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10 Tips From Guy Kawasaki On Building a Social Media Following
"I hope social media users will listen to what Guy says. He is correct. You must be willing to share your content more than once on Twitter or it won't be seen. When we use JustRetweet or ViralContentBuzz our content gets dozens of shares - or even more - which I often retweet - and no one complains. "7 Bad Signs That Predicts You Will Not Make Money Blogging
"Google Plus, LinkedIn and pinterest are far more important now and easier to get traffic from than Reddit, Digg, or even StumbleUpon. Those are NOT where I would look for quality writers, but then I know a lot of people and have an advantage in that area. Building blogging collaborations who know what is important to those involved who share knowledge, tips for monetizing, and focus on using the same blogging communities and social networks is key to achieving success faster. Personally I prefer the CommentLuv community as it builds relationships quickly and makes it easy to tell whose blogs are related to yours or of interest to you. "2012 Blog Outreach Blogging Contest: Major Sponsors Gushcloud, UBL Team Up #SMBContest
"We're up to $6250 in cash plus some awesome non-cash prizes including CommentLuv Premium plugin licenses, BlogEngage accounts, pro versions of landing page testing solutions, and much more. This will be HUGE. More details coming as quickly as we can update all the information. If anyone wants the latest Word doc that includes who is promoting, sponsors already on board, and what top bloggers will be competing just contact @GrowMap on Twitter, GrowMap on Skype or use the contact info at GrowMap.com/contact. "Top 10 CRM Software Solutions for Small Business
"If that blog had comments enabled I would offer that SpinLessPlates has an interesting CRM for small businesses but it doesn't handle email and I just found Nimble which is the closest CRM to what I've been searching for these past many years. Nimble integrates the major social networks and email into one platform. It is fairly new and it doesn't do everything we need, but since the CEO created GoldMine I expect they will keep adding features until it does. Definitely worth a look. I wrote a post about their benefits that includes some how-to screen captures. You can find it on my blog. I'll put the link in a separate comment so BizSugar mods can delete it if they don't like links. "Subscribe
6 Reasons Why You Need a Mentor
"Between managing a business, blogging, marketing and social media many have no idea how complicated it all is. Having a mentor is the fast path to learning and can make sure you are focused on what should be your priorities. Without experience, it is too easy to end up constantly busy - but not with what will make a difference financially. As a long time mentor of small businesses and bloggers, our challenge is to make it easier for those who need a mentor to find us. Those needing a place to start can ask me in live chat at socialimplications.com. "