Business has always been a personal experience as it is people selling, buying, dealing with people. Social media has helped business hugely to connect on that personal level with the investment now being time rather than money.
If business need a reason to invest in social networking then look at this fact
“According to Brand Reputation, 84% of the consumers they surveyed are more likely to look for online product reviews than they were just a year ago”
That fact is powerful enough as you realise that Google is your primary advertising tool but then if you add
“And those who have had a …read more

When using social media, there are a few things that one should keep in mind when connecting with others. Being able to use social media wisely is very important.
To help you think about a few things when using social media, I have created a short list below:

Respect others and don’t SPAM with links.
Don’t always push information our to people, connect with others by responding to others.
If you come across helpful information, be willing to share it.
Be open to answering questions that you friends may ask.
Look at ways where you can automate or manage your social media efforts.

As you apply these …read more

I have always thought that the internet was the ultimate source of The World Being Flat….I have enver thought about barriers to trade.
Therefore I was intrigued to see a Europa press release regarding the trading between EU nations.
Just look at this phrase “only 7% of people shop online cross border. Although 50 percent of European retailers are online, only 21% sell in other Member States.”
The online tests showed that “the transaction was blocked 6 times out of 10. In the case of some computer and electronic equipment the failure rate reached 8 times out of 10. Only two countries (Spain …read more

A recent survey highlighted by the Telegraph shows that Twitter may be costing UK business £1.38bn!  The survey shows that

More than half of office workers use sites like Twitter and Facebook for personal use during the working day, and admit wasting an average of 40 minutes a week each.

One in three of the 1,460 office workers surveyed also said they had seen sensitive company information posted on social networking sites, leading to fears about how workers use the internet.

Philip Wicks, consultant at Morse, the IT services and technology …read more

Here are this weeks articles which you have sent BuzzNetworker to help the community with their social media and social networking

Jason Small presents Top Facebook Fan Pages: 25 Most Fanned Pages posted at Social Media and The Big W, saying, “A review of the top 25 Facebook Fan Pages produced by businesses with insight into the best practices used.”
Anna presents Who is at the centre of your world? posted at The Engaging Brand

Rick Sincere presents Exposing the ‘Twitter Gap’ posted at Rick Sincere News and Thoughts.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents The Price Of Facebook Friendship posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Neal …read more

Have you been trying to find a business partner without success to grow your business? Have you considered searching for a partner via social media? In today’s time as a business owner, you may have to look at connecting with a business partner to grow you business.
If you choose to use social media to search for a business partner, then let me share a few things that could help you in your search.

Create a list of skills or traits that you want your business partner to have.
Then you can use different social media networks to assess those you are considering …read more

Using social media to connect with others is important especially if you are using it to grow your business. However, have you noticed that you efforts have stalled or that you are not connecting as much via social media?
If you are experiencing a hindrance in your social media efforts, maybe you need to make some changes. Below are a few things that can help you identify if your social media efforts are stalled:

Have you found that you are losing Twitter followers as quickly as you add them?
Are people not attending your teleseminars even though you heavily advertise them?
Have your mailing …read more

Trust is a key ingredient in successful networking, it is the oil in the friendship process and without it then ….well, strong networks will struggle to be formed. But what is trust? What gives people the trustability factor?
I have often thought it is almost intangible…..something that you can feel in their presence and yet you couldn’t describe in its entirety.
I was lucky enough to speak to Vanessa Hall about trust and The Truth About Trust in Business on the latest Engaging Brand podcast and it is worth checking out her thoughts on how to become that trusted person……
Trust for me …read more

As a dedicated Twitter user myself, I understand the value of tweets and the idea that social search – i.e. recommendations or information provided by friends – is an important part of navigating the internet world.
At this point, despite being a big Twitter user I am still however someone who relies on Google search results rather than Twitter….but Google have announced that “we are very excited to announce that we have reached an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results. We believe that our search results and user experience will greatly benefit from the inclusion of …read more

I have been struggling with groups in Facebook. Struggling in terms of they are a great idea which were ’struggling’ to work. I was even more disappointed to learn that I could transfer my group to a Facebook page earlier this year. So I was intrigued to see the latest evolving changes to groups which seem to make so much sense
Facebook describes Giving Groups a Stronger Voice which is summarised as

Revamping the design for Groups so that they look similar to other parts of the site such as profiles and Pages-groups will now have a Wall that summarizes all the …read more