the power of referrals
Posted: January 6, 2009 | Author: Rebekkah Hilgraves | Filed under: marketing, networking | Tags: BNI, business network, Business Networking International, networking, referral, social network | Leave a comment »How does business come to you? Is it through ads? Mailers? Word of Mouth? Of the three, it turns out that the last is the most effective, because if a friend or business associate recommends a business to you, you’re getting the message about that business from someone whose opinion you generally trust. So, how do you spread the word?
the power of the web … really!
Posted: June 12, 2008 | Author: Rebekkah Hilgraves | Filed under: blogging, networking, social media | Tags: blog, blogging, network, social media, social network | Leave a comment »An amazing thing happened with one of our client sites recently: we had barely completed the design and “thrown the switch”, when they started getting hits on the site and queries for the business. Quite literally within less than 24 hours… Read the rest of this entry »
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the power of yes
Posted: January 11, 2009 | Author: Rebekkah Hilgraves | Filed under: blogging, design, economy, election, marketing, networking, search engine friendly, social media, writing | Tags: customer service, customer support, economy, good news, language, news, positive attitude, social commentary, social media, social network | 2 Comments »Why are we so fond of bad news? It’s like that morbid compulsion to crane your neck at an auto accident to see if–heaven forbid!–anyone was seriously injured, and then breathe a sigh of relief that it wasn’t you (though if you crane your neck far enough, it might be!). We watch the headlines with the same morbid fascination, shaking our heads and clucking our tongues at some stranger’s (or strangers’) misfortunes.
We watch and drool…until the bad news finds its way to our doorstep.
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