Do you go to networking events just to collect business cards? If you never spend any time building relationships with people, but instead just collect contact information, what percentage of your contacts actually turn into sales? How many of those sales are willing to refer you to others? Building relationships is important and using that same tactic online will help generate quality leads.
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Archives for October 2010
What If Online “Klout” Affected Offline Influence?
What if how you’re treated in real life depending on how influential you are online? You walk into your neighborhood coffee shop and because you’re a bigwig on Twitter, you get a special discount. Or maybe you’re not really into spending time online and you have to pay full price. How would you feel if you saw the person in front of you get a different treatment (and price) than you got? A few companies have been trying out this type of scenario…
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What Does Your Website’s Design Say About Your Company?
Most companies have a website these days and most of these websites are gawdawful ugly — or just are. They have some text about the company that no one reads because it sounds like it was written for a brochure — which it probably was and no one reads those either. But if you do have a plain old website with some brochure-like text, what does that say about your company? Many potential clients will get their first taste of what you do and who you are from your website.
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