Not everyone has a website, I realize, but if you do, and if you’re like so many people….you don’t get the responses from it that you’d like.

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OK….so getting an MBA requires a lot of writing!!

Pretty much for the last 6 months I’ve written a 7-9 page paper each week, and you know that these are all specific types of papers with APA formatting.

It’s been SOOOO many years since I have been in college I totally don’t even remember APA and I hate reading things like this in a book, so I found the solution!!

I kept getting advice from people “Go to the bookstore and buy this certain book or that certain book on APA styles….but who wants to be flipping through pages all the time?? We ARE in the computer/internet age right??!!

Click Here to check out this software  I found!  (using this link will give you a 5% discount too!)

You’ll be shocked at how cool it is!

It’s a very inexpensive program and loads as a toolbar over your Word program so that as you are writing your paper and need to cite a reference, you fill in the blanks on the citing window and the program inserts the in-text citation as well as the full reference at the bottom of the page!!

Also, it formats the paper from the very start, you check off the boxes for the type of paper you are writing and it immediately loads the template in Word for you  complete with table of contents, body, references….Can you say “this thing does all the thinking FOR me?!!”

Anyway, check it out, I thought it may help!

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Now that you are set up and have an attention-getting profile, it’s time to start getting networked and letting people know you. There are many ways to do this in both networks. You could spend most of your free time doing this, so you need to pick your maximum-leverage actions. In LinkedIn, one of the best ways is to both ask questions and answer them. You can ask up to nine questions a month and answer unlimited questions. Some people answer dozens every week. This can be a great way to posture yourself as a trustworthy expert.  

In Facebook there are even more opportunities for connecting. You can update your current activity once a day (or more) and everyone in your network will see what you’re up to. You can interact with friends on your network in various ways and join different groups and participate actively.  

When you connect with other network members, you can add links to information on your web site. You can add a blog feed to Facebook and include such things as podcasts and videos. The opportunities to offer information are unlimited.  

But keep in mind…, you don’t want to overdo it and be pushing a lot information to people who don’t want it. Like a good web site, you can have this information available 24/7 online for those who want to know more.

I haven’t gotten to this point yet, but your online associations could lead to such things as events, teleclasses and webinars, etc. For instance, in Facebook, you can hold an event (live or virtual) and then invite everyone in your network.    

There are always opportunities to follow-up and make appointments with qualified prospects who now know, trust and like you. 
OK….now get to it, and remember with anything….any large project is a daunting task when you think about how large it is….so break it down into small tasks, feel excited when you accomplish each one, and then before you know it it’s done!

Make it a great day!

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Here’s part 2 on thoughts on social networking:

The first thing you need to do in both of these networks is to build a profile. In LinkedIn it’s more in-depth, listing your present business and jobs and is really geared to the professional.  

In Facebook it’s more open but you can also list information about your business and give people a good feeling of what you do.  

Using appropriate keywords that can be searched  by other members (in both networks) will help others locate you.

And don’t forget to include a picture that looks like you and matches the network….what I mean is in Linked in, don’t have a picture of you doing something goofy! Make it professional. Whereas Facebook is much more casual and you can get away with having a picture of you on vacation etc. Since you are using these networks professionally, look professional, both in words and visually.

So work on building your profiles and next time I’ll chat about a bit more info on how you can use these great services!Make it a great day!

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I finally took the plunge and got started in two

“Social Networking” groups – LinkedIn and Facebook. For me, the term “Online Networking” seems more correct as you are making acquaintances, having conversations, exchanging ideas and resources, as well as promoting your products and services – just like typical networking, but all online. Hey, I’m pretty new to this but I’d like to share my perspective.

Joining a network that can at long last lead you to leads and prospects…and then employ marketing systems to convert them to clients!

But you definitely don’t want to jump in with your sales presentation blaring in their face!
As soon as you join, you have an affiliation, no matter how weak. Joining gives you entrée to potentially thousands of people in a fairly short time. LinkedIn and Facebook are quite different, but both give the opportunity to make these connections and they are very popular with Independent Professionals and other small business owners.

Both are free to join. For now, just know that these are two powerful networks and I’d suggest to you to join….after all it’s free!

Next time we’ll go a bit deeper in using them

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