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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Are you one of the many managers and HR professionals swimming against the swelling tide of the</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i> <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/11/14-employee-engagment-stats-2015.html" target="_blank">70% employees disengagement rate</a></i></b>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Well, it turns out that <b><i>changing your company's culture</i></b> with a strong burst of tighly focused changed from the middle management level may be a critical success factor! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>That means teaching and learning the change management basics. It also means leveraging some powerful virtual tools for effectively</b>: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Measuring and implementing</i></b> the key action-learning<span style="font-size: x-large;"> steps towards your core culture change goals,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Performance coaching</i></b> your employees,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Recognizing and reinforcing</b></i> the most high value work behaviors, </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Rinsing and Repeating </b>in an iterative organizational learning cycle. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Why change your culture?</b> Companies that effectively communicate and manage the organizational change process are <b><i>350% more likely to outperform their competitors</i></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Here are 3 great online tools</b> you can start using right now to begin measuring and changing your organizational or team culture: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Start building a high performance work culture</b> right now with <a href="http://cultureiq.com/"><b>Culture</b></a><i><a href="http://cultureiq.com/"><b>IQ</b></a>. They provide </i>Powerful metrics made simple with a user-friendly dashboard. You get meaningful and actionable analytics to help you identify and change key organizational pain points.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>You've got to see</b> <a href="http://www.15five.com/"><b>15Five</b></a>! They provide a Web-based platform that directly targets employee manager communication process "<b><i>to align goals and uncover obstacles and opportunities that are often missed</i></b>." </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b>Time to Gamify with Bunchball:</b> Once you've identified the key performance goals for your organizational learning and culture change process, <i><b>it's time to contact <a href="http://www.bunchball.com/">Bunchball</a></b></i>. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Bunchball's incredible <i>Nitro platform</i> allows you to <b><i>measure and positively reinforce employee performance, learning and change goals</i></b> as movement towards them unfolds in real time. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Bunchball's highly customizable gamification platform is proving an award winning industry leader again and again. They're constantly sparking <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/06/bunchball-high-performance-gamification.html" target="_blank">previously unimagined performance gains</a> and even complete company transformations in organizations as divers as: tech, digital marketing and call centers! Take a look: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Here are 6 thought provoking change management tips via this great infographic I found on <a href="http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/">TheUnderCoverRecuriter.Com</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Visual tools help you craft beautiful images</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"> that market your products and
services.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">You might believe that high-quality<b><i>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US"> In this list we share <b>21 Free Tools</b>
you can use to create great images to better digitally market your business.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qwOPIG1am-I/VOzEX9_YNTI/AAAAAAAAA3w/1YOLDg0CPY4/s1600/powtoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qwOPIG1am-I/VOzEX9_YNTI/AAAAAAAAA3w/1YOLDg0CPY4/s1600/powtoon.jpg" height="128" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">1.<b> <a href="http://www.powtoon.com/">PowToon</a></b>- Want <b><i>a professional
looking animated explainer video</i></b> <b>but don’t have thousands of dollars to
pay for it</b>? Would you love an attention-getting animated presentation but lack
the technical skill? </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">How about putting Powerpoint to shame with <i><b>the ultimate animated business slide show</b></i>? PowToon is for you. It is very user-friendly
and allows the novice to create…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Research demonstrates that videos on landing
pages increase conversions by 86%.</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US"> As the point of visual marketing is to
increase sales, it makes sense to make video a priority.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--3zI1BN9rpM/VOzQj5jKamI/AAAAAAAAA4A/RBsHZhkkaJo/s1600/canva.com%2Bfree.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--3zI1BN9rpM/VOzQj5jKamI/AAAAAAAAA4A/RBsHZhkkaJo/s1600/canva.com%2Bfree.png" height="200" width="200" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">2. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.canva.com/">Canva-</a></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Canva specializes in graphic
design. It offers templates, most of which are free, to create the
following:</span></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Website
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Canva also has a database that contains over 1
million images that you can use for business. Like Logo Type Maker, there
are free and low-cost options. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e7I1eysAsJQ/VOzR90IDuoI/AAAAAAAAA4M/a3xT3aWfu48/s1600/piktochart%2Bfree%2Bgraphics%2Btools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e7I1eysAsJQ/VOzR90IDuoI/AAAAAAAAA4M/a3xT3aWfu48/s1600/piktochart%2Bfree%2Bgraphics%2Btools.jpg" height="96" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">3. <b><a href="http://piktochart.com/">Piktochart</a></b>- Some business are
in data-heavy fields. Paragraphs with a lot of percentages are
likely to be forgotten. Piktochart makes designing an infographic
easy. You simply select a theme and template and the plug in your
data and text. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SxkoaYf1hm8/VOzUCY5g-1I/AAAAAAAAA4o/zuZH0CkK_C8/s1600/infogram-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SxkoaYf1hm8/VOzUCY5g-1I/AAAAAAAAA4o/zuZH0CkK_C8/s1600/infogram-logo.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4.<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://infogr.am/">Infogr.am</a></span></b><span lang="EN-US">- Here is another tool to create stunning
infographics. Infogr. am allows you to use its templates or create
your own. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Whether you use Piktochart or Infogr.am, infographics deliver great benefits.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-US">30x</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> more likely to be read than
text-only content </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">3x
more likely to get Liked and Shared than plain content</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Generate
more traffic than text blog posts</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GWi9GeFDLpg/VOzTLKC0U_I/AAAAAAAAA4Y/RaroyN916l8/s1600/awsomescreenshot.com%2Bfree.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GWi9GeFDLpg/VOzTLKC0U_I/AAAAAAAAA4Y/RaroyN916l8/s1600/awsomescreenshot.com%2Bfree.png" height="200" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">5. <b><a href="http://awesomescreenshot.com/">Awesome Screenshot-</a></b> This tool
allows you to add graphics right to a screenshot. Imagine how much more
effective your screenshot is with an arrow pointing to what you want to
emphasize! You’ve got to see this one! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t8BOooUP48I/VOzTuj3rm0I/AAAAAAAAA4g/papgDa1sXLM/s1600/logotypemaker.com%2Bfree.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t8BOooUP48I/VOzTuj3rm0I/AAAAAAAAA4g/papgDa1sXLM/s1600/logotypemaker.com%2Bfree.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">6. <b><a href="http://logotypemaker.com/">Logo Type Maker</a></b>- A business uses a
logo to associate its brand with a particular image. You can go to Logo
Type Maker and pick out one for free. </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">As with many sites, there is also a
paid option. If you select ‘Customizable,’ the cost may likely be less
than hiring a freelance graphic artist.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span> </div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CY6vG28iKTQ/VOzUsnOyRSI/AAAAAAAAA40/w4fh1K6qSQE/s1600/Pickmonkey.com%2Bfree.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CY6vG28iKTQ/VOzUsnOyRSI/AAAAAAAAA40/w4fh1K6qSQE/s1600/Pickmonkey.com%2Bfree.PNG" height="49" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">7.<b><a href="http://www.picmonkey.com/">PicMonkey</a></b>- Do you need to simply edit
a photo? At PicMonkey, you just need to upload and…</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span> </div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">· Add text</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">· Select a frame</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">· Adjust the background</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">You then have a great image that you can use on
social media accounts like Facebook and Twitter.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FlZ_qlu6NEM/VOzZ_sH5ydI/AAAAAAAAA5U/L7p-vwg_SoU/s1600/quotescover.com%2Bfree%2Btool.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FlZ_qlu6NEM/VOzZ_sH5ydI/AAAAAAAAA5U/L7p-vwg_SoU/s1600/quotescover.com%2Bfree%2Btool.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">8. <b><a href="http://www.quotescover.com/">QuotesCover</a></b>- A quote can
summarize a point you want to make. QuotesCover is a tool that allows you
to add famous statements to your social media profile or e-cards. A
strong feature of QuotesCover is its attractive fonts. A font needs to
be:</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span> </div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Attention-getting</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Easy-to-read</span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IiWgBx226C0/VOzbiMLwvAI/AAAAAAAAA5g/RNUyCJ3mXvg/s1600/quozio_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IiWgBx226C0/VOzbiMLwvAI/AAAAAAAAA5g/RNUyCJ3mXvg/s1600/quozio_logo.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">9. <b><a href="http://quozio.com/">Quozio</a></b>-
This tool is another one that helps you incorporate quotes in to your social
media. You just type of quote, select a background, and post. It is
that straightforward.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y7OQtLl_k88/VOzVmO7D0lI/AAAAAAAAA5A/Coe_r7nu9UI/s1600/Fotor.com%2BFree.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y7OQtLl_k88/VOzVmO7D0lI/AAAAAAAAA5A/Coe_r7nu9UI/s1600/Fotor.com%2BFree.png" height="58" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">10.<b> <a href="http://www.fotor.com/">Fotor</a></b>- Fotor is a free app that allows you
to do the </span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">following:</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">· <strong>Create a card-</strong> Good manners never go out of style. Imagine the great impression
you leave when you send a customized thank you card to a client.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">· <strong>Build a collage-</strong> Fotor enables you to make collages. If you’re an
orthodontist who wants to show pictures of lots of kids with beautiful smiles,
this app meets that need.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">· <strong>Photo editing-</strong> you can add frames and quickly adjust your photos.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">11. <b><a href="http://pic-collage.com/">PicCollage</a></b>- Want to use your phone to
create a collage of happy customers? Then PicCollage is for you. This tool works on Apple and Android devices. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span> </div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">12. <b><a href="http://www.liveluvcreate.com/">LiveLuvCreate</a></b>- Do you have great
photos on your home computer or on your Facebook profile? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">You can use
LiveLuvCreate to craft them into great images for your social media
accounts. This tool offers borders, effects, and the ability to overlay
text.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">13. <b><a href="http://www.liveluvcreate.com/">Pixlr</a>- </b>Pixlr is an online tool
that is available for Apple or Android devices. It has 3 modules:</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US"> Pixlr Express allows you to
make basic edits to an image:</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">You
can select an image that shows you or your customers, products or service.
</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">You
then use Pixlr Express to add text to the image and post it to social
media. </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Pixlr-O-Matic
offers solid photo editing tools such as borders.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Pixlr
Editor is for people who want to create new images or who have become
comfortable using more advanced editing tools.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span> </div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">14.<b> <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP</a></b>-
GIMP is a free, computer based (Windows and Mac OS X) photo editor. You
can manage all your basic photo-editing needs (cropping, resizing, retouching)
from a business computer.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">15. <b><a href="https://unsplash.com/">Unsplash</a></b>-
Sometimes we don’t have images at our disposal. For instance, some
business such as therapist’s or doctor’s offices can’t use patients’ images
because of confidentiality. Yet, these offices want to convey the caring
nature of their services with a picture. Unsplash comes in here very nicely.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span> </div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Unsplash offers free images that are not
copyrighted. This fact means that you can use them for your business
purposes -royalty free.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">16. <b><a href="http://nos.twnsnd.co/">New
Old Stock</a></b>- Similar to Unsplash, New Old Stock offers images that have
no known copyright restrictions on them. Its vintage photos distinguish
it from Unsplash. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US"> If you’re trying to create a unique image from a time past,
this free service might have what you need.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Note: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">43% of social media users share pictures. Make sure you put one of these service to work for you.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">17. <b><a href="https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/">Adobe Color CC</a></b>- It
is important to incorporate color into your brand. Adobe Color is free to down
load and use with other Adobe products. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">This touch app allows to choose from
existing color palettes or create new ones from your phone. When you want
to use color but are unsure which ones to use, employ this simple guide:</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">
Red- Excitement</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">
Black- Luxury</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> <span lang="EN-US">Green- Healing</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> <span lang="EN-US">Blue- Trust</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> <span lang="EN-US">Purple- Creativity</span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span> </div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Research shows that 60% of the acceptance or
rejection of a brand is due to the color impression<i>.</i></span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Think carefully about the
image you create for prospective customers.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">18. <b><a href="https://placeit.net/">Placeit</a></b>-
If you run an online business and want images that convey how easy it is to
order from you, Placeit helps you. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Placeit is an app that offers photos of people
using different devices in varied setting (i.e. an office, on the beach).
It even offers ‘freebies’ delivered to your Dropbox.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">For example, this app allows you to add your company logo and images into the blank screen of an Iphone or laptop. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Note:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Like other services, Placeit has paid
features too. Make sure if you’re on a tight budget to use the free images
first.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span> </div>
<h3 class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-US">These tools are great for leveraging your
Pinterest account for business! </span></b></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JFsKY95yrEg/VOz72XXDlXI/AAAAAAAAA54/twF1MX9hrC0/s1600/Free%2BPinterest%2Bapps%2Btools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JFsKY95yrEg/VOz72XXDlXI/AAAAAAAAA54/twF1MX9hrC0/s1600/Free%2BPinterest%2Bapps%2Btools.jpg" height="203" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">19.<b> <a href="http://www.pinwords.com/">Pinwords</a></b>-
With its growing popularity, no list of visual tools is complete without
mentioning those ones related to Pinterest. The first is Pinwords.
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Here is another simple, Pinterest-focused tool. You can create images and
use text with different backgrounds (for instance, a sticky note
background). </span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Bonus Link for your Brick and Mortar Business: </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">21.<b> <a href="http://businesscardland.com/home/">Business Card Land</a></b>- Have you
ever ordered business cards from an office supply store and felt like you
didn’t get much value for your money? Business Card Land exists for this
reason. It offers editable templates so you can create and print your own
business cards.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Visuals Showcase Your Talents</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Eye-catching pictures and images are a must to
convert viewers to customers. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Make sure you create content that both
showcases your talents and addresses the needs of potential customers.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> <span lang="EN-US">Popular Blogs In Your Niche</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Your
Own Research</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">All of this information shows that we live in a
visual world. These new apps and computer-based tools allow you, a small
business owner access tools that once belonged only to large corporations with
graphic arts departments. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US">Be sure to use these tools to get the most out
of your digital marketing and social selling efforts!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.powtoon.com/" target="_blank" title="http://www.powtoon.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;">http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/visual-content-marketing-strategy</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/boost-engagement-visual-content" target="_blank" title="http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/boost-engagement-visual-content"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;">http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/boost-engagem...</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://kimgarst.com/6-free-tools-to-create-amazing-eye-catching-graphics" target="_blank" title="http://kimgarst.com/6-free-tools-to-create-amazing-eye-catching-graphics"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;">http://kimgarst.com/6-free-tools-to-create-amaz...</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/8-visual-content-apps/" target="_blank" title="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/8-visual-content-apps/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;">http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/8-visual-con...</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.razorsocial.com/visual-web/" target="_blank" title="http://www.razorsocial.com/visual-web/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;">http://www.razorsocial.com/visual-web/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://alirittenhouse.com/free-tools-to-create-graphics-for-your-blog-and-social-media/" target="_blank" title="http://alirittenhouse.com/free-tools-to-create-graphics-for-your-blog-and-social-media/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 107%;">http://alirittenhouse.com/free-tools-to-create-...</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>With nearly 200 million active users</i></b> online and around 50%
logging in to Google+ on a daily basis, Google+ is rapidly becoming a huge
social network that you simply won’t be able to ignore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It may not be as <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.com/2014/01/8-amazing-strategies-to-ease-your.html">popularas Facebook</a> just yet or as powerful as <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/08/twitter-strategies-to-drive-blog-traffic.html">Twitter for driving huge volumes of real time targeted blog traffic</a>, but it can
substantially impact your SEO rankings positively.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The simplest things you can leverage from this social
network is</span><i style="font-size: x-large;"><b> Relationship Marketing</b></i><span style="font-size: large;"> and huge targeted business blog or website traffic. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Relationship Marketing</b> can be done through Google Hangouts
where you can connect with your audiences, and <b><i>Driving Traffic</i></b> becomes much
easier with Google+ by simply building your profile and sharing news and
content regarding your business.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">While these terms define all the benefits in much broader
terms, they are merely the basics. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can expand the idea a great deal since
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Google+ has more than 2.2 billion</i></b> user profiles all over the
world, out of these, nearly 200 million are active. </span></span><br />
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users sign in on a daily basis</i></b>, and the network has a growth rate of over 33%
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Gmail users have a Google+ account, and there is certainly no dearth of people
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such statistics only reiterate the
fact that Google+ can effectively be the best thing that has happened to your
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Branding your business on Google+</i></b> allows customers from all
over the world to find you on any and all Google platforms. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Your business
becomes accessible for clients through simple searches since the Google network
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>There are numerous ways of sharing
content;</b> you can post to your own Google+ profile, you can post to the Google
communities and you can send emails to your circles. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But this doesn't mean <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.com/2015/01/how-value-proposition-social-selling.html">a giant revenue boost</a> just yet; the key to making your business work for customers
online is utilizing all the apps this extensive social network has to offer in
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">1.</span><span style="font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">This results in up to <i><b>50% higher engagement</b></i> than
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">2. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">The ads on Google make up for 64.6% of all
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post your content to Google+ Circles to increase traffic.</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">1.</span><span style="font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">This will help you drive traffic towards your
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">1. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">The +1 button on Google+ that you come across on
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">5. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">This function also allows sharing and commenting
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Hangouts</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">1. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">The Google Hangouts are an essential tool; this
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">1.</span><span style="font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">YouTube has successfully become the second
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/02/youtube-contentmarketing-2014.html"> This is why YouTube MUST be Your Core Content Marketing Strategy in 2015!!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">1.</span><span style="font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">This tool lets you share your information with
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">1.</span><span style="font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">These embedded posts let you share your content
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-stretch: normal;"> Powerful </span></span><b style="font-size: x-large; text-indent: -18pt;">SEO Benefits</b></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">1.</span><span style="font-size: large; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Google owns about
65-75 of the entire search engine market shares and serves more than 25% of all
the internet traffic in North America.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">2. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">18% of all the organic
clicks go to the first result that appears, 10% goes to the second and 7% goes
to the third.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">3. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">75% of all users never
scroll past the first page, which means the best thing for your business is to
be at the first page.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">4 Tips to Visitor Interaction on Google+</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When you look at a substantial amount of data from over
800,000 posts on Google+, you can find some great tidbits for strategizing your
content for this network and increase engagement and interaction.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><i>Photos lead</i></b> on comments, re-shares, +1s, and
they account for 57% of all the posts on Google+</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">The second most common type; <b><i>Links are the LEAST
engaging </i></b>option for a post and are considered a pitfall.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Text-Only posts work very poorly</span> for re-shares,
but they do quite well with comments and +1s.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Posts that are more than a 100 characters long
do better than shorter ones on all metrics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Think of your self as a blog co-owner when you leaving a comment on someone else's post. Add value to someone's post and they are very likely to add value to your post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Posts that are
accompanied with photos and over a hundred characters do better than others on
the extensive network of Google+.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What are the Best Practices when Using Google+?</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some <b><i>basic benefits</i></b> of applying the BEST PRACTICES
that follow to get you started:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">· </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">It can help you improve the visibility of your
business in the Google Search results.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">· </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">It is <b><i>the second largest social media platform</i></b>
and has millions of monthly active users, which means it can help you gain a
substantial amount of exposure.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">· </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">It helps in <i><b>increasing and enhancing the social
signals for your brand</b></i>, as well as the networking.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">It can be used as a very effective
micro-blogging platform.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Google+ BEST
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">· </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Always make sure that your profile is <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/06/your-utimate-guide-to-stunning-social.html">optimized</a>;
add an appropriate description, a branded profile image, and the URL to your
website.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">· </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Always allow the 1+ button on your website so
that users can recommend your content.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">· </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><i>Verify</i></b> Your Business.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">· </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Always keep at <b><i><a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2015/02/31-content-marketing-tips-to-increase.html">regularly posting quality content</a></i></b>; the more shareable and relevant your content is, the more Google+ will
positively regard your online presence by boosting your Author Rank.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">· </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Always try to <b><i>use keyword rich title tags</i></b>,
treating all your posts like mini-blogs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">· </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><i>Using the “rel=publisher” code</i></b>, link your
business page to your website so that Google may include your business in the
authorship information in search results.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">Always <b><i>keep adding connections</i></b> to make your
social circles larger and more versatile in terms of audience.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">· </span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><i>Keep your posts visual</i></b> to drive a higher amount
of user engagement.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Applying and incorporating these practices in your social
media strategy can help you gain a substantial amount of audience, increases user engagement, enhance the visitor flow and drive a good amount of social
referral traffic towards your website.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b style="font-size: x-large; text-indent: -18pt;">Perfecting
Your Profile</b><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">: Your hover card and profile is the first impression, make
sure every element of it reflects the personality of your brand to your
audience.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b style="font-size: x-large; text-indent: -18pt;">Manage
and Create Circles</b><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">: Grow your audiences by creating circles and managing
them actively, to create a clear brand image in the minds of your prospects.</span></span><br />
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Communities</b><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">: Be an active part of a number of communities and try to play a
positive role. Keep your prospects enticed with your brand and form a trusting
social relationship by contributing actively.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b style="font-size: x-large; text-indent: -18pt;">Share Vigorously</b><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">: The
more content you share on your Google+ page, the more recognized your brand can
potentially become, since Google is the largest platform and can easily make or
break a brand’s presence</span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So what we are really looking at here is an entire
eco-system, named “Google”. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A large portion of our online activities and
interactions are conducted through this search engine giant, and the brand name
has become more of a term. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">People nowadays look to Google for an answer to all
their web related questions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If your business has any amount of influence
and impact, it's compulsory for it to be related to the network in some
way.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />It is expected that <b><i>the social media fabric will be even
more intricate and complex in the coming years</i></b>. What brands desperately
need to look for at these times is their best platform. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although other social
media networks have a substantial amount of impact, it is really the <b><i>Google
effect</i></b> that can truly get your business established.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Google+ social network has a much wider and more varying
outreach than any other network today, and businesses can take a lot of
advantage of this fact. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The benefits that your brand can enjoy from the added
exposure and outreach are boundless and the value of your brand can become
recognized globally with much effort.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Benefits of Using Google+</b></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are many advantages that your business enjoys by
choosing this social media network. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since the statistics clearly state how much
more outreach and exposure the entire Google platform has, the network is highly
beneficial in terms of engagement, interaction, leads, gaining prospects and
building and establishing your brand.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Must See G+ Infographic:</b></span> <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/10/google-vs-facebook-twitter-in-2015-who.html">Google+ vs Facebook and Twitter in 2015?</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While other networks carry some competitive features, none
can quite level up to the number of users that Google+ has gained over time. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It
has become <b><i>a booming entrepreneurial </i></b>and corporate environment where brands can
flourish and truly experience success. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Facebook, Twitter and other social
platforms simply do not offer the same amount of consistency and growth that
the entire fabric of the Google Ecosystem can propose.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Some common benefits your business or brand
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><b style="font-size: x-large; text-indent: -18pt;">Visibility</b><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -18pt;">:
Your overall SERP rank increases substantially and by having your business
website linked to your Google Plus account.</span></span></div>
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The communities and circles you join allow you post to a very large targeted
audience that will be more likely to engage with your material.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Are you a busy </span><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><i><a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/06/how-to-hire-happy-employees-surprising.html">recruiter</a></i></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> or </span><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><i>life coach</i></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> who regularly conducts interviews or interacts with clients via webcam? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Maybe you're <b><i><a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2015/01/how-value-proposition-social-selling.html">starting a new online business</a></i></b> and <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/02/youtube-contentmarketing-2014.html">deep-engagement <b>video</b></a> will be your main content marketing strategy in <b>2015</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In all of these scenarios, having a crisp, clear and vibrant presence via web cam may be critical to your success! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Here's a great infographic I found that was posted recently by digital marketing expert: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #797979; font-family: 'Sentinel SSm A', 'Sentinel SSm B', serif; line-height: 77px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/author/lindsay-kolowich">LindsayKolowich</a></b></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579573438836365156.post-43545934106393314852015-02-12T14:55:00.003-05:002015-02-12T19:59:27.661-05:004 Reasons Online Reviews Could be Critical to Your Digital Marketing Success [#Infographic]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Check out this infographic from <a href="http://webrepublic.com/">WebRepublic.com</a> on the <b><i>digital marketing power of online revues</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Blogs that have more than 100 high quality posts and that post fresh content <b>15-30 times per month </b>see <b>500% more targeted search engine traffi</b>c on average. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Combine <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/04/blogger-needed-content-curator.html">high frequency deep engagement blogging</a> with <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2015/01/how-value-proposition-social-selling.html">an extraordinary value proposition</a> and you've got a blog that will generate <b>leads</b> and <b>revenue</b> for your business. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Do you have a working content marketing plan for your business? Are your audience getting value enough from your blog posts to make them share your blog contents?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Blogging based on a strong content marketing strategy means you have to plan, prepare and research the article. before writing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You still have to edit and be sure that the article is readable before posting. It has to be of serious and immediate value to your target audience. Only then will they share it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> I found a great content marketing infographic to help you shape your content marketing strategy. You'll find these tips very useful when creating content for your business. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">• Do a Google search with your keyword to know other pages ranking for the same keyword based on Google’s suggestions that pop up as you type your keyword ideas</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">• For every 500 words of text, include an image (the most shared posts have an average of 1-2 high quality engaging images per post)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You have to optimize your content for search. This includes <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/06/your-utimate-guide-to-stunning-social.html">stunning visual optimization</a> of your social media accounts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The more you share your high quality content on social networks the more popular it becomes. And the more traffic you get to your blog. This can mean more sales if you’ve written and extraordinary value proposition. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Want more social shares to increase the social signals on your blog? Here are some tips: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">• <a href="https://www.canva.com/">Create an attractive custom graphic</a> that shows the title of your blog. This will increase shares on Pinterest and other social networks</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">• Use click to tweet to include tweetable quotes and stats in your blog</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">To get more people to see your blog post you have to socially promote your blog. It may be the blog as a whole or a particular blog post. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">• <a href="http://backlinko.com/list-building">Send an update to your email list</a> for instant traffic. Be sure to include a link to your blog post</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">• Use Facebook adds and <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2015/01/the-verdict-on-social-selling-through_23.html">Linkedin</a> sponsored updates to run targeted adds</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">• Consider other places like Reddit, Digg, Myspace and the likes. But you must understand how these sites and their communities work before posting your content. To avoid making wasted efforts posting on them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For example, the best time to maximize #B2B re-tweet rates on Twitter is 5 PM on week nights. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tweet around 6 PM to maximize your click through rate. Take a look: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The verdict on social selling</b> through Linkedin can be summarized in 4 words – <b><i>It Works and it's powerful! </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Now that you have <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2015/01/how-value-proposition-social-selling.html">the single most critical digital marketing factor</a> working for you it's time for your join the growing Linkedin digital marketing boom! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>If you haven’t joined</b> the 300 million plus people who are on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/"><b>Linkedin</b></a> just yet, then you need to connect your business to LinkedIn ASAP.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Start by familiarizing yourself with what other smart entrepreneurs have known for a couple of years now: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s no secret that huge numbers of the hottest B2B social selling connections are happening right now on Linkedin as you read this! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Savvy social salespeople and digital marketers are increasingly using LinkedIn as a major source of new leads and tangible revenue, - and so should you! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So, how can you use this social media platform to your business’ advantage? How do you actually generate leads and make sales like the digital marketing pros? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Well, the following are the top 10 tested and proven strategies for social selling through LinkedIn: -</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The first step in any effective digital marketing campaign is to: identify your target market or your ideal customers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It's a waist of time to embark on a social selling campaign without having a clear grasp of who your target audience is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Mapping your target prospects will involve determining the common professional titles and keywords that your ideal customers are use to best describe themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Once you identify these titles and keywords, you can use two separate methods to find them, i.e. through the LinkedIn Advanced Search and LinkedIn Groups.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Once you identify your target prospects, you can proceed and make first contact by sending connection requests. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When sending connection requests, be sure to send a personalized message explaining two things: One, how you know or heard about them and two, why they should connect with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">There are's a powerful pairs of words that when used usually indicate that a person is highly courteous and approachable “Thank You”. These words shouldn't be used sparingly, especially if one expects to get new prospects, as well as maintain existing customers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Once a targeted prospect accepts your connection request, sending a “Thank You” message will certainly add some weight on your side of the courtesy scale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Make sure to describe the top 1-3 reasons that your thankful for the connection. For example, describe what you love most about your new connection's value proposition. Let them know what you've learned or gained from the content they've shared. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you thought that it all ends at the point you send a “Thank You” message, then there's still lots to learn about social selling on Linkedin. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You'll also need to reach out to your new connections even if you aren't sure they'll be of any value to your business. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">There is something known as a “Relationship Building” message, which starts with you providing something of value to your connections without any ulterior motives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This could sharing an insight that solves a real business problem or pain point. It could also be a tip or strategy that is likely to translate into direct benefit for your new contact. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> If you haven’t had the privilege of being a part of any LinkedIn groups, it would be wise to find out which groups your prospects are connected in and join them there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Not every prospect will be active on Linkedin groups but once you find those who are, don’t hesitate to become part of their groups as an active value-adding contributor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And quality over quantity is the rule here, both in terms of the number of groups you join and the kinds of contributions you make. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For example, never billboard your preexisting content cut and paste style. Engage in real time. Solve real problems, answer real questions. Treat your linkedin group members as your best paying customers or clients and what's they'll be more likely to become! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Social selling stretches far beyond LinkedIn. The more you expand your fan base, the higher your chances of gaining more customers. Social platforms such as Twitter and GooglePlus should be your “stepping stones” to accomplishing serious digital network growth and brand reach. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Be sure to add your Linkedin prospects to your other social media sites if they are already using those platforms. If not invite them to join. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Also, build on and strengthen existing connection and engagement levels by sharing your LinkedIn connections' content and by having real time solution for business-focused conversations that others will see and want to become part of. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">There will come a time when you will need to make the transition from online to offline interaction. That's where the real business connections materialize. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Before a transaction takes place, your relationship with the customer may have to go beyond online chatting, engaging, friend-requesting and following. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Your prospects should be open to the idea of interacting with you offline after you demonstrate a high level of expertise and credibility. It may be time to make a sale!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">LinkedIn is not like Twitter and Facebook. As much as having an inflated number of prospects sounds good, it won’t be profitable for your business if those prospects don’t add any real value to it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The basis of a strong relationship ROI is to create a long-term bond between your business and your prospective new customers. The stronger, more authentic and value-based your relationship with your customers, the more value they will add to your business in return.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s highly advisable for you to update your customers about the current trends in your profession or industry. You can do this by writing fresh engaging blog posts from time to time, and then tagging them on LinkedIn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This will ensure that your prospects will see your latest posts even if they haven't logged in to LinkedIn for a while. The result? They'll get short emails indicating they've been tagged.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Too much text and no infographics or videos can make your profile disengaging. Make us of the <b><i>Professional Portfolio</i></b> feature to add deep-engagement infographics, videos, photos, screenshots and SlideShare presentations to your profile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You can use Linkedin as your secret weapon against your competition. This social selling tool has been proven to be highly efficient in turning businesses into a pacesetters in their specific niches. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What are you waiting for? Get yourself linked-in and have the last word in the title “social selling tycoon wannabe” dropped off for good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Check out the incredible infographic that inspired this blog post. It's from arguably the world's leading LinkedIn social selling experts at </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://topdogsocialmedia.com/">TopDogSocialMedia.com</a></span>:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>A value proposition</b> enables a prospect to find all the right reasons for choosing one businesses over its competitors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Before drafting your value proposition, it’s crucial that you identify who your target audience is or, more specifically your ideal customer (<b><i>people who want to buy from you right now but who can’t find you in the digital marketing noise</i></b>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">For example, the tone and keywords that can be used to convince genYers’ to buy the latest iPhone may not be appropriate for persuading the genXers to try out a new retirement savings plan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Your ideal customers are out there right now overly curious to find out not just the value you’re adding, but also the problem that you’re solving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">It’s only after you give an outline of your product/service value that the customers will want to find out how it works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">While you are at it, you have be authentic because most customers (if not all) can smell brand or personal in-authenticity from a mile away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">It will be quite beneficial to your business if your target audience recognizes the benefits that they will get beforehand. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Make a list of all the benefits</i></b> that are associated with your products or services, and ensure that these benefits have actually been enjoyed by your existing customers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Another thing that customers will be curious to find out is <b><i>what really sets you apart from your top competition</i></b>. This is where you will need to go out of the way to explain why the ideal customer should choose your solution over your competitors’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">If it’s your incredible pricing, improved operational efficiency or extraordinary customer experience that puts you over the top, then let it be known.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">In case your business offers different products or services for sale, it’s advisable that you develop individual value propositions for each one of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This will help your customers to clearly understand what they can expect from each of those products or services.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Most buyers go with the notion of “what you see is what you actually get”. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">There’s so much valueless content to be scanned and you have to be a lot more compelling so that your value stands out in the noise. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">That means incorporate visual elements that really grab your reader's attention. You have to show an image or video to enhance your message. And of course infographics are the most shared visual content out there right now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">You must be considerate of the fact that different buyers have different personas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">There are those buyers that will make a purchase right away, while there are those buyers that require a persuasion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">To appeal to these diverse personas, it would be wise to modify different value propositions, i.e. one that is straight to the point and another that is more detailed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">In order for you to really get to know your ideal customers' persona, you must do targeted research that will help you really know how your prospective buyers’ minds work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Market research is crucial because it enables a business or a service provider to understand customer needs and preferences as well as dislikes and turnoffs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">How do you do do scale-able market research if you're a small business or individual consultant? Well for starters: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">With so many social marketing platforms to use these days, it would be a real shame if you don’t utilize all of them to the maximum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">From your business website or your blog and social media sites, make sure that your test value proposition is amplified across all of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">It's critical you ensure that the core proposition-messaging is consistent across all of your social sharing platforms as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>10.</b> <b>Make your Value Proposition Brief and Easy to Understand</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Most people have the misconception that they can only create a great impression by using a lot of big words and heavy jargon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This is a HUGE mistake that you can’t afford to make. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Go with verbs and ditch the adjectives!</i></b> In other words, keep your value proposition brief and easy to understand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">By following these top 10 tips, you’re sure to develop and deliver a value proposition that will not only hold merit in the eyes of your prospective buyers and clients, but one that also set your business far, far apart from your competition!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Check out the cool infographic</b> that inspired this post! It’s from the content marketing geniuses over at <a href="http://quicksprout.com/">QuickSprout.com</a> courtesy of <a href="http://hubspot.com/">HubSpot.com</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Can you imagine</b> getting a paid a $2000 travel bonus to visit any where in the world you want? </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">How about a month long company trip every year to an exotic location? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>At the very least:</b> Shouldn't your birthday be paid vacation day? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>No I'm not kidding!</b> According to <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/241746">Entepreneur.com</a> these are just some of coolest examples of real employee befits offered by real companies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Check out these 40 incredible company perks </b>from the world's leading employers</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">: </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579573438836365156.post-65955150070908045502015-01-19T12:32:00.001-05:002015-02-05T22:14:07.224-05:00Top 6 Social Influence Strategies Based on Science - #Infographic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It turns out there's a science behind how top influencers operate. And this science may have far reaching implications for your digital marketing business. </span><br />
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Check out this great infographic I found at <a href="http://hubspot.com/">hubspot.com</a>. It outlines some fascinating insights from <a href="http://www.influenceatwork.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Robert Cialdini's </a>book:</span><br />
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<b>1. Reciprocity: </b>It's not what you give but how you give it. </span><br />
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<b>3. Authority: </b>People are more likely to accept influence from credible and knowledgeable experts. You might want to re-hang all of your degrees, diplomas and certificates. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Consistency</span><b>: </b>Initiating small commitments is the foundation for initiating big commitments. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3579573438836365156.post-6542474363213564342014-12-15T19:24:00.001-05:002015-01-31T21:21:40.481-05:00 10 Critical Reasons Teams May Be The Real Secret to #EmployeeEngagement in 2015! [#Infographic] <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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[No it's not Disney Land for Adults it's Google's Zurich Office!]</div>
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employee engagement is literally a business gold mine! <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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that <i>team-targeted interventions</i> may represent a unique competitive
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look at why you need to adopt deep engagement best practices into your
organizational culture and design in the first place! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I love how
Bloomberg recently isolated and graphically summarized <i>the pure ROI of
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<strong>The critical message for Human Resources professionals?</strong> An deeply engaged
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Take a look at this
powerful graphic from </span><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/native/article/?mvi=65632334ead04d42bc1fc44c4e8687d2"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Bloomberg</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
and then lets take a fast look at how leveraging your team effectiveness and
basic organizational design may be powerful tools to help you build a deep
engagement culture: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Here's a wonderful infographic from WeekDone.com</b> that looks at employee disengagement form the perspective of some major and in some cases <i><b>deeply surprising sources of team under-performance</b></i>: </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I find #1 a bit shocking</span></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>.</b> And the research sources for this stat are pretty strong too</span>:</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">That 26% of "engaged employees would leave their current roles for a mere 5% increase in pay. </span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What I like about this insight is that it is a mere 5% in increase. This speaks to the powerful way employee engagement moderates the employee compensation motive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It it's still there when your employees are engaged, but only not as strong as in disengaged and actively disengaged employees.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The message for Business and HR Leaders?:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">That building a small but clear pay increase potential into your behavior based performance management system or <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/06/bunchball-high-performance-gamification.html" target="_blank"><b><i>gamification initiative</i></b></a> may represent a substantial reservoir of untapped employee motivation. This may be a key untapped lever for moving your team's engagement level from disengaged to actively engaged more quickly and efficiently. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Key here as with all incentives is that access to the extra 5% </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">is linked to clearly defined individual and team based performance goals.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I was more surprised by #2.</b> In fact I disagree. It seems to fly in the face of the state of the art in physical organizational design:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>That employees in open office set ups experience 62% more sic days. </b></i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I wonder what the organizations surveyed in these organizations meant by open work spaces? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I mean just look at the revolutionary open workspace design phenomenon known as <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/googles-zurich-office-2013-12?op=1" target="_blank">workplace humanization</a> taking place at top employer Google! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>#3 Brings us back to Google</b> and for very good reason. It's true that teams under-perform sometimes to the point outright team dysfunction for lack of personal and professional development. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Google formally designs work roles so that 20% of work time is strategically allotted to "personal projects."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Can you imagine having one full work day per week to peruse the professional and personal development goals that you know are essential to your success as an employee? Can you imagine the teaming and leadership skills that might result? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>#4 through #10 </b>address the meat and potatoes of team effectiveness vs dysfunction. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The bottom line?</b> Teaming is a teachable set of skills. In fact, there are a hand full of well tested and clearly defined team learning, communication and collaborative problem solving process, that just about any group of employees can learn. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Essential teaming skills include:</span></span></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Iterative, action-based team leaning,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Leadership Sharing. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What's critical here is that the team skills are properly trained, practiced and built directly into the formal work role. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Once team members learn and master those skills, team leaders, managers and the senior leadership team need to create cultures that support and nurture those skills. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In my experience, the vast majority of disengaged employees are highly responsive to team-based interventions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>#7 May be the most important team insight:</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In my view, the second biggest sources of team under-performance and team dysfunction is a lack of clearly defined performance goals. #1 is a lack of the oh so important<a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2013/06/team-building-ideas-five-dysfunctions.html" target="_blank"><b> trust factor</b></a> that needs to exist between team members and team leaders. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Check out:</b> <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2013/09/employee-retention-stop-turnover.html" target="_blank"><b>The number one reason organizations are hemorrhaging top talent</b></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Finally #10 is huge.</b> Time wasters like email overload and social media distraction need to be addressed and proactively managed so teams and individual employees can do their jobs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Most managers and team leaders don't full get how important this goal is. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Did you know that employees at several top companies are reporting that <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/11/14-employee-engagment-stats-2015.html" target="_blank">57% of work interruptions come from social media tools</a> and
switching between applications! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Anyway, take a look at this great infographic from <a href="https://weekdone.com/" target="_blank">WeekDone.com </a> I found it thanks to the content marketing masters @ <a href="http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/" target="_blank">UndercoverRecruiter.com </a> </span>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> "Winging it" is not an option. Use every spare moment between now and the interview to really learn everything you can about the organization, its core business strategy and its culture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Do you know who founded the company? Do you know its vision and mission statements? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What concrete examples of work and volunteer experiences do you have that fit the new work role and company culture? </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">What are the top work challenges faced by this new team you're joining? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Did you know that there are 11 dangerous yet all to common non-verbal errors that thousands of hiring managers surveyed say are major sources of almost instant new candidate rejection? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Do you know the 10 most common errors leading to interview failure? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Researchers at </span></span><a href="http://serviceleadershipblog.com/2014/01/27/bringing-brands-to-life/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">Arizona
University</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"> have discovered yet 1 more major way employee disengagement
translates in to huge revenue losses: through a lack of brand alignment and
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<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2014/11/23/use-these-5-tips-to-align-employees-with-your-brand/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">Cherly
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"When employee image and behavior doesn’t mesh
with the brand, it not only tarnishes the business, it creates a cognitive
dissonance that the customer internalizes as incongruent behavior. It weakens
trust in the company and lowers integrity scores. And, of course, it reduces
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a great #infographic from the folks at OfficeVibe at the end of this post. And it got me thinking: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">Hum... almost 90% of employees lack passion in their work
while 80% of senior managers lack passion in their work too. And if that's not enough, 86% of
businesses and HR leaders feel they lack a clear leadership
development framework for their employees ..do you think there might be a
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">Only 6% feel that their performance management systems and
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">Poor government workers too! - They're experiencing the
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">Makes you wonder if highly effective internal and external
organizational performance interventions are only for
organizations already fat with slack resources to invest in such
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">There are 2 powerful yet highly cost effective strategies that will help your realize your wildest employee engagement goals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">For example: what do you do if you don’t have the budget for an
elaborate leadership development program? Well, to quote Ken Blanchard: “It’s
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">Yes, employees in government organizations have
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">Just take a look at this <b><a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/07/a-powerful-short-leadership-story-by.html" target="_blank">short real world video example</a></b> of how
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an ancient and gigantic bureaucracy like the Department of Motor Vehicles! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ok.. so maybe you don't have the budget to incentivize employee performance with some of the <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2015/01/the-top-40-most-unbelievable-company.html">mind blowing perks</a> that the world's leading companies are offering.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Did you know that the top 3 most powerful strategies for motivating employees have nothing to do with money? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Why not give your employees a "Hall Pass" so they can take a day off when they need it without being sick? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">That's just one of the innovative suggestions from leadership expert Lolly Daskal via Inc.com:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.inc.com/lolly-daskal/20-ways-to-reward-your-employees-without-spending-a-dime.html" target="_blank">"20 Ways to Reward Your Employees Without Spending a Dime"</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And there are some amazing new transformational leadership
tools that the top organization development consultants simply could not
have imagined just a decade ago!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;"> High performance #gamification technologies
like </span><a href="http://www.bunchball.com/blog/post/1591/five-intrinsic-motivators-and-how-they-impact-employee-engagement"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;">Bunchball's</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> amazing <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/06/3-powerful-gamification-examples-from.html" target="_blank">behavior-based performance management</a> platform are cost
effectively revolutionizing our ability to put employee disengagement
into permanent high-speed reverse! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is true of individual, team and
organization wide performance reversals. There are even examples of total cultural
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>"The Internet of Things"</b> is now at the apex of the digital technologies "</span><a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/08/daily-chart-17"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hype Cycle</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> and that includes social media marketing. So, it's critical that you strongly establish and differentiate your online brand now before the competing social noise becomes too overwhelming. So where do you start? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This blog (the 1 you're reading now) gets several hundred targeted page reads from Twitter alone each day with regularl posts via </span><a href="https://twitter.com/P2PEngagement" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">@P2PEngagement</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> on Twitter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">I've been developing and testing a number
of powerful new micro-content-marketing Twitter strategies over the last number of weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">The result of my most recent Twitter missions?
Extraordinary! This is what I've accomplished: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>1.</b> <b>Close to 4000 High Value Niche-Targeted Twitter
Followers in Just Over The Last 3 Weeks <a href="https://twitter.com/P2PEngagement" target="_blank">@P2PEngagement</a> and Growing
Fast!</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>2. Over 10,000 Niche-Targeted Blog
Visits In the Last Month from Twitter!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>3. A Huge Jump in Twitter Engagement Levels as Measured By
Kred.com Stats With close to a 300% Jump in Objectively
Measured Engagement Levels.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b> </b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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both driving high volumes of real time blog traffic and for directly engaging
your most high value followers. </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b><i>Here Are The 3 Powerful New Twitter Engagement Strategies</i></b>
That Have Drive These Amazing Recent Gains in My Blog Traffic and Engagement: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;">1. Frequently Share High Quality Images:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">As <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/05/how-to-create-ultimate-deep-engagement.html" target="_blank">a relative newbie to Google+</a> I noticed that a number of
newer business accounts were enjoying high levels of follower growth by sharing high
quality digital nature images. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">For a very busy social media manager and blogger this
makes perfect sense to me</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Beautiful high quality mainly people-free images of
serein nature settings offers a welcome break from the massive flow of
busy business related social media content. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;">The Powerful Result of sharing high quality
nature images?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>1.</b> <b>A massive surge in the number of RT's and
favorites to my Twitter account generally;<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>2.</b> <b>A tremendous increase in the rate of re-tweeting,
favoriting and commenting on my blog content Tweets<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b>3.</b> <b>Hundreds of almost instant page views to this blog after just 10 minutes of Tweeting high quality images interspersed with my direct
blog post Tweets.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;">How Did I Find Such a Huge Number of High
Quality Images to Tweet?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Simple. I created and gradually built a Twitter List of
exceptional nature photography-sharing Twitter accounts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">This way I have a constant flow of breath taking
images to RT and interpose with my I own content and content that I curate from
other amazing social media, gamification and social media sites. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">What's really driving my Twitter success and growth is
really an integrated list based and truly organic content marketing
strategy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">This why I also get to frequently engage and directly tweet
chat with industry thought leaders, CEO's and best-selling authors, -
which often creates a surge in targeted blog traffic as well! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;">2. How did I Manage to Attract Thousands of
Real, High Value Twitter Followers in Under a Month?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Actually, I've discovered what I think is the most powerful
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">It allows you to quickly
accumulate huge numbers of followers based on selecting accounts with a high
likelihood of following you back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Getting several thousand highly active and very large
Twitter accounts to follow me has enabled me to do what's called
high frequency Tweeting at strategic times during the day, - <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/07/the-best-and-worst-times-to-tweet-post.html" target="_blank">those well knownbest times to tweet</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">It's amazing to see how high frequency tweeting actually
increased engagement and blog visits. You would think tweeting several times
per hour would result in a lack a high rate of un-following. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Yet not only have I seen an increase in traffic and
engagement, but I've also had an large and constant increase in the number of
followers I get, directly from the highly effective micro-content-marketing
strategy I've developed and am now sharing with you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">I've actually written a short must read post that
describes exactly how to get thousands of real followers to your account fast.
It's called:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/08/twitter-for-business-marketing.html"><span style="color: blue;">"This
is why your Twitter Marketing Strategy is Failing"</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Although the article is written for a Twitter for business
audience, it's perfectly suited for rapidly building a deep engagement Twitter
account for your personal brand as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">This post also explains the high frequency tweeting strategy I mentioned as well in much greater detail. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Whatever you do, don't buy fake followers for Twitter or
any other social media account. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">All the major social platforms and search engines are
working on way of getting rid of fake follower (and other fake social
signal-based) accounts. Fake is not worth it in the long run!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">This follower strategy enables incredibly Twitter synergy between tweeting high value content and images and my own blog post links. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Having several hundred new followers checking out your site just as you post fresh blog content is a serious blog traffic booster. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">And remember: <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/04/blogger-needed-content-curator.html" target="_blank">Effective Blog Posting</a> is one of the most powerful organic SEO and content marketing strategies available today! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;">3. Build and Use Twitter Lists as Your Core
Content Marketing and Social Engagement Strategy</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">It took me a while to really catch on to the amazing value
of building Twitter Lists. But these are absolutely essential to my phenomenal
success on Twitter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><o:p>Twitter lists are not new, but using theme to curate high value images as part of a 3 pronged micro-content -curation and accelerated following strategy is. </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;">What's a Twitter List?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">A Twitter list allows you to create a separate Twitter
stream around your #keywords and themes your content marketing around on
Twitter. That way you don't have to look or try to work with the huge
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">For example, I love <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/06/3-powerful-gamification-examples-from.html"><span style="color: blue;">gamification</span></a>.
So I have a gamification list. When I click on the list I can see what my
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">I can then strategically RT and favorite gamification
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">I also get to see what kind of #tags the larger
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that I regularly add to as I discover new high value and interesting accounts
that I know will add value for my followers via my Twitter micro-content
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Start by building just one general Twitter list that
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">For example, I started with one general tweet list that
included blogging, tech, startup, gamification, content marketing and social
media accounts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">Eventually, as my core Twitter list started getting too
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and adding them to the sub lists. For instance I now have separate #images and
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> <b><i>1.</i></b> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><b><i>Build an Image List and Share High Quality Images</i></b> to Intersperse with The Other Content You Share. I Recommend Nature Images to Give offer Your Followers a Break from Information Overload as usual. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;">3. Grow Your Twitter Lists as Your Core Twitter-Content-Marketing Strategy. </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Start with 1 General List and Break it Down into Multiple Sub-Lists. Make Sure To Also Use My Highly Effective <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/06/3-powerful-gamification-examples-from.html"><span style="color: blue;">Preemptive Social Engagement Strategies</span></a> To Build on the Tips and Techniques I've shared with you Hear today. </span></span><br />
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<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> The #1 Reasons Twitter Business Accounts Fail and The
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Twitter is hands down one of the most powerful social media
platforms for:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Building brand awareness across a vast social
network of 271 million <a href="http://qz.com/242483/how-many-of-twitters-active-users-are-actually-human/"><span style="color: blue;">monthly
active users</span></a>;</span><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Driving <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>large volumes of targeted traffic to your blog
(content marketing strategy #1) For example, this blog gets several hundred
targeted page views per day from Twitter alone and has been instrumental in
building our 5 star article writing and social media management business on
Elance) and;<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Directly
connect with and socially selling to your ideal customers: People who are
looking to buy your products or services right now, but who have not been able
to find you yet online. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Over the past few years I have seen so many amazing tech
and apps<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>startups and even well-established
real world businesses start and completely fizzle out on Twitter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m talking about the complete or near complete Twitter failure of hundreds
of business with extraordinary value propositions, - business offering products
and services with the obvious potential to create serious value for their ideal
customers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the # 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reason so Many of These New Business
Twitter Accounts Quickly Fizzle into Inactive or Underactive Status? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/nC0lE3vkCLM?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">A complete lack of followers! In order for a business to
reap the incredible benefits of Twitter as a core social media marketing
strategy, it’s essential that they have thousands of niche targeted followers. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s virtually impossible to do active preemptive
engagement or targeted micro-content-marketing on Twitter without first having
a solid base of thousands of followers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The business </span><span style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 24.53px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> seen fail make the mistake of trying to
simply billboard their marketing materials and message directly to a very small
number of followers. The result is a </span><span style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 24.53px;">minuscule </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">number of often poor quality
follower accounts. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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targeted followers is even more challenging now that:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Twitter has long since banned the automated
un-following and following process; and,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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follower accounts page has huge graphic displays of each account that’s
following you. So it can take hours now to scroll through so many accounts and
try to decide to follow or un-follow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">These </span><span style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 24.53px;">obstacles</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> significantly slow down the
rate by which your account will be noticed and followed back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">So
what’s the Solution? How do you Get Thousands if Not Tens of Thousands of Targeted
Twitter Followers To Your Account Fast?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The solution is actually what I now consider to be the most
powerful Twitter management software currently available. And there is a free
version you can use. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">We’ve had over 500 new highly active followers per day when
we actively apply the strategy I’m describing here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">We now have<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>27K+ (update: now close to 34K) highly active and deeply engaged Twitter followers @P2PEngagement and
growing very fast. We get several hundred page views from around the world (mainly
the United States) from Twitter alone to this blog!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Here’s
the Strategy and The Steps You Need to Take to Really Make This Strategy Work for Your
Business Twitter Account: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The strategy I recommend starts with not just the use of, but the
proper use of a very powerful Twitter tool. It’s a tool that allows you to
first instantly select competitor and other potential customer-rich Twitter
accounts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">It then quickly populates a list of all your selected
account’s followers. You can then rapidly follow any or all of the followers of
the account </span><span style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 24.53px;">you've</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> selected. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">You don’t have to waste hours scrolling through the clumsy new
Twitter follower page. there are also powerful account metrics you get to
see and work with.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">You can reciprocate and quickly follow back all the
new accounts that are spontaneously following you. As importantly you can
rapidly remove the accounts that </span><span style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 24.53px;">you've</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> followed that have not followed you
back. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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here’s where This Particular Twitter Tool Which I Will Now Name, Has Really
Revolutionized the Twitter Following Process. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Now the above mentioned following and unfollowing processes
are available through a number of great free and paid Twitter tools. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">But this amazing Twitter Management Tool “<b><a href="http://tweepi.com/" target="_blank">Tweepi</a></b>” allows
you to do some truly incredible strategic Twitter following in the paid
version, which at such a slight monthly cost is Literally worth it’s wait in
Twitter-business gold. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Makes Tweepi So Special? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Tweepi allows you to do 3 very powerful things at once.
This is the real value of this blog post. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">You really need to read these next brief sections very
carefully if you want to take the first critical step in towards reaping the
powerful benefits of Twitter for business. Tweepi allows you to simultaneously:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Identify and follow Twitter <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">followers with a very high likelihood of
following you back</b>;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Follow Twitter <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">accounts that are highly active</b>; and,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Follow Twitter <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">accounts that have a high number of followers</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">How
does Tweepi “Know” if An Account is Highly Likely to Follow You Back or Not? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Here’s an example. Let’s say you’re starting a social media
management business. You’ve used <a href="http://tweepi.com/" target="_blank">Tweepi</a> to explore the followers of a social
media account run by a highly successful social marketing business with a great
Twitter brand presence, like the one you’d like to develop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The paid version of Tweepi allows you to click on (from a
drop down list sorting menu) the follow back ratio display of each account.
What does that mean? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">It means that you get to see the how many Twitter accounts each
of the target accounts, for the account you are now exploring, follow back
their followers back! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">For example, on our @P2PEngagement account we follow back
100% of the real targeted followers who follow us or who follow us back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">So we have a follow back ratio of 100% most of the time on
Tweepi. So we are the kind of account that are 100% likely to follow you back,
as long as you’re account is real and your have an interest in social media,
blogging and gamification. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">You will greatly increase the likelihood and speed by which
people follow you back by first following Twitter accounts with a 100% (or
close to it) likelihood of following you back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Our account is well established with over 27k+ followers. I’ve
found that it’s best to select accounts that are in the 95%-150% follow back
range. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">As you’ll see when you start to use Tweepi, the vast majority
of Twitter accounts have a very low (30-70%) or a very high follow back rate
(200% to up to 5000%). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">These are the same vast majority of Twitter accounts who
are unlikely to follow you back, that might be bots/fake accounts or who will
eventually unfollow you to make it look like they are a very important accounts
after a few days or weeks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">For a new account, I recommend that you stick as closely as
possible to the 100% follow target range. This is comparatively small percentage
of the Twitter accounts you’ll see. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">For example you might find 1-20 per 200 accounts. But it is
so worth your time to follow accounts with such a high demonstrated likelihood
of following you back when you’re just starting, rather than following 2000
accounts and simply hoping they’ll follow you back (when most will not). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b>Tip:</b> If you are doing manual following on Twitter - follow accounts that are following slightly more than are following them. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Tweepi
Allows You To Follow Highly Active Accounts.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">You don’t want inactive or fake accounts following you,
because inactive accounts can’t RT, favorite or click on your content links. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Not only does Tweepi allow you filter accounts for the 100%
follow back ratio sweet-spot , but it also allows you filter for the last time
each account tweeted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Recent tweets (i.e. within minutes or hours) combined with
a 100% follow back ratio are a powerful way of identifying highly active
accounts who will follow you back. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Why is
it Important That You Follow Accounts with A High Number of Followers? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Effective content marketing of Twitter means that you need
to increase the rate by which you Tweet as your number of Twitter followers
increases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Twitter accounts with high numbers of followers are more
likely to keep following you if you tweet a lot each day. This includes the all
so important intermittent automation of your Tweeting process. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Have
you heard about the Powerful 15 Minute Rule? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Back in January Twitter community manager <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jade Furubayashi conducted
a ground breaking Twitter experiment. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">She
was concerned that tweeting to frequently would cause Twitter followers to
unfollow her. Wow was she wrong. And she proved it! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">She experimented
by tweeting every 30 minutes or every 15 minutes with a focus on key times of
the day that are known to be the best times to Tweet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The
findings were as incredible as they were unexpected. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">What did
she discover? This how Jade explained her findings: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i>“After compiling the data from both weeks, I
found that Tweeting in 15-minute increments increased traffic by 31% and
engagement by 89%.” - </i></b><a href="http://simplymeasured.com/blog/2014/02/11/how-many-tweets-is-too-many-tweets/?utm_content=bufferce181&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i>Jade
Furubayashi</i></b></span></a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Engagement
as measured by click through rate to content (i.e. blog posts) stayed pretty
constant when tweeting every 30 minutes vs every 15 minutes. But because the
rate of tweeting was doubled the number of page visits all most doubled! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">What are the Key Lessons
for Quickly Growing Your New or Under-Performing Business Twitter Account? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Start
by getting at least a few thousand highly active followers using this Tweepi
strategy I’m recommending. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Twitter
is constantly limiting what these otherwise powerful Twitter management tools
can do. So it may be just a matter of time before you won’t be able to enjoy
the powerful benefits of These kinds of Twitter tools. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Tweet with a low frequency
at first</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> using
my preemptive social engagement strategy for Twitter but increase your tweeting
frequency as your Twitter account increases in size. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">And of
course: Always make sure that you are Tweeting and RTing the highest quality
content!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Make
sure to follow accounts that have both a high likelihood of following you back
and at least 3000-5000 followers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Having
account follow you with a higher volume of followers means that you can more
quickly increase the rate by which you RT each day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In the
long run, you need to have thousands or tens of thousands of highly active
accounts following you, who also have thousands or tens of thousands of
followers themselves. This will drastically increase the Twitter-reach of your
business, your brand and your blog content. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Don’t have the Time
To Build an Extraordinary High Quality Business Twitter account? Let Us Build
It For You!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Remember,
having far too few high-value Twitter followers is the number 1 reason I’ve
seen otherwise great business Twitter accounts fail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Getting
thousands of targeted followers for your account is only the first step in
establishing your high.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">You
also need to be actively engaging your followers and curating and sharing high
quality content every time. And this whole process takes hours per day and at
least a few months. </span><br />
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organizational change, leadership and team building expert <a href="https://twitter.com/scedmonds" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">S. Chris Edmonds</span></a>, I
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to the local Department of Motor Vehicles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Of all places, this DMV office work group was transformed into
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scan</strong> for content snacks that will create real and immediate value in their
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.leafit.biz/P2P" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Leafit</span></strong></a> is a revolutionary new social media platform that is
actually designed to pay you for sharing your best visual content. It’s
app-based and very easy to use via mobile or PC. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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up and are waiting for Leafit account holders to post high-engagement images that
can help market their products and services via social sharing networks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Leafit is being promoted to the average social media user with huge numbers of new users signing up well before its formal release date. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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extraordinary value to business minded photographers who are especially skilled in producing and
delivering theme-targeted expert visual content for social media. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There’s a great short explainer videos you need to see and you can
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at the person to person level . </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/235669"><span style="color: blue;">Jeff
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whereas the latter creates meaning through self-discovery. If you want to
sustain your value both as a leader and as a founder, you must be able to
communicate -- and instill - value." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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value leadership development books and strategies as they carefully regulate
the influx and output of the valuable organizational resources they control. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">For instance, what wouldn't any real or aspiring CEO do to
get their hands of on the #1 business book from Bill Gates recently divulged <a href="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/leadership/42834-bill-gates-reveals-his-top-six-books-for-2014.html"><span style="color: blue;">Top
6 List of must reads</span></a>? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has been out of print for decades now! Here's an original copy on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Business-Adventures-John-Brooks/dp/0575003499/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1405697889&sr=1-2-catcorr&keywords=Business+Adventures+by+John+Brooks"><span style="color: blue;">Amazon.com
for only 3500.00 US</span></a>! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CEO than just being a deep-engagement communicator and strategic consumer of
business books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Turns out that you also have to have been working at the same incredible
company you now lead (79% of the time) for years and have your bachelor’s degree from outside of the US in most cases. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">You also
have to have completely mastered and demonstrated the fine art and science of high performance marriage -as a husband! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Are you surprised? Here's a very interesting infographic
based on research out of the Harvard Business Review recently shared by </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.inc.com/laura-montini/infographic/anatomy-of-the-world-s-top-performing-ceo.html"><span style="color: blue;">Laura
Montini</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">of INC. fame. Take a look for yourself! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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precision, targeted social marketing content based on the most salient
deep-engagement themes that are just about to start hyper-motivating hundreds
of thousands of unanswered questions, searchers and purchasing behaviors across
all the major search engines and social media platforms? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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driven marketing and pre-emptive reputation management revolution from the
distant future, but its actually happening right now! </span></span></div>
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“Predictive Social Intelligence.” It’s the proprietary brainchild of an amazing
new startup called </span><a href="http://www.blabpredicts.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">Blab</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span> </span></span></span></div>
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vital business and personal data from <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/01/how-to-stop-computer-hackers-most.html" target="_blank"><strong>computer Hackers</strong></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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competitive advantage</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> that leading organizations are now paying
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would offer unhappy employees <a href="http://talentmgt.com/articles/6617-why-one-company-pays-25000-to-quit"><span style="color: blue;">$25K
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post</span></a> Sap contributor Jenny Dearborn shares insights into recent research
that reaffirms what team building Master Patrick Lencioni has been teaching us
for decades in his landmark book –<a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2013/06/team-building-ideas-five-dysfunctions.html"><span style="color: blue;">The</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue;">5 Dysfunctions of a Team</span></a>: </span><br />
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managers and team leaders who are disengaged are 3X more likely to have
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management</strong> with elite gamification companies like <a href="http://p2pengagement.blogspot.ca/2014/06/bunchball-high-performance-gamification.html"><span style="color: blue;">Bunchball</span></a>
is now becoming a no-brainer – it’s integrated organization development in a
cloud based platform! The gains in effective collaborative learning, work
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implementing evidence-based deep-engagement <a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/07/08/greener-buildings-boost-employee-engagement?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greenbuzz+(GreenBiz)"><span style="color: blue;">super-green
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