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The Power of Personal Connections: Using Linked In and Facebook to enhance your corporate and personal brand.

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The Power of Personal Connections*: & * Plus, 50 Fabulous Free websites to help you do things faster, better cheaper. Presented by: MAB Advertising Inc. 515 N. State St. Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60654 06/25/09
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Why use Largest B2B social network: founded in 2003; 42M members; 1new member per second; 50% outside US All Fortune 500 represented; over 4M small businesses Increase visibility, improve Google page rank & search engine results Increase connectability: locate people from your past, present & future Research companies & people (staff movement, hiring turnover, job descriptions) Give and getask questions, answer questions, write recommendations Promote yourself and your business with added apps, website, blog visibility Scope out the competition, potential customers and employers Keep track of job movement and people within your network
Maximize Your Experience Must Do! Strive for 100% complete pro鍖le (click complete pro鍖le button to see how complete your pro鍖le is: follow instructions to get to 100%) Must Do! Use the professional headline for more than your current title: use it to describe yourself (see Basic Information section) Should Do! Use current status (AKA Facebook 鍖eld) to raise your professional pro鍖le: e.g.: what are you working on?, what are you reading?, what are you attending?Current status updates appear in your networks email updates Make your pro鍖le and work experience as complete as possible: it will bring more potential connections to your attention Your LinkedIn pro鍖le should complement your resume, not duplicate it; what do you want people to know behind your resume? Must Do! If youre a business owner, create a business page for your business NOW; it increases business credibility & visibility
Maximize Your Experience Must Do! Edit your public pro鍖le URL to your name; add this URL as a hyperlink to your email signature: people you email can instantly look you up Add your websites and blogs to website listings: list up to three (you could also list causes you are involved in) Applications add functionality and visibility to your pro鍖le: select ones youll use (I love: Amazon Reading Lists, 際際滷Share and Blog Link, but choose what works for you and your business) Give and get recommendations strategically: however, do not give recommendations that you would not give in real life Join groups that will complement both your professional and personal interests Ask questions when you are trying to solve a problem or 鍖nd a solution: particularly if you are looking for something speci鍖c
Some Stats @ Largest social network in the world, 4th most visited website Privately owned and operated, founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, while he was a student at Harvard Over 200 million active users around the world; more than 100M users log on each day; fastest growing demographic is 35+; 70% of users outside US; 30M current mobile users; mobile users are 50% more active than non-mobile users Average user has 120+ friends, more than 4 billion minutes per day spent on Facebook (worldwide), 30M+ update page at least once a day Sources: Compete.com 06/17/09,Facebook/MySpace/Twitter
Why Join ? Network with friends, colleagues, customers and potential customers MUST DO! Register your customized personal username NOW! It will boost your Google rank (register your vanity url NOW! Once you register for it, it is yours forever! You might want to add it to your email signoff, if you use FB frequently) Create Groups and Fan Pages for your business; provide links to your business; 鍖nd complementary groups to promote your business MUST DO! Publicize events to your network and groups Upload photos, videos, and websites Design applications to promote your business
My Lucky Strike Extra! The Fast Fifty Websites* that will help you do things faster, better and cheaper (*and they are almost all free!)
google.com/alerts Google might take over the world! They have free apps galore that can help your business immensely. These are just a couple of the best stay on the lookout for Google Wave! What are they saying about you on the web? Track it and your competitors
google.com/adwords What are the hot words on the web right now?
google.com/analytics How does your website rate?
google.com/trends What are the hot topics right now? Use this app to make your blog rank higher, your website more relevant
google.com/reader Keep all the blogs you follow in one place; sort and save functions very helpful
dimdim.com Free web- conferencing and audio bridge for up to 20 people
websitegrader.com Free SEO tool: easy to use and understand; also has facebook and twitter graders; How does your website score against your direct competition? This will tell you and tell you exactly how to improve your score.
instapaper.com Save web pages you want to read but dont have time to now in one central place! Read later icon in toolbar
tinyurl.com Create short URLs with one click: indispensable for FB and Twitter: add app to toolbar
hetemeel.com Personalize pictures to send or use in presentations: fun but functional
imagechef.com Similar to hetemeel; great time waster
Getting Things Done Davidandco.com: David Allens process: GTD The god of productivity gurushis email management ideas are gold
43folders.com A David Allen disciple: great productivity tips and tricks
thefourhourworkweek.com For those of you who love Tim Ferriss, or really hate him; either way hes interesting and provocative, and urges us not to waste our personal time and resources
Get the equivalent of a graduate degree in itunesu.com anythingClasses available for download on any subject from some of the best universities in the world
Keep track of whats hot around the world: great Trendhunter.com free reports on worldwide trends
charlesandmarie.com My favorite shopping site: their Soupe du Jour: a product offered for only one day, is fabulous
Need I say more? Can any woman bagsnob.com have too many handbags?
Integrated personal money mint.com management site
For those of us who prefer snark someecards.com to sincerity.
A government site that actually trademarksearch.com works.
Logos, logos and more logos brandsoftheworld.com
Save paper: print only what you Printwhatyoulike.com want from a web page
Productivity tools and tricks: lifehacker.com particularly involving technology
Good advice for those of us over- zenhabits.com scheduled, over- worked people
Stay up to date on whats going on in social media, and mashable.com it changes daily
Give yourself a gift and listen to at least one TED talk a week. ted.com Share on Facebook and LI, share your favorites with friends and colleagues
presentationzen.com Stuck with powerpoint? At least try not to suck so This will help your presentations not suck quite so badly
鍖ndsounds.com Free SFX. Can be used in ppt!
visualthesaurus.com Note: trial is free, website is not. If you write, youll love it
thesaurus.com
cliche鍖nder.com Sometimes that clich辿 is right on the tip of your tonguefind it here
smartbriefentrepreneurship.com Links to the best articles for entrepreneurs. Many other smart brief editions available.
See what other people find digg.com interesting on the web and vote yourself
A huge timewaster, but stumbleupon.com loads of fun
groupon.com Great deals, if enough folks sign up
tripadvisor.com
Set up alerts based on your own iltraf鍖calert.com schedule and route
opentable.com
A somewhat dailybeast.com snarkier CNN. Good columnists that you wont find elsewhere
An aggregator of great information alltop.com on almost any topic. Try here first rather than wikipedia
Gossip, gossip, pagesix.com gossip.
Shameless plug: facebook watch for the next NWE seminar on FB and twitter
Shameless plug: our next series will twitter be on why twitter you want to tweet!

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  • 1. The Power of Personal Connections*: & * Plus, 50 Fabulous Free websites to help you do things faster, better cheaper. Presented by: MAB Advertising Inc. 515 N. State St. Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60654 06/25/09
  • 4. Why use Largest B2B social network: founded in 2003; 42M members; 1new member per second; 50% outside US All Fortune 500 represented; over 4M small businesses Increase visibility, improve Google page rank & search engine results Increase connectability: locate people from your past, present & future Research companies & people (staff movement, hiring turnover, job descriptions) Give and getask questions, answer questions, write recommendations Promote yourself and your business with added apps, website, blog visibility Scope out the competition, potential customers and employers Keep track of job movement and people within your network
  • 5. Maximize Your Experience Must Do! Strive for 100% complete pro鍖le (click complete pro鍖le button to see how complete your pro鍖le is: follow instructions to get to 100%) Must Do! Use the professional headline for more than your current title: use it to describe yourself (see Basic Information section) Should Do! Use current status (AKA Facebook 鍖eld) to raise your professional pro鍖le: e.g.: what are you working on?, what are you reading?, what are you attending?Current status updates appear in your networks email updates Make your pro鍖le and work experience as complete as possible: it will bring more potential connections to your attention Your LinkedIn pro鍖le should complement your resume, not duplicate it; what do you want people to know behind your resume? Must Do! If youre a business owner, create a business page for your business NOW; it increases business credibility & visibility
  • 6. Maximize Your Experience Must Do! Edit your public pro鍖le URL to your name; add this URL as a hyperlink to your email signature: people you email can instantly look you up Add your websites and blogs to website listings: list up to three (you could also list causes you are involved in) Applications add functionality and visibility to your pro鍖le: select ones youll use (I love: Amazon Reading Lists, 際際滷Share and Blog Link, but choose what works for you and your business) Give and get recommendations strategically: however, do not give recommendations that you would not give in real life Join groups that will complement both your professional and personal interests Ask questions when you are trying to solve a problem or 鍖nd a solution: particularly if you are looking for something speci鍖c
  • 7. Some Stats @ Largest social network in the world, 4th most visited website Privately owned and operated, founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, while he was a student at Harvard Over 200 million active users around the world; more than 100M users log on each day; fastest growing demographic is 35+; 70% of users outside US; 30M current mobile users; mobile users are 50% more active than non-mobile users Average user has 120+ friends, more than 4 billion minutes per day spent on Facebook (worldwide), 30M+ update page at least once a day Sources: Compete.com 06/17/09,Facebook/MySpace/Twitter
  • 8. Why Join ? Network with friends, colleagues, customers and potential customers MUST DO! Register your customized personal username NOW! It will boost your Google rank (register your vanity url NOW! Once you register for it, it is yours forever! You might want to add it to your email signoff, if you use FB frequently) Create Groups and Fan Pages for your business; provide links to your business; 鍖nd complementary groups to promote your business MUST DO! Publicize events to your network and groups Upload photos, videos, and websites Design applications to promote your business
  • 9. My Lucky Strike Extra! The Fast Fifty Websites* that will help you do things faster, better and cheaper (*and they are almost all free!)
  • 10. google.com/alerts Google might take over the world! They have free apps galore that can help your business immensely. These are just a couple of the best stay on the lookout for Google Wave! What are they saying about you on the web? Track it and your competitors
  • 11. google.com/adwords What are the hot words on the web right now?
  • 13. google.com/trends What are the hot topics right now? Use this app to make your blog rank higher, your website more relevant
  • 14. google.com/reader Keep all the blogs you follow in one place; sort and save functions very helpful
  • 15. dimdim.com Free web- conferencing and audio bridge for up to 20 people
  • 16. websitegrader.com Free SEO tool: easy to use and understand; also has facebook and twitter graders; How does your website score against your direct competition? This will tell you and tell you exactly how to improve your score.
  • 17. instapaper.com Save web pages you want to read but dont have time to now in one central place! Read later icon in toolbar
  • 18. tinyurl.com Create short URLs with one click: indispensable for FB and Twitter: add app to toolbar
  • 19. hetemeel.com Personalize pictures to send or use in presentations: fun but functional
  • 21. Getting Things Done Davidandco.com: David Allens process: GTD The god of productivity gurushis email management ideas are gold
  • 22. 43folders.com A David Allen disciple: great productivity tips and tricks
  • 23. thefourhourworkweek.com For those of you who love Tim Ferriss, or really hate him; either way hes interesting and provocative, and urges us not to waste our personal time and resources
  • 24. Get the equivalent of a graduate degree in itunesu.com anythingClasses available for download on any subject from some of the best universities in the world
  • 25. Keep track of whats hot around the world: great Trendhunter.com free reports on worldwide trends
  • 26. charlesandmarie.com My favorite shopping site: their Soupe du Jour: a product offered for only one day, is fabulous
  • 27. Need I say more? Can any woman bagsnob.com have too many handbags?
  • 28. Integrated personal money mint.com management site
  • 29. For those of us who prefer snark someecards.com to sincerity.
  • 30. A government site that actually trademarksearch.com works.
  • 31. Logos, logos and more logos brandsoftheworld.com
  • 32. Save paper: print only what you Printwhatyoulike.com want from a web page
  • 33. Productivity tools and tricks: lifehacker.com particularly involving technology
  • 34. Good advice for those of us over- zenhabits.com scheduled, over- worked people
  • 35. Stay up to date on whats going on in social media, and mashable.com it changes daily
  • 36. Give yourself a gift and listen to at least one TED talk a week. ted.com Share on Facebook and LI, share your favorites with friends and colleagues
  • 37. presentationzen.com Stuck with powerpoint? At least try not to suck so This will help your presentations not suck quite so badly
  • 38. 鍖ndsounds.com Free SFX. Can be used in ppt!
  • 39. visualthesaurus.com Note: trial is free, website is not. If you write, youll love it
  • 41. cliche鍖nder.com Sometimes that clich辿 is right on the tip of your tonguefind it here
  • 42. smartbriefentrepreneurship.com Links to the best articles for entrepreneurs. Many other smart brief editions available.
  • 43. See what other people find digg.com interesting on the web and vote yourself
  • 44. A huge timewaster, but stumbleupon.com loads of fun
  • 47. Set up alerts based on your own iltraf鍖calert.com schedule and route
  • 49. A somewhat dailybeast.com snarkier CNN. Good columnists that you wont find elsewhere
  • 50. An aggregator of great information alltop.com on almost any topic. Try here first rather than wikipedia
  • 52. Shameless plug: facebook watch for the next NWE seminar on FB and twitter
  • 53. Shameless plug: our next series will twitter be on why twitter you want to tweet!