It is clear that Google+ is not sitting back waiting to see what Facebook does next. On the contrary, they are making bold moves. The recent redesign of Google+ promises to take it from an identity service to a true social destination that now boasts 500 million users. In the meantime, Facebook continues to roll out […]
Winning the Social Media Overwhelm Race
March 7, 2013 by Jeff Korhan
Whenever you get behind in any race (assuming you are competitive) – there is a tendency to expend considerable effort to catch up – and that only depletes your resources, thereby pushing you even further behind. Of course, everyone falls behind at some point. This is when you need a new strategy to regain and […]
How to Get Customers Talking About Your Business
February 10, 2013 by Jeff Korhan
Last week LinkedIn celebrated a milestone of achieving 200 million users. To celebrate the occasion they sent a notice congratulating the users with the top 1% viewed profiles for 2012. Of course, they also created a social share button so their achievement of being a top user could be shared on Twitter. And those of […]
The One Right Thing Practice
January 24, 2013 by Jeff Korhan
What one thing if you did it consistently will have a major impact on your business this year? The challenge is simple: Focus on what matters most and do it with unwavering consistency. This may seem like one challenge – but there are two essential components to it. #1 – Doing What’s Right Our society […]
3 Essential Small Business Writing Practices
December 28, 2012 by Jeff Korhan
You do not have to be an accomplished writer to write things down. You only need to learn how to capture your best ideas, refine them, and then use them to attract more customers. The Internet thrives on useful information and ideas – and so does your business. Knowing this, it is interesting that many […]
Engage Social with Your Sales Process
December 8, 2012 by Jeff Korhan
While social media is becoming part of the fabric of our personal lives, it is far from mainstream when it comes to mainstream businesses. You may be surprised to learn that percentage of businesses NOT using social media is much greater than those that are. Actively using social media does not mean you have a […]
The Facebook Trust Dilemma
December 3, 2012 by Jeff Korhan
The recently announced Facebook Job Board has inherent risks for everyone – users, advertisers, and Facebook itself. Facebook became what it is today by innovating – “moving fast and breaking things.” While that may be a viable strategy for a start-up, by social networking standards they are now an established business. Do you think IBM […]
Using LinkedIn to Attract Business
November 15, 2012 by Jeff Korhan
LinkedIn can help you accomplish multiple business objectives, from attracting business leads, to recruiting new talent, and discovering potential opportunities for partnering. Attraction is Alignment To get what you want in business today you need to consider the expectations of your target audience. If you are looking for talented recruits you need to know what they […]
The Social Global Internet [Infographic]
October 21, 2012 by Jeff Korhan
One of the best ways to understand the future of the Internet is to study its past. The Internet was built to connect multiple computers so that they could communicate. That is built-in social. Of course, as more and larger computers were connected, search became a driving force for helping people discover what they were […]
LinkedIn Pages Like Facebook and Twitter
September 10, 2012 by Jeff Korhan
LinkedIn is making some smart moves to personalize LinkedIn Company Pages, effectively creating a look and feel that is much like that of a Facebook page, while also respecting the professional culture of LinkedIn. Personal is the New Professional People do business with people first, and then with the companies that stand behind them. The […]
