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Maintain a Web Presence to Help Your Job Search Above the Law – Washington,DC,USA Open networking allows one to establish new relationships and develop existing ones, said Barrett, who has turned his extensive social media network into a … See all stories on this topic

Trade Show Week Six Really Bad Trends For Twitter Trade Show Week – Los Angeles,CA,USA Author, speaker, communications consultant and social media specialist Connie Reece recently decide to lock her updates based on the problems she is … See all stories on this topic

Businesses urged to put best Facebook on Memphis Commercial Appeal – Memphis,TN,USA By James Dowd (Contact), Memphis Commercial Appeal As the Facebook juggernaut continues its course, the emerging message is clear: Social networking is not … See all stories on this topic

Online no substitute for in person networking
Examiner.com – USA
In this new age with so many easy ways to connect through social networking we are spending less time face to face. Yet, connecting to people in person is …
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From my colleague  Jan Vermeiren come the following tips:

1. Make Yourself Visible: Twitter tip (from John Kremer’s newsletter): We Follow: http://www.wefollow.com — You can list yourself in this user-generated directory of Tweeple by sending a tweet as follows: @wefollow #tag1 #tag2 #tag3 One tag should say #author if you are an author. The other two tags can be your keywords. You are limited to 3 tags.

Authors: http://www.wefollow.com/tag/author

2. Get Interviewed. On the website www.pitchrate.com you can connect with reporters. (Tip from Joel Comm’s newsletter).

3. Selp Publish. Jan recently published his new book “How to REALLY use LinkedIn” (www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com) was released.

Extra tip: Amazon added another tool to connect with your readers: check out your Amazon Author Central.

Statistics on the professional speaking and meeting industries (from the newsletter of IFFPS,  www.iffps.org)

• http://micepoint.com/AboutMICE/MICEstatistics/tabid/97/Default.aspx
• http://nsaspeaker.org/NEWSROOM/SurveryResultsandStats.aspx
• http://nsaspeaker.org/NEWS ROOM/QuickFacts
• http://www.SpeakingStatistics.com
  

For more, visit Jan’s blog: www.janvermeiren.com.

Final Tip: Make sure you become a member of the LinkedIn Groups “Need a speaker, Be a speaker”

Meeting planners regularly look for speakers!) and “International Federation for Professional Speakers”.