Social Media Ideas

Sales Prospecting Insights Using The Rapportive Gmail Plugin

July 27, 2011
By Larry Prevost
Sales Prospecting Insights Using The Rapportive Gmail Plugin

One of the biggest challenges facing sales reps performing sales over the phone is gaining insightful information on their prospects. With the Rapportive plugin added to your arsenal, you will always have a wealth of relevant information at your fingertips allowing you to open your sales call effectively.

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Creating Blog Comments That Get Seen

January 25, 2011
By Larry Prevost

I use Disqus to moderate comments across my Blogger and WordPress blogging platforms and, along with Akismet, it has pretty much kept things in line. But I have to say that every time I login to Disqus, I feel like a kid at Christmas. I never know what to...

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The Simple Way To Get More Twitter Followers

January 21, 2011
By Larry Prevost
The Simple Way To Get More Twitter Followers

There’s been a tremendous amount of attention given to copywriting and composing compelling messages when marketing and selling to your Twitter followers. However, even the most accomplished sales people will have trouble selling if their appearance doesn’t inspire confidence and trust. The same principle applies to the Twitterverse. With...

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TweepSync Twitter App Is Greedy For Followers

January 11, 2011
By Larry Prevost
TweepSync Twitter App Is Greedy For Followers

In my last post, I outlined how to remove some of your sticky ”followed non-followers” in your Twitter account. These are the accounts listed in your FriendorFollow array as the ones you follow but they don’t follow you and they just won’t disappear. In that discussion, I mentioned using...

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FriendorFollow Twitter App – Removing Suspended Users

January 4, 2011
By Larry Prevost
FriendorFollow Twitter App – Removing Suspended Users

Here is a little observation I stumbled upon in using FriendorFollow. If you use this web app to manage your twitter followers, invariably, you will find that some users on your list of people that you follow but don’t follow you back are resistant to getting culled. Their avatar...

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LinkedIn Email Spam Has A Hidden Sales Lesson

December 29, 2010
By Larry Prevost
LinkedIn Email Spam Has A Hidden Sales Lesson

I’m sure all of you have received a few questionable messages in your email accounts promoting everything from vast network-marketing riches to nocturnal performance pharmaceuticals. For the most part, my LinkedIn account has been immune to all of this. I’ve not seen suspected messages in my account since 2007...

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How To Get Your LinkedIn Profile Found On Google

May 31, 2010
By Larry Prevost
How To Get Your LinkedIn Profile Found On Google

The other day, I reconnected with a colleague of mine from a previous job. We discussed some of the old days and caught up on some of the things that we’d been up to during our time apart. Just before we concluded and hung up, I suggested that we...

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Increase Your LinkedIn Invitations With This Simple Tip

May 19, 2010
By Larry Prevost
Increase Your LinkedIn Invitations With This Simple Tip

Expanding Your Linkedin Network Here’s a LinkedIn tip that you can use to increase the size of your social network and your circle of influence. A few days ago, I received a LinkedIn connection invitation from someone that I didn’t know. In the past, I typically ignored these kinds...

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