If you're a LinkedIn newbie, here are a few things you should keep in mind. Be sure to include a concise summary of your credentials. Avoid using a firm and overly generic description. Instead, take the time to review your competitors' and colleagues' profiles and try to avoid committing these mistakes. If you're not sure where to start, read this guide for tips. First of all, be honest and don't be paranoid. If you are caught, contact LinkedIn support and ask to be reinstated. You can also email customer support to request reinstatement of your account. However, you should keep in mind that LinkedIn suspends accounts for excessive activity and clicks. As such, you'll need to spread out your research over several days to avoid being banned for no reason. Signing in to LinkedIn can be a hassle sometimes. If you're having trouble logging in, try using a different browser. If your problem still persists, you might need to restart your computer or contact your ISP. Try logging into LinkedI...

Improving the visibility of your business all about putting your business on the map in local searches when customers are searching for a business like yours.  Running a business is hard work.  You might have a steady flow of loyal existing customers, but you always need to make sure we have a stream of new people. Keeping your website up to date can be hard work, too. And your SEO might need a serious update — or maybe you’ve never done much with it at all, thinking it was too difficult or too expensive. Because of this, we’ve put together several optimization strategies that we are currently helping our clients with. All these methods are geared towards helping you rank as high as possible with Local Listings so that you can generate more sales for your business. Optimize Your Website  The two most valuable things you need to do for your local business is to create a reasonable amount of high quality content for your website and do the basic SEO (Search Engine Optimiza...

It is a known fact that Facebook is the best platform for online marketing, through the use of Facebook business pages, and Facebook groups, you can find just about anywhere to advertise your business on Facebook. Owning a business Facebook page is the most important online marketing platform a business can have, and it is advisable to post at least three times per week. With people seeing your comments and posts, on a personal level, on Facebook, more than twice a week, it is even more important for you post on Facebook about your business. With this, you can market your business on many other platforms, as well. One of its best uses is to get an email list through the use of Facebook Groups, and business pages. With this, people can easily sign up for your newsletter and updates, or give them your business card. A person can also forward you their email list so that you will have a new avenue for marketing. Facebook is a very powerful platform, and many internet savvy businesses are ...

We live in an era of constant social-local-mobile interaction. Every local business is bound to receive its share of negative reviews. As a matter of fact, a profile of nothing but glowing reviews can actually look suspicious to your customers.  Over the past few years, the prevalence of review sites has grown exponentially. This is why negative reviews are a constant threat for more and more business owners. If you’re one of them, this article will provide some insight. In simple terms, the practice of reputation management involves replacing undesirable content with new content that paints a given business in a better light. The only thing that’s worse than under-engaging in online media is handling social media badly. No one can damage you as seriously as you can damage yourself (or one of your employees) if you don’t know what you’re doing.  Regardless of your niche, just know that managing your business reputation is no longer optional. You need to do it – If you want to...