Why You Need a LinkedIn Company Page: New Status Updates

If you are a business professional who is not currently using LinkedIn, it’s time to create an account. This social media powerhouse currently has 120 million members worldwide, which includes executives from every 500 Fortune Company.  LinkedIn is a great tool to connect and build relationships with business professionals inside and outside of your industry. Once you begin using LinkedIn as a networking tool, you can expect to see an increase in productivity and success for your company.

Social Media Spotlight: The Intelligist Group

Today’s social media spotlight proudly presents The Intelligist Group. The Intelligist Group is a team of innovative strategists that helps companies get through blockages and find new opportunities for growth. The Intelligist Group differs from typical management consulting firms in that the strategies they implement for businesses are not template-driven. Instead, they help businesses find a unique value proposition and tell them how to leverage it. The Intelligist Group has worked within all different types of industries, including entertainment, Financial Services, NGO, non-profit, energy, manufacturing, and publishing. Alan Berkson, founder of the Intelligist Group, informed us that he likes to work with new businesses because he loves learning about new industries. Here’s what Alan had to say about how he uses social media for marketing his company…

Social Media Spotlight: America’s LinkedIn Lady

Today’s Social Media Spotlight proudly presents Carol McManus, America’s LinkedIn Lady. Carol is a marketing and social media consultant for businesses, who offers executive coaching and social media consulting. After leaving an executive corporate position, Carol decided she wanted to start her own business. She started using social media as a way to get known, and after much experimentation with multiple sites, invested her time in LinkedIn. By building relationships and adding value to the conversations in LinkedIn groups, Carol was able to gain significant recognition, and began to hold speaking engagements about her LinkedIn success. Initially, her speaking events were casual, but after noticing that there was a huge ignorance and fear factor associated with using social media platforms, Carol began offering consulting services.

Carol coined the name America’s LinkedIn Lady because her speaking events became weighted towards LinkedIn, so people would refer to her by that name. She decided to brand herself around the LinkedIn platform in order to correlate with her B2B marketing strategy and professional target audience. Although she works with all social media platforms, LinkedIn has greatly helped to differentiate herself from the other social media “experts.” She has even launched her very own product, the LinkedIn System for Success! Here’s an inside look at what Carol has to say about social media for businesses…

How to Use Twitter for Business

So you think you know everything that Twitter can do based on how you use it personally? Sure it’s fun to get involved in trending topics and retweet what celebrities are saying, but do you ever wonder what Twitter can do from a business standpoint? The most common functionalities of Twitter are often overlooked as marketing tools, but luckily, we are willing to share some of our social media knowledge with you.