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3 Social Networking Tips
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I asked George Kao, to pass on some tips he's NOT going to cover
in the webinar. Here they are:
1. Tip for LinkedIn:
KAO: If you want to add someone to your LinkedIn network but you
aren't a classmate, colleague, friend (yet), or a business
partner (yet), you can still do it. You don't need their email
address either. Just click the "Groups & Associations" bubble,
and select a group that you think might interest them.
People don't typically read that part of a request anyway.
What's important is the personal note you write in your LinkedIn
request. Take half a minute and write about something you and
that person both have in common. End by saying you hope to add
value to their business/career, and would like to be a LinkedIn
connection. Connect with George here.
HARROW: This warm and fuzzy approach works. I know I'm more
inclined to connect with people if I know something about them,
what we have in common and if they can help me further my vision
in the world. Plus, I'll be more inclined to help them if I see
we share things of importance. One of my pet peeves is don't ask
me to be your friend if I don't know you. I've turned those
down. Tell me you're a colleague instead. Connect with me here.
2. Tip for Facebook:
KAO: Want to message all your friends on Facebook at once? You
can do it through the Events tool, if you have an event to
promote. First, create friend lists named Z-1 through Z-10 (the
name doesn't matter) and quickly put all your friends,
alphabetically, into these lists, up to 90 at a time. So Z-1
would include your friends with first name "A" through "C",
perhaps, up to 90, and Z-2 might be "D" through "G".
Doing this when I had 1200 Facebook friends only took 45
minutes. It's a one-time activity. Then create the event. You
can now invite all your Z-1 through Z-10 lists to the event, and
message all guests. All your friends will receive the message to
their Facebook inbox, even if they haven't replied to the event
yet. Now that you have your Z lists, you can use them again and
again as needed.
HARROW: The more you can systematize or automate tasks that you
do repeatedly the more time you'll save.
Kao will discuss more
ways to save time in our Webinar.
3. Tip for Twitter:
KAO: Are you retweetable? Make sure your tweets allow enough
characters for others to re-tweet you. How many do you leave? 6
plus the number of characters in your username. For example, I
try to have 125 characters be the upper limit of my tweets
because my Twitter username (GeorgeKao) is 9 characters so if
someone Re-tweets me, they'll write "RT @GeorgeKao: " and then
paste my tweet. Make sure you're re-tweetable too!
Connect with
George here.
HARROW: This is one of the key to your messages going viral. If
it's not retweetable it's not repeatable. Connect with me here
and give me something to retweet about!
Join us both for an information packed free webinar on how to
maximize LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter in 15 minutes a day.
Register
FREE. Hope to get to know you better out in the social
sphere.
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