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| February 2009 Dear Client, Welcome to INNOVATE!, an administrative resource for small business owners. INNOVATE! is a product of Cybertary, a professional Virtual Assisting company. In these monthly emails we will be giving you numerous resources and tips you can use in your business, your home, your office and your life!
Valentine's Day is just around the corner and we hope to get you in the mood to keep in touch with your clients and referral partners by sharing the "love" through networking - both online and in-person.
This month in INNOVATE!, we're helping you to get out from behind your desk and in front of you clients by NETWORKING. First, we share several online Social Networking tools that are available to you. One of these tools is LinkedIn and we give you an in depth tour of LinkedIn in Part 1 of our 3 part series. Also, don't forget to get in front of your clients not only virtually but literally, we explain the importance of networking in person. Finally, we tell you how you can save time and start networking by using Cybertary for your online Social Networking needs.
February is a good month to start networking your business...your clients will start feeling the "love"!
Enjoy! | | | | Do You Twitter, Are You LinkedIn, or Have a FaceBook?
|  By Michelle UlrichVirtual Business Marketing, LLC and The Virtual NationTM Social networking is a huge part of the marketing world today. People are beginning to ask if you are on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and it's not just college kids or teens anymore either. It has become a legitimate question for business owners, too.
According to Wikipedia, "Relationship marketing is a form of marketing developed from direct response marketing campaigns conducted in the 1970's and 1980's which emphasizes customer retention and satisfaction, rather than a dominant focus on 'point of sale' transactions.
Relationship marketing differs from other forms of marketing in that it recognizes the long term value to the firm of keeping customers, as opposed to direct or "Intrusion" marketing, which focuses upon acquisition of new clients by targeting majority demographics based upon prospective client lists."
| | | | Are You LinkedIn? Purpose and Profile
| By Tracy Phipps, Owner - Cybertary, South Charlotte, NC Everyone is asking, "Are you LinkedIn?" You might not even know what it means to be LinkedIn or what is can do for you and your business. LinkedIn is a social networking site that allows you to post a profile with information about yourself and connect to individuals that you have worked with, gone to school with or done business with. But what can LinkedIn and other social networking sites do for your business? In the simplest format, by connecting to others, you have the ability to tap into their networks and meet (virtually, of course) other persons with similar interests. As an example, if you are a realtor, you would look at your connections' connections to see if you find referral sources you would like to meet, like mortgage brokers or real estate appraisers. |
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