16 tips for picking start up names, locating customers from Foursquare & scary Facebook mistakes 

A thundering week with lightning and flash floods but I like the freshness after the rain.

It breathes of hope and vitality!

LinkedIn introduced a new company page layout, notification, endorsement and a feature to follow influencers.

And Facebook passed its 1 billion users mark, introduced real gifts, removed some fan pages and deleting fake likes. Yes Red Bull lost 117,780 fake fans in a day.

LinkedIn Report and Facebook Tutorial.
So I’m busy preparing updates to my LinkedIn report and putting finishing touches to the free Facebook tutorial to be released to you next week. Stay tuned!

eMail Marketing System
This week we had quite a few discussions with different clients on best practices in setting up an email system. One that allows you to keep in touch with your readers.

I put up a simple process flow so anyone who wants to know more can read it here. You can incorporate this with the website you set up and it will make it many times more powerful.

OK, so here’s this week’s news and tips for you.

Social Media
1 – 5 Scary Mistakes to Avoid on Facebook
2 – Small Businesses Can Locate Customers Through Foursquare
3 – 20 Brands Lost Facebook Likes Through The Fake Fan Purge
4 – Mobile Now Over 16 Percent Of Total Web Traffic
5 – 2,500,000,000 Googling Local Business Everyday
6 – Importing Contacts For eMail Marketing

Business Building
1 – 16 Tips For Picking The Start Up Name
2 – The Importance of Having A Dynamic, Useful Website

Quote for the Week
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap
but by the seeds that you plant.”~ Robert Louis Stevenson

OK, that’s all for now! If you want us to share your success stories or interesting things that you are doing in your business send those in and we can all share your joy!


Photo credit: paladinsf