Here it is – the 7th Professional Organizers Blog Carnival, and the last one for 2009. We have a record number of professional organizers participating this month, and I’d like to thank those who are joining us for the first time, as well as our regulars and everyone in between! Grab your favorite beverage and get ready to read and enjoy!
You’ve finally got your website updated and started blogging, and now everyone’s saying you need to be on Twitter! Monitoring your new followers, looking for people to follow, reading and responding to their tweets, and posting your own could easily take several hours per week! How on earth are you supposed to fit that into your already busy schedule?
If you use Twitter or Facebook, you’re probably aware that there are several different attacks circulating right now. You can often tell that someone’s been hit when you receive an unusual message from them. These messages are usually about making money online, but may also relate to losing weight, gaining followers, or something else that is out of character for that person.
Internet Marketing is one of the most important tools in your business arsenal. Not only does it cost less than advertising in print and broadcast media, its interactive nature allows you to build relationships with clients and prospects without the need for time-consuming telephone or face-to-face meetings. Internet marketing is much more than just putting up a website! Your Internet marketing plan may include search engine optimization, email marketing, blogging, social networking, and other strategies.
It seems that all the buzz these days is about Twitter, but there’s another important social network that’s been around even longer. Established in 2003, LinkedIn currently reports 45 million users, approximately three times as many as Twitter.
Welcome to the August issue of the Professional Organizers Blog Carnival! This monthly feature is provided to allow you to grow your network and learn something new from some of the other organizing consultants who enjoy reading Your Organizing Business. There’s lots of great information here, some to help you grow your business, and some to help you help your clients.
It’s great to see so many professional organizers making use of Twitter. It is, after all, a fun and easy way to communicate with organizing colleagues that you may or may not have met before, and to learn about new organizing products and industry trends. But what’s it doing for your bottom line?
It seems that every week, if not more often, someone is expounding the virtues of some new tool they use for managing Twitter. Checking them all out could almost be a full-time job in itself, so I thought I would save you some time and trouble by sharing a few tips on evaluating Twitter tools and letting you know which I’ve found most valuable.
This is a very exciting day here at Your Organizing Business, as we welcome our very first guest blogger! I met Elaine Shannon when we worked together on the National Board of Directors for Professional Organizers in Canada, and we have stayed in touch thanks to Twitter and other social networking sites. A seasoned conference-goer, Elaine has come by to tell us about the recent NAPO Conference, and to share a few tips to help you make the most of your next conference experience.
I hear this question all the time. Someone hears about Twitter, checks it out, maybe even signs up for it, and says “I just don’t get it.” Believe me; I understand! I felt the exact same way at first, but now Twitter has become an important part of my networking and marketing strategy. There are lots of professional organizers on Twitter, and you need to be there too!
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