Last week, Brian Haines of About.com had the opportunity to have CEO and Co-Founder of BuzzStream, Paul May, respond to a Q&A. He runs a unique business, helping other business track their “buzz” and to create new activity.
Regarding how businesses should get started in social media, Paul advises:
“The best way to get started is to just get started…you don’t have to come up with the grand strategy beforehand. In my view, the key component is testing. For example, if your objective is to drive leads, try different approaches (commenting on posts, blogging, twitter, etc.) and watch your analytics to see how it impacts actual traffic, leads, and conversions.”
Read the full interview with Paul May.
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LinkedIn can serve as a valuable online job-hunting tool, even for those who want to work at home, but you’ll want to use LinkedIn to its full advantage to be successful. With more than 65 million members worldwide, LinkedIn can help you find opportunities to find work from home jobs. Many job openings you’ll find posted on LinkedIn are exclusive to LinkedIn and are not advertised anywhere else. This means creating a LinkedIn login and setting up a great LinkedIn profile, perhaps even with a custom LinkedIn URL, can open doors that might otherwise be closed.
Setting Up LinkedIn To Find Jobs
Job seekers who are on the hunt for at home work need to make sure their LinkedIn profiles are set up to shine. If you search for and join groups related to the kind of work you’re looking for, you’ll not only show employers you’re active in that area but you may also be able to invite some of them to join your LinkedIn network through your group memberships and participation in discussions.
Finding Work From Home On LinkedIn
In addition to its free basic account, LinkedIn also has a premium paid membership option that may be of help to job hunters. Some of the options you have to find potential work from home jobs on LinkedIn include: * Search for Jobs Using the “Jobs” tab. You can join groups on LinkedIn that are relevant to your current field, your desired field or groups related to finding jobs. As you gain connections on LinkedIn, make sure some of your contacts are aware that you are looking for work from home.
Avoiding Work from Home Scams
Like any outlet that advertises work from home opportunities, LinkedIn isn’t immune to work from home scams. For more information on how to avoid scams on LinkedIn and even more information on how you can find work at home jobs using this very popular social resource, read on!
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Kudos to the search engines for dropping a great business right in your lap. Starting an online business has now just become a much easier proposition as a small business marketing consultant.
“Huh?” you say. “What?” you ask.
Well, if you read my blog post Google Goes Loco, Oops, I Mean Local on All Searches you’ll know that since April of 2009 Google has been serving local results with its search results. You see from its own research Google has discovered that 70% of its searches is done with local intent. That means 70% of the time people are searching Google, they are looking for products or services from “local” businesses. Since Google wants to stay on top as the #1 Search Engine, the people at Google decided that they better make provisions for local business search results…so voila, Local Search was born. By the way, Bing and Yahoo followed suit with their own local search results, as well.
So What Is Local Search Exactly?
Local Search is the Internet’s version of the phone book…but it’s faster, much more dynamic, and very responsive. It’s kind of like the phone book on steroids….but better!
You’ve probably seen local search results and didn’t even know it. Local results consist of a Google Map and a listing of 1-7 businesses to the right of the map (similar to the image below).
These same listings also appear on Google Mobile which can be accessed using today’s smart phones. The listings conveniently provide all the information that a prospective customer needs in order to visit or contact the business including phone numbers, website links, email addresses, reviews and a whole lot more. Can’t you see already how important it is for a small business owner to get their business listed in the Local Search Results? And the good news for you is that they don’t know how to do it.
Throw away the phonebook! Forget about the Yellow Pages! Small business owners need to get their businesses onto Local Search now….and I’m going to show you how to do it.
Stay tuned for my next post when I show you how you can launch your career as a Small Business Marketing Consultant helping local business owners get their business on the first page of Local Search! Best part…you don’t need any special skills other than what I show you. Oh, and another goodie…For those who shudder at the thought of picking up a telephone and cold-calling prospective customers, I’ll show you how to launch and grow your business without a single sales call…and business owners will literally race to the front of the line so you can help them get onto Local Search!
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This week’s work from home jobs have been posted. 13 new work from home jobs are featured in this week’s list.
This week’s opportunities to work from home include an in international flair with a position for a blogger who knows the job search market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Also included are positions for a work from home English Composition instructor as well as an Online High School Principal who has licensure in the state of Colorado.
Check this Week’s Work from Home Jobs
This Week’s Bonus Work from Home Job:
Eldercare Advisor (Work from Home Sales – Multiple Locations Open)
This week’s bonus work at home job is for a sales professional with a company called A Place for Mom. The company employs over 450 employees in over 40 states across the country. This is a full time (40 hour per week) position. Advisors are expected to work at least one evening during the week and work a few hours every other Saturday to make family calls.
This Week’s Work from Home Jobs originally appeared on About.com Home Business on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 00:21:23.
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LinkedIn can be a great way to promote your home business. Here are a few reasons why:
- LinkedIn is a network with 65 million business professionals around the world.
- The average LinkedIn member has an average annual household income of $109,000.
- One person creates a LinkedIn login every second.
- Nearly 50% of LinkedIn members have decision-making authority for their companies.
It’s easy to see why LinkedIn is considered the world’s largest audience of influential, affluent professionals in one place. Like other forms of Internet marketing, marketing a small or home business on LinkedIn is relatively inexpensive and provides a lot of bang for the buck. If that’s the market you are trying to reach, you need to get in the game.
Read the rest: How to Use LinkedIn to Promote Your Business
More on LinkedIn
- How Does LinkedIn Work?
- How to Create a Great LinkedIn Profile
- How to Create a LinkedIn Badge
- How to Create a Custom URL for your LinkedIn Profile
- How to Find Jobs on LinkedIn
How to Use LinkedIn to Promote Your Business originally appeared on About.com Home Business on Thursday, June 24th, 2010 at 12:44:27.
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