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TWITTER ON LINKEDIN – A GOOD IDEA GONE BAD

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterJan 4th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Play this 2 minute podcast   What a great idea.  Now you can automatically post your Tweets to LinkedIn & vice versa.  But this upgrade has made a real mess of viewing status updates on LinkedIn. I get great value from LinkedIn.  I enjoy Facebook & play around with Twitter, but LinkedIn is the one social media platform that helps me every day in business.  LinkedIn lets me tell my business contacts what’s going on with AmSher & WeMentor.  My LinkedIn posts talk about our company honors, successes, and achievements. The LinkedIn status updates allow me quickly & easily to...
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LOVE AT FIRST TWEET

Posted by David Sher in LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterNov 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast   This is not your typical love story because I have been happily married for 43 years.  It started in July with a notice from Twitter that I was being followed by Phyllis Neill, a woman I didn’t know…which certainly is not unusual for Twitter. I quickly reviewed her profile and saw she was a business person living here in Birmingham, so I clicked to follow her.  Being curious, I then searched her LinkedIn profile & invited her into my network. She quickly accepted & asked to meet for coffee.  The plot thickens.  I met Phyllis at Starbucks in Vestavia...
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THE MORE YOU HELP OTHERS…THE MORE THEY WANT TO HELP YOU

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterNov 9th, 2009 | No Comments
Play this two minute podcast    I was rushing out the door, heading for a workout, when I got a call on my cell.  It was from a business owner friend who had a problem.   He was being audited by Federal wage & hour & he was looking for an experienced attorney who specializes in that area of the law.  He said, “I know you have lots of connections,” and I was wondering if you know a lawyer you could recommend.”  Fortunately I hadn’t had a need for wage & hour counseling, but I had recently talked with a client who was having the same issue.  I called him and he, indeed,...
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A RICHER LIFE BECAUSE OF FACEBOOK & SOCIAL MEDIA

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterOct 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Play this two minute podcast   It’s with mixed emotions that I make these comments.  I had one of those weeks that was happy beyond belief.  My daughter Melanie delivered my first granddaughter and my wife, Ina-Mae, and I celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary.  Two positive powerful events that make you appreciate and understand how great life can be.  I posted my blessings on Facebook and immediately heard from many of my Facebook friends with notes of congratulations and best wishes.  But somehow, I felt badly…because some of my friends are having a difficult time.  One is going...
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LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK, & TWITTER FOR FIRST OF MIND AWARENESS

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterSep 7th, 2009 | No Comments
Play this two minute podcast   I walked into the crowded room at the Birmingham Business Journal breakfast and heard, “Hi David.”  “Hello, David.”  How you doing, David?” I was a little bit overwhelmed.  I’ve been a good networker through the years, and I’ve worked really hard at social media, but I never expected anything like this.  And you may be asking, how I know it is social media that has turned up the volume.  Actually, it’s pretty obvious.   One person came up to me and said.  “Wow, you’re really active on LinkedIn.  Then the guy standing next to him said…LinkedIn? ...
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HOW MUCH NETWORKING IS TOO MUCH?

Posted by David Sher in LinkedIn, Social Media, Traditional Networking, TwitterAug 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment
Play this two minute podcast   All right…this is my third and last post about my house painter friend who has avoided the recession and actually grown his business using traditional networking and social media like LinkedIn.  Unless, of course, he comes up with another brilliant idea I feel compelled to share with you.  His name is Ben Zito from Cherokee Hills Painting Company.  I’d been asked to speak to the Homewood Chamber of Commerce on How to Use Social Media to Build Your Business.  The best way to illustrate what works is to give a real life example.  What better way than to invite...
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YOUR BUSINESS IS INVISIBLE IF YOU’RE NOT ON THE INTERNET

Posted by David Sher in Big media, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterJul 24th, 2009 | No Comments
There was a time when you could count on the Yellow Pages or your Web Site to to drive traffic to your business–no more. Play this two minute podcast
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Don’t let social media suck your life away

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterJul 20th, 2009 | No Comments
Every minute you spend on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, & other social media you are taking away time you could be spending with people Play this two minute podcast.
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If you want others to be interested in you…be interested in them first

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterJul 15th, 2009 | No Comments
We would make more friends responding to our friends’ posts on Facebook, LinkedIn, & Twitter than creating content on our own sites. Play this two minute podcast
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Seems like everyone I know has a double life

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, TwitterJun 29th, 2009 | No Comments
Here’s the dilemma.  You have more than one business interest.  When you prepare a profile on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, do you show them both? Play this two minute podcast
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