You do have the power to create visibility for your business. You do not have to take a wait and see approach. Here's a video that I created for my Halifax social media participants to help them create opportunities. Do I have to wait for customers to discover my business? Before the Internet, we would [...]
Should I post all business all the time on my social media? Here's a video I created for my Halifax social media participants to help them make their business social media posting more effective and engaging. This blog post actually resulted from a question that a friend asked me a while ago. They had a [...]
Much of our business can be the result of a conversation we had with someone. Do not despise the days of small talk. Here's a learning moment for my Halifax social media participants to help them get a great appreciation for talking to others. Business never usually starts with... "Want to buy a house?" Most business [...]
People like to do business with people they like. If you are using social media for your business in Halifax, and elsewhere, sharing some things about you and your business can help others see you in a better light. It can create some "Like" and opportunity for your business. We want to do business where we [...]
This Fall is going to be a busy one for business. With that in mind, I am looking forward to delivering several social media programs in the Halifax and Dartmouth area. Internet marketing has become a staple for creating visibility and opportunity. Now it's time to help many businesses learn how to be effective. These [...]
Young entrepreneurs, like the ones I trained today at a Business School in Dartmouth, are key to the success of our economy. They are the foundational stones for successful businesses tomorrow. They will help create jobs and come up with new ideas to make places like Halifax, Truro, Amherst, Nova Scotia better. https://www.youtube.com/embed/brJSezwOKX0?rel=0 Data is [...]
If you want a social media recommend, you will have to give a recommendation for someone on social media. Don’t wait for others to recommend you. Recommend others and they could recommend you. In an age where "What others say about you matters more than what you say about yourself", recommendations can go a long way to bringing you [...]
One of the questions I get asked a lot by business owners in Halifax, Dartmouth and the rest of Nova Scotia, deals with the amount of time that one should being using social media throughout the day. How much time should we be really spending on social media for our business?
You have just taken a 3 hour workshop and now you are a social media expert. Good luck with that. Social media takes time to learn and get good at it. Don’t be fooled by people who say it’s easy. Using social media for business is work. Here's why. If you were going to use social media [...]
Social media is becoming more of an every day staple for business when it comes to marketing. What once was a joke, no one is laughing anymore. When we are using social media to market our business, have we made every effort to start off on a good foot? Before you start using social media for [...]
