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Businesses need each other to build their own business. Mutually beneficial relationships help both businesses expand their success.   This is the basic premise behind attending Chamber of Commerce mixers, or other networking events.
True networking online
With sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and [...]

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In Seth Godin’s new book, Tribes, a few key lessons have stood out. Having spent years in the public education world, I’ve been a teacher of the sheep, and for so long sought permission from my leaders there. To define a few terms, sheep are followers. Sheep are those people that are [...]

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Go-Giving Online

by Courtney Engle in Featured Posts

Being a Go-Giver in the social media world has become fun. Last week, I had the chance to get on a conference call with my company, featuring Bob Burg and Thom Scott. Bob’s teaching in “The Go-Giver”, co-authored with John David Mann, has had a great impact on my life.
For starters, I [...]

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Tribes – by Seth Godin

by Courtney Engle in Featured Posts

Tribes, by Seth Godin, is a great listen. I’ve been watching my tribe on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, FriendFeed, or the countless other social sites so intertwined into my life – and wondering, when will conversion hit? How can I give more in value to the Tribe following me, and at which point do [...]

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