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Got a Google+ Personal Account? For those of you that may have setup your Google Plus account with your personal Google or Gmail account, Google Plus finally launched today Google+ for Google Apps accounts, but there is no merge functionality. Should you setup two different Google+ accounts?  If you are logging out of your Google Apps account to use your Google+ personal account and you like to +1 web pages, I say go for it. If you can wait a few
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1. Claim your listing. Go to http://places.google.com . Login using your existing Gmail account or create a new account (if you don’t have a gmail account) to claim your business listing. Once your account is created, login and l select the “List Your Business” button. First, find out if your business is listed. Enter your Country and Phone Number and select “Find Business Information”. If your business is listed, select “Edit”. If your business is not listed, select “
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Branding is networking…both in person and online. Sifting through the maze of online tools to communicate your brand can be a daunting task. Fear not, read on and use the power of eight! These are eight essential tools that will make a powerful impact and help you create and manage your personal and/or organizational brand in the world of online networking. Where do you get started? The answer…..right where you are sitting at this moment. Stop, open
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Now there is a great way to build your social network from directly within Gmail. Last month, I installed this fantastic app called Rapportive that displays social media information about your contacts directly from your Gmail inbox. You can immediately see what people look like, where they’re based, and what they do. Amazingly Simple Whenever you open an email, Rapportive uses the senders email address to search their social networks. It will tell you whether you are connected and
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If you spend more than 30% of your online time networking and browsing social media sites, you are not alone. I often spend time contributing and engaging with others that I have often never met?  There must be a self-serving purpose to contribute our time, thoughts and energy to engage within these communities, right? The more you contribute, the larger the nest will grow The theory of giving value first has been happening for millions of years and within the smallest
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