marriage in your boomer years. In addition to Dina, this week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival includes posts about Barbara Weibel’s foray into opera, alternatives to the middle-aged mini skirt, moving away from anger, responsiblity
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As an entrepreneur without a business degree (I studied history and then journalism) I’ve had to spend a lot of time learning on my own. This has meant reading a variety of business books. However, even if I had an MBA, I suspect I’d still be doing a lot of reading. Things change so fast,
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Knowing how much to share of yourself is one of the biggest stumbling blocks people have about social media. In traditional marketing you are talking about the product or the results the product achieves, not yourself. But social media turns that on its head. People expect you to talk about yourself. And that’s not a
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I often hear from people who spent some time on Facebook or LinkedIn but eventually gave up because they just didn’t see results. Others keep going but are telling me they don’t know if it’s working. If you’re not seeing results – or you’re just not sure what they are – you need to take
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The Boomer Chronicles is the host of this week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival. The Boomer Chronicles author Rhea’s motto is “I’m a baby boomer, I have a blog, and I know how to use it.” Her blog stirs up conversation and really puts the “social” in social media. In this edition of the Carnival you’ll find
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For many small business owners, learning is a key part of becoming successful. No matter how much experience you had in the work world, there will be areas of running a business that are new to you: perhaps accounting, marketing, sales, technology. And worse, technology changes so rapidly that even if you were up to
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Just last week I was a guest on the Growing Bolder radio show, talking about socia media and baby boomer entrepreneurs. The recording is now live on their website. Please take a listen when you have a moment. Andrea J. Stenberg
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