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Give before you get when marketing online

By Tim Priebe | December 24, 2012

A key concept that many people miss out on when marketing themselves or their company online is the idea of giving before they get. You need to provide some sort of value, however small, before you can expect to ever receive anything in return. I recently performed an experiment on LinkedIn that demonstrates one way you could apply this concept.

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The extreme danger of endorsements on LinkedIn

By Tim Priebe | December 10, 2012

Endorsements are a feature that LinkedIn is now trying to push over recommendations. An endorsement when someone says that you have a specific skill. It’s as easy as liking something on Facebook, and LinkedIn is now putting much more emphasis on endorsements than it is on recommendations. Unfortunately, endorsements, in their current form, are worse than useless. They’re extremely dangerous.

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Follow us on LinkedIn, win a book or two

By Tim Priebe | July 2, 2012

LinkedIn can be a huge asset, especially for businesses in the B2B arena. And with HootSuite recently rolling out the ability to update your LinkedIn Company Page automatically with the rest of your social media, we’re sure to see an increase in LinkedIn usage by companies. If you’ve ever said to yourself, “Self, I should…

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LinkedIn Company Pages just became more powerful!

By Tim Priebe | June 28, 2012

If you haven’t heard, HootSuite now supports LinkedIn Company Pages. If you have a HootSuite account, and haven’t been using LinkedIn as much as you would like, now is the time to add it to your normal, scheduled updates. And we’ve got two how-to guides to get you going.

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What tools are on social networking websites?

By Tim Priebe | August 14, 2009

Earlier this week I was one of three presenters at an Edmond Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn. I talked about the actual tools available on four popular social networking websites: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. I thought I would share my handout, so here it is as a viewable image.

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Easily increase your search engine visibility

By Tim Priebe | March 30, 2009

For a long time, search engine optimization has been a feat that required a certain level of experience and technical skills. And it still is. Fortunately for the average business owner and freelancer, you can increase your search engine visibility using just social networking websites. Since they’re the most effective, I’ll specifically talk about Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Getting LinkedIn recommendations

By Tim Priebe | March 7, 2009

Are you wanting to get more (or any) recommendations on your LinkedIn account? Here’s how… That’s it! Be honest and complimentary, and many of the people you recommend will recommend you right back. It works! I have more recommendations than the average LinkedIn user. Check my public profile.

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Different Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace Workshops

By Tim Priebe | February 25, 2009

T&S is offering workshops for Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. While they may or may not be a good fit for you, there are a couple of things that differentiate us from others offering similar workshops:

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Workshops, new office, free websites, oh my!

By Tim Priebe | February 4, 2009

When we’re in the website planning stage with a new client and they ask us about a blog, we always tell them to only get one if they can commit to blog at least weekly. Of course, it’s been over a week since we here at T&S have blogged. Shame on us. But we have had some exciting things going on lately.

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