A great project for your Social Media Specialist

I belong to a few groups on LinkedIn. Recently, one of the groups posted a discussion allowing members to post if they were interested in accepting invitations to connect from other members. Today, I received a digest of the group’s discussions and found that there are over 200 comments from other women entrepreneurs who want to connect. Cool right?

When I started to review other members’ profiles, I began to think that this would be a great project for a social media specialist to handle on behalf of clients. Ideally, the specialist should know the client’s business well enough to determine which connections to make out of the 200+ comments.

We specialize in working one-on-one with clients in an ongoing, collaborative relationship. By doing so, we can freely and proactively act on your behalf in many different ways. The work gets done, connections are made, communities are built, and it’s all done allowing you to focus on other business issues.

Thoughts? Feel free to leave a comment.

Your Partner on the Web,
Holly

Set Up Shop on Facebook

Did you know that you can set up a tab with a storefront on Facebook? I came across an article about it yesterday while doing some research. It’s pretty cool. You can read the article here:

“Social Commerce with Facebook Stores”

Three Popular Facebook Store Options By , About.com Guide

If you want to skip the article and go right to the Facebook profiles with the store examples, they’re here:
StyleQ Store
UFC Fan Store
Aleratec Store

Of course, this option isn’t for everyone as there is a pretty hefty fee for the service but for the right business, this ecommerce option could be well worth the investment.

Your Partner on the Web,

Holly

Mankato YWCA Women’s Leadership Program – Deadline Extended

I contacted Anne Ganey last week to see whether she was still accepting applications into this program. She is and so I highly encourage women in the Mankato area to apply. The knowledge you will gain about yourself and others is priceless and truly a life-long investment.

ALL WOMEN ARE INVITED TO APPLY
This is a gender-specific leadership development program that takes a cohort of women through nine
months of capacity building, mentoring and support. It focuses on the unique challenges women face in becoming leaders in our workplaces and community.
Women may apply or be nominated.

PLEASE APPLY IF YOU:
• Are willing to invest in your own development.
• Desire to advance in your career.
• Plan to participate in the community.
• Want to connect with leaders.
• Believe you have leadership potential.
Or, consider nominating someone with these characteristics. Many women with leadership potential don’t act on it until they are asked to by someone else.”

PROGRAM GOALS
• Increase leadership skills and capacity in women in the Greater Mankato area.
• Prepare women to meet the common challenges women leaders confront.
• Prepare women to take leadership positions in business and corporations, on boards of directors, in elected office, foundations and entrepreneur businesses.
• Increase the number of women in local leadership roles, with a focus on corporate and/or business leadership.
• Engage women in effective civic engagement and participation.
• Create and sustain a support system for women leaders.

PROGRAM THEMES
• Skill Development
• Redefining Power
• Balance
• Ethical Leadership
• Reflection

Click HERE for more information.

“Take the Guesswork out of Shipping”

I received a brochure yesterday from the USPS. They are promoting their “if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate – and your shipments arrive in just 2-3 days” program.
You can get a free Flat Rate Box Shipping Kit here. Even if you don’t want a kit, go to the site anyway; Al is pretty funny to watch.

Holly