Ultimate Guide to Using Facebook For Building Your Brand and Business
Alrighty it’s time for another MEGAPOST here on the blog. And whether you love it, like it or wish it had a dislike button, you can’t deny that Facebook is…
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The Ultimate Ten Day Social Media Challenge to Transform Your Business
Social Media is an undeniably powerful tool for entrepreneurs, businesses and brands. So isn’t it about time you got to grips with how to use it in the right way?…
Brunei is the Land of Unexpected Treasures and Instagram Entrepreneurs
If you were on Borneo Island, Malaysia, and had the opportunity to visit another country, just a 35 minute flight away, would you? Of course you would, and I jumped…
The LinkedIn Tip that Made all the Difference
This is a guest post from Bianco Te Rito who makes you look good online. I asked her to share how she’s rocking LinkedIn to drive new business leads and…
Get Your Free Social Media Etiquette Guide
Unless you’ve been sleeping, then you can’t have missed the countless articles and predictions on why Social Media is going to be so powerful in 2012, and why brands and…
The Secret To Getting In Top Social Media Shape
Years back I competed in a body sculpting competition. It took me 9 long months and a lot of discipline each day to drop 15kgs and achieve just 10% body…
Five Ways To Approach Social Media Listening And Track and Monitor Your Results
In an online world where social media reigns supreme, it can be hard to cut through the constant bombardment of content and chatter, to find the real meaning in it…
Full Credit To The Rugby World Cup And Social Media Is The Winner On The Day
In less than six hours the might New Zealand All Blacks rugby team will step on the field at Eden Park to play the French in the finals of the…
Creating A Facebook Page That Stands Out From The Crowd
As a Social Media coach one of the most common questions I get asked is `How do I make my page stand out and get more likes?’. What seems like…
Four Ways To Create And Showcase Your LinkedIn Company Profile
You may be a big fan of Twitter or consider Facebook your favourite social network, but did you know that LinkedIn is quite possibly one of the most useful tools…
10 Twitter Tips For The Time Strapped Entrepreneur
In honour of Social Media Month here on this blog (not in the whole world which I’m touched somebody thought it was after reading it here…) I want to focus…
Five Forgotten Facebook Features To Revisit
Since it’s Social Media Month here on the blog, I wanted to start off with recapping my reasons why this is even happening. We need to rediscover why we love social…
It Is Time To Rediscover Why We Love Social Media For Business
If you didn’t notice we’ve just hit a new month. Today is a new day, and time for a new way of looking at your beloved (or disliked) social media…
The Secrets of the Nomads
Here’s a look inside the tribe of the modern day nomads, a group of men and women who have established full time careers working online. Will their secret to freedom,…
Top 10 Women Entrepreneurs To Follow On Twitter
When I first started this blog I absolutely loved seeking out amazing women to connect with on Twitter. In July of 2010 I had this brainwave to start profiling them…
Don’t You Dare Do These 5 Things On Social Media
So every once and a while, when you hang out on social networks as much as I do, there are some things that really start to get on your nerves….
Mastering Social Media To Build A Thriving Online Business
My name is Natalie and I’m addicted to Social Media for all the right reasons. Not only is it one of the best ways for me to keep in touch…
The Key To Blogging for Money, Fame and Fortune
Welcome to the fifth installment of Build Your Online Business (BYOB). Want to learn more about this entire month of June series? Start with the The Secret Ingredient To Building…
Toolkit Time #5 Manage and Monitor Your Brand on Social Media Using Nutshell Mail
Another week and another discovery of a great online tool – #5 in Toolkit Time to be exact. In this Business Improvement series I bring you a short video every…
How To Use Twitter To Get Clients And Make Real Money
Let’s get this straight once and for all – Twitter is not a waste of time. Nowadays with so much blatant proof on major news sites, blogs and TV on how…
4 Life Saving Lessons On How To Avoid Your Blog Being Taken Prisoner
You may ask `Why the dramatic headline Natalie?’ and I would respond with this. I don’t EVER want to go through what I did back in December of 2010 when…
The 5 Step Approach to Running a Successful Webinar
This is the second post in a follow up to How To Create A Compelling Webinar Business – Lessons From My Small Biz Disaster. Webinars are perfect for helping you…
How To Create A Compelling Webinar Business – Lessons From My Small Biz Disaster
Let’s face it, as a business owner you are always looking for more ways to make money, right? If your business is predominantly online then you know how hard that…
How to Create Mouth Watering Content for Your Blog
When I attended my first ever BlogWorld in Las Vegas late last year, I was so inspired I wrote How to become a Problogger in 3 days or less, which…
Attract More Customers And Nab Great Traveler Deals With Foursquare
It is official. I’m now a proud mentor on Visa Business Network. I’m here to help small business owners make it easy for their potential customers to find their business…
How Charlie Sheen And Twitter Helped Guinness World Records stoop to a new low
Apparently crossing the English Channel in a dragon boat in 2007 and smashing the previous Guinness World Record is not as important as Charlie Sheen gaining the most Twitter followers…
10 Ways To Make The Most Of The New Look Facebook Page
Yes they have done it again. Just when you think you’re on top of your Facebook page, they go and make significant changes. In this blog post I’m going to…
Scott Stratten Of Unmarketing On How to Reach the Global Market With Social Media
I make a point of transcending timezones and borders with my connections on social media, especially as a suitcase entrepreneur because I want to reach a global audience and make friends…
How Startup Foodily Aims To Change Superbowl Sunday Forever
Today’s the big day. No matter whether you love or hate American Football, Superbowl Sunday seems to create a frenzy of excitement around the world. It’s not just a a…
Should You Have A Facebook Page or A Facebook Group
Love it or hate it Facebook is a place you can’t afford to not be hanging out on – or your business. There’s real benefit to having a Facebook Page for business – it acts as a mini website for free. There’s also value in having a Facebook Group depending on what you need to achieve. This article discusses the differences and ways of using them so you can make the most out of your time spent on this power site!
Do Social Media Metrics and Numbers Actually Matter?
I’ve been working with a diverse range of social media clients over the last year and I really enjoy coaching them through the basics and then onto the advanced strategies I personally use.
10 Social Media And Technology Trend Predictions For 2011
This is always an exciting time of the year. You’re ready to go on holiday and have your well earned break and at the same time you’re anticipating a new…
10 Social Media Etiquette DOs and DONTs
This is a special guest post from Annemarie Cross that cuts right to the heart of how to build your online reputation using the right social media etiquette. It’s a…
Protecting Your Private Parts On Facebook, LinkedIn And Twitter
These days we tend to live online. Everything we put out onto the social web will remain there for eternity. That’s a scary fact and one you want to think…
Top International Business Women To Follow On Twitter
Every two months I pull together a list of women I’m following on Twitter that I think are worth you knowing about. It seems though that, when it comes to…
Promote Your Business By Being Smarter, Faster And Cheaper
In this interview with David Siteman Garland we discuss how “Not only has the Internet become the great equalizer by giving scrappy entrepreneurs the same tools that are available to big brands and major companies, but it has shifted what it is important when it comes to marketing and promoting, creating an incredible opportunity for entrepreneurs. Now, it takes far less money, but more passion, more personality, more creativity and the opportunity to become a trusted resource and the go to person as opposed to a sketchy product pusher.”
Tap into your community to increase your influence, profits and purpose
We’re on day 5 of the November Challenge of saying `No More’ and going great guns on Week 1, which is all about FOCUS. So far we’ve looked at Fitness…
How To Become A Pro Blogger In 3 Days Or Less
The barman at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas asked “What’s a blog?” after I explained that I’d just come from BlogWorld 2010. Having been immersed in the world of…
The Social Network the Movie – does it deliver?
In case you hadn’t heard, today is the premier of `The Social Network’ the movie. Yes they’ve made a movie about Facebook and I’m actually quite excited about it. It…
Top 20 Biz Women To Follow On Twitter – Round 2
Late July I decided to honour some top ladies doing excellent work on Twitter and in the business world that I personally followed and engaged with. For some fantastic reason…
3 Hot New Social Media Updates From the Big Players
So in my `official’ role as a Personal Trainer I feel I owe it to you to keep you abreast of the latest exercises I’m conducting with my current Social…
Are You A Social Media Snob Or A Non-Believer?
I had an amusing experience last week where I was discussing with my friends how we were addicted to social media and how hanging out with people who weren’t on…
Needed: An Open Mind to Use Social Media to Promote Your Business
This is a guest post by Phyllis Zimbler Miller, a female entrepreneur who hopes her story will inspire others who may feel that they are too old to learn social…
The World Is Out There But Is Your Business Listening?
Do you ever stretch yourself beyond your close knit group of friends, local business contacts and those you follow on Twitter? I’m talking about beyond your city, beyond your country…
Can You Crush It Using Social Media For Your Business?
If you haven’t heard of Gary Vaynerchuk by now then where have you been? The master of video blogging, Gary has single handedly built a $60 million dollar business by…
Top 20 Women For Entrepreneurs To Follow on Twitter
As you may have noticed I’m a big believer in using Social Media as an integrated part of your business marketing approach. I also love coaching people where I can…
Web 2.0 Defining Open Leadership And The Latest Innovations
In my previous post I gave an overview on the key takeaways from the Web 2.0 Conference I attended in San Francisco recently. This follow up post focuses on my…
Web 2.0 Exposed – The Future Of Your Business Is Open
On Tuesday April 20th I received this awesome email from Sarah Milstein, TechWeb’s General Manager and Co-Chair for Web 2.0 Expo in response to an email pitch I wrote a…
Feel the Fear. Follow Your Passion. Be a Linchpin
It’s not every day that you make the gutsy move to take a leap of faith into the world of full entrepreneurship. But last week I decided to do just…
Entrepreneurs Social Media Workout 8: Build a Better Blog
When I started Womanzworld back in late August 2009 I had no plan whatsoever. I just knew I loved to write and that I wanted to share my thoughts on…
Entrepreneurs Social Media Workout 7: Website Weightlifting
In this day and age it seems almost everyone and anyone can have a website. It can cost you next to nothing to have a basic website set up within…
Malcolm Gladwell On Why Social Media Won’t Cause Revolutions
There were 3 key things I learned at the F5 Expo held in Vancouver yesterday Always charge your iPhone and camera. Not having an iPhone to multi-task on while watching…
Entrepreneurs Social Media Workout 6: Make Movies with Muscle
Did you know that people remember 20% of what they hear, 30% of what they see and 70% of what they both hear and see? With that in mind you…
Social Media for Entrepreneurs Workout 5: Lunging into LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the perfect tool to meet like-minded business people and cultivate relationships. It’s also an amazing way to gain an international audience for your business. With over 50 million users…
Social Media Entrepreneurs Workout 4: Exercise Control Of Email
You’re two weeks into the Social Media workout designed to save you time, make you more savvy and increase your business profile. If you’re still with me then congratulations. If…
Social Media for Entrepreneurs Workout 3: Toning up with Twitter
I have to say that 9 months back I was a big Twitter skeptic and I chat to people every day who still feel this way. Yet I’ve seen incredible things…
Social Media for Entrepreneurs Workout 2: Get Facebook Fit
Facebook is huge, with over 400 million users now it’s the place to be, both personally and for your business. Love it or hate it, you need to get yourself…
The Entrepreneurs Social Media Workout 1: Back to Basics
I’m going to take you on a Social Media workout plan to grow your business, connect with more people, listen to new audiences, increase your visibility and attract more customers within…
How to Catch The Time Thief and Get More Done
It became exceedingly obvious to me over the weekend just how precious my time is. As an entrepreneur I often think I can work miracles in the space of 24…
Five steps to taking your networking online (and into the social media age)
Networking and word of mouth marketing has changed dramatically in the last few years – are you keeping up? No longer is networking just about turning up to a networking…
Become a Social Network Guru And Grow Your Business
There’s no need to be overwhelmed by the Social Networking phenomenon. Instead get excited about the possibilities. If you’re feeling this whole social networking shebang is too much to handle,…
Why Women Are a Powerful Force In Social Networks
So how important are social networks to women? ShesConnected has the latest scoop. As a cofounder of two businesses completely immersed in and dependent upon the power of social networks,…
Keeping It Real with Your Own Unique Online Brand
Many of us don’t think of ourselves as a brand, but that’s exactly what we are. Every day the way you present yourself, how you look, what you say in…
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