Local Bookstore uses Social Media to save the day

My new friend, Marie Trucco of the Greater Independence (Oregon) Business Incubator, posted a story on Facebook that I just had to pass along.
It is a story about blogs, burritos, and books, (I know – a seemingly odd threesome)  and how it saved Broadway Books, an independent bookstore in Portland.
You can read the entire article [...]

Do I really need to Tweet what I ate for breakfast?

I recently presented a one-hour seminar for the Chemeketa Small Business Management Power Advising Group on the topic of Social Business Networking.  I focused on answering the following questions;

Is it relevant?
How do I find the time?
How do I ‘do it’?
Where is the return on investment?

During my presentation I talked about 4 steps to getting started [...]

Which Social Networking site is the best for business?

Hmmm, this is a great question, and one that I hear a lot.  The answer, in my best politicians voice (no offense to my political friends) … is “it depends“.  You might think that is a copout answer … but I think it is true.
It depends because the site that is the best for your [...]

The power of a strong Linkedin.com profile

I had the opportunity this morning to put on my social media “evangelist” hat and spread the word at the Keller Williams Realty office in Corvallis. There were about 20 Realtors and industry folks in the room. As I typically do, I asked by a show of hands who had a Linkedin profile, Facebook profile [...]

What is #FollowFriday on Twitter?

I saw a friend of mine the other day and he looked at me funny and asked me, “Tim, just what the heck does #followfriday mean”?   He had seen this on my Facebook page and had no idea what it meant.
After a quick chuckle I realized that many of the terms that I use everyday [...]