April 2010
15 posts
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Marketing Ideas for My Ex-Part Time Job
I have been trying to juggle a full time job, full time enrollment at college, and most recently a part time sales job. Although I didn’t hold that position for long, I found that learning to be a salesperson was too much stress for me right now. I like developing strategies and finding new targets, not actually selling the product. I am going to return my equipment this afternoon and I kind...
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Publisize Your Outstanding Customer Service Skills...
Below you will see the Twitter profile of a company named Intense Debate. I’m working on installing their program so I can have comments on this blog. It wasn’t working so I decided to see if anyone on Twitter knew how to use it (and because I wanted to tweet something since I hadnt in awhile). I tweeted “Anyone experienced with Intense Debate? Having probs installing to my...
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LinkedIN is Free Resume Advice!!
There are major benefits of using LinkedIN, a social networking site for professions, such as: networking opportunities, self/company branding, employment searches and due diligence. There is another benefit to LinkedIN - the opportunity to glace into someone else’s resume. It’s like seeing what cards the other players are...
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Connect with Your Twitter Followers
One way to brand yourself online is to connect with your social network followers. When I can I try to thank my followers in a personable way so they can see me as a real person with a real blog. You should message your follows on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or other social networks.
Twitter Thanks:
ex 1: “Thanks, (name) for following me. To witness the start of my marketing career visit...
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Instant Message: A Relationship Starter
The big assignment in my entrepreneurship course is to compose a business plan. My professor recommended we register for a free trial membership to Hoover’s, which is a really expensive, top notch industry analysis company, to obtain information on our industry. Once I had entered my information for a free trial I began to glance around the website and ponder where I should go first. Then an...
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I recently found out about iGoogle and I love it! It’s a home page, or “personalized web portal” that you customize. A homepage is what you first see when you sign onto the internet. In the past there was minimal opportunity to customize the information delivered on that page. I remember when I used America Online years ago, we were given a couple of homepage selections to choose...
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Internet Prowling = Custom Education
My internet marketing class has really made me recognize the importance of web surfing for professional purposes. I’m starting to view the internet as a treasure trove of information and resources that can benefit my career ambitions. This week alone I have applied for a dream internship, read professional histories of successful marketing professionals, learned how to use social networking...
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Natural Skin Care Industry
My ideal career will be marketing and/or owning a company in the natural skin care industry. I have had this ambition for around 5 years now. I’m sure that you would all agree with me that “Green” living/products/production/etc are the wave of the future. That’s because most of us have been ignorant and are just now realizing the damage we have done to the planet and our...
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Twitter Tips
I have started following Biz Stone (the creator of Twitter) on Twitter and it appears that in doing so I will receive emails from him about how to make the most of Twitter! Free advice from the creater of a product that can help my blog? I’ll take it! Here’s a copy of the email message he sent:
Hi there,
Last month I restarted this monthly Twitter email update. If you’ve been...
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Generating Traffic to this Blog, vol. 1
I’ve created this blog for my internet marketing class. The majority of our grade is based upon our efforts to generate traffic to it. So far I have created a Facebook fan page and Twitter account. My plans for the future are to locate other blogs, forums, and web communities that may attract members of my niche, aka females in the early stages of their marketing careers. I will post to...
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Participated in a Promotional Event
There were a few reasons why I agreed to accompany my sales manager to the Delaware Home Show last Saturday: 1.) I could witness her sales skills, 2.) I could learn about the other products we offer, and 3.) I could put that experience on my resume. The show was a success because she sold $3,000 worth of vacuum cleaners. I didn’t really know what to expect when I went there since I only know...
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Mentors 101
It was hard for me to believe my former professor when she told me that people love to mentor. That’s because in my mind, I wondered why someone would want to do extra work in advising me when they likely have enough going on themselves. I didn’t want to feel needy, or anticipate too much from someone. Wanna know a secret? People love to be admired! The best way to have someone donate...
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Experience is necessary in this economy!
My ideal position right now would be as a marketing coordinator for an organic/natural/environmentally friendly organization. A marketing coordinator is a kind of assistant to a marketing department or other marketing professionals. They handle the smaller tasks necessary for a successful campaign/promotion, while leaving the strategic decisions to their boss(es). Seems easy enough, right? A...
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