by davenelsen | Oct 6, 2011 | Social Media for Business
When Google announced a new social network called Google+, I ignored it. Using a loose definition, Google had already “failed” at social networking three times, with Orkut, Wave, and Buzz. Are you using any of these? You never even heard of them? I figured that Google...
by davenelsen | Sep 16, 2011 | Social Media for Business
You probably use Google many times a day. What if there was a comparable tool for finding people? Actually, there is, although most people don’t think of it or use it in this way. It’s called LinkedIn, a network of 125,000,000 business professionals....
by davenelsen | Aug 22, 2011 | Social Media for Business, TEQ Articles
There are myriad reasons that business social media initiatives fail. If your company’s social media program is not working, perhaps it is for one of these reasons: You’re pushing marketing information at them. News flash: Your prospects already have all the marketing...
by davenelsen | Jul 11, 2011 | Social Media for Business
First published: July 11, 2011. Last updated: November 11, 2022. By default, when you connect with someone on LinkedIn, all of your connections become visible to them. This should set off alarm bells for most people. (Side note: If you haven’t watched The Social...
by davenelsen | Jun 29, 2011 | Social Media for Business, TEQ Articles
As featured in TEQ Magazine: Have you noticed these things called Quick Response codes (or more commonly, QR codes) like the one to the left? Suddenly they’re everywhere. I see them on the front page of our local newspaper, on the sides of buildings, in magazine ads,...
by davenelsen | Apr 28, 2011 | Social Media for Business
As featured in TEQ Magazine: Many people (as in 200,000,000) are familiar with blogging, one of the earliest forms of social media. But did you know that you can use a blog platform, WordPress, to build your entire website? Check out my website, www.WeSocialize.biz,...