How To Use Linkedin To Generate Business

While Social Media is definitely the hot topic of conversation this year, most of the tools focus on consumer centric business, and improving communication. If you provide B2B consulting, services or products, your options for social media are fairly limited, let’s be honest you probably won’t find many fans for your Facebook Legal Incorporation Services page. For these types of businesses, LinkedIn is a much better alternative. Here is a collection of tips I recommend using.

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Most important: be social. Don't just create a LinkedIn account and think it'll turn into leads and business without putting in the effort of joining groups, starting conversations, posting valuable information, being involved.

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Marketers advised to use social media but get back to basics - Social Media Marketing Consultant

Consumers don't want to have a friendship with their toothpaste.

That was the message this week for marketers from Jonathan Salem Baskin of Advertising Age, who said the social media push by companies is getting away from the basics of advertising: making money for the client.

``As an industry, we've allowed this nonsense to get out of hand,'' Baskin, a marketing consultant and columnist for Advertising Age, told about 70 attendees at the global Worldwide Partners advertising conference in Miami Beach. ``Ultimately, we're about selling stuff, and I think that's what we have to get back to.''

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Are you investing in social media without seeing sales? Need help making cost-effective use of your social media marketing efforts? Contact brent [at] stirsolutions.com in Vancouver Canada today for a free social media marketing consultation

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Shoutlet - social media communication platform for social media marketers

Create, distribute, track, and engage with video, polls, text messaging, podcasts, RSS, e-mail, and more all through one multi-user application designed specifically for marketers.

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Exploring Shoutlet. Have you tried it?

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Tools For Businesses On Foursquare - Social Media Marketing for Business

Should your business join Foursquare?

The answer depends on what type of business you are and the demographic of your customer. Local consumer oriented busineses that depend on foot traffic will get the most out of Foursquare, especially if your customers are gadget-friendly, smart phone owners. However, your business has to be something that people want to tell others about. It might be pretty hard to get someone to check in to a dry cleaner store, but if you offer check in incentives (like dry cleaning coupons), Foursquare just might work for you.

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Need assistance with using Foursquare, Gowalla and other geo-location mobile apps for your business or non profit marketing campaign? Contact social media marketing consultant Brent Purves in Vancouver Canada at brent[at]stirgroup.com today http://www.BrentPurves.com and http://www.StirGroup.com

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