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February 8, 2017
Community Help with Facebook
Facebook Launches Community Help Today Facebook is expanding its Safety Check feature that allows friends to declare they’re safe after a disaster with the launch of “Community Help.” The feature allows locals to aid people nearby, such as providing baby supplies, water, or a room in their home. Victims of natural disasters, local accidents, and […]
Why You Should Tag People on LinkedIn
Why: Tagging on LinkedIn is one of the best ways to segment and manage your network. How: Similar to Facebook, LinkedIn allows you to create “tags” that you can attach to your connections. Later you can sort your connections through that tag. This allows you to keep up with and stay in touch with your […]
Wondering how to stay out of debt as an entrepreneur?
If there is one thing that people fear the most in life, it has to be debts. Now, there are two sides to debts that you ought to know of. A debt can come in handy when you actually need it for a right cause. It could bail you out of a dire situation, you […]
Is The Internet Key to Growth in Africa?
Africa is described as undergoing a ‘fourth industrial revolution’. With smart phone connections forecast to increase to 720 million by the end of 2020, and Internet penetration rising faster than anywhere else in the world, Africa is being propelled into a new digital age. For the vast majority of Africans, Internet engagement is solely through mobile […]
February 7, 2017
How to Embed Video on LinkedIn
Sprout Social, links to videos that play directly can result in a 75% higher share rate.[i] Embedded videos are when the video shows and is able to play directly within the article/post—meaning the user can stay on the same page. This easier for viewers to forward as well, increasing the possibility of more views and […]
Lady Gaga’s Digital Sales Skyrocket
Lady Gaga Crushes Digital Sales Post Super Bowl Halftime Performance Following her acrobatic display during the Super Bowl , Lady Gaga’s digital sales increased over 1,000% according to a report by Nielsen Music. Nielsen also reported that approx. 111.3 million viewers watched the Super Bowl While there were tweets and memes about Lady Gaga wearing […]
6 Easy Steps for Securing Your Business Data
Cyber-attacks are a trend that, unfortunately, came to stay. Improvements in this behalf by learning the way customers are dependent on certain applications or how to breach the code of core Corporation software has led to an immense amount of money spent on resources for preventing unwanted access by hackers to sensible data stored at […]
Need To Supercharge Your Marketing- 6 Customer Retention Ways To Do So!
In the world of business there is an old saying that goes “if you don’t care about your customers, someone else will”. This is why, big brands and companies alike, literally take all the pains to keep their clients with them and retain customers for life. Everyone big and small has the same goal- to […]
February 6, 2017
How to Export Contacts into Email
Why Let’s face it—not everyone is as responsive on LinkedIn as you are. Never fear, there is a secret way to get the email addresses of any of your LinkedIn connections. How Go to: https://www.linkedin.com/people/expor.... From the drop down, select .csv (good for Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, etc.) or VCF (Mac OS). Most will use .csv. […]
How To Save Your Business With Wise Financial Management
Simply phrased, there is no worse nightmare than business cash/capital flow problems. When faced with such fates most folks tend to sell off their business in avoidance of getting to the point of bankruptcy. This does not have to be the case. Depending on how you address the issues you can do much more than […]
