Posts Tagged ‘Google’

How can a blog help with your business networking?

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

One of the hardest aspects of networking is simply getting your name out there and becoming popular within the industry, especially for young companies; however with a blog, you can begin to make waves.

Particularly for those who do not own a website, a blog is a great way of getting your company name out there and providing extra information for your new contacts. Write your blog carefully and inventively and you could even become widely-recognised as a business networking guru.

A blog is also a great way of providing a permanent pitch to clients – outline your goals, your company and your strategies, and more often than not, those that agree with you will be in contact. It will also be a fantastic way to improve your knowledge of the networking scene and any recent happenings.

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Google set to launch into social networking

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Fresh from the news that more and more SMEs are using social networking for business purposes, Google have announced plans to launch a similar programme to compete with the likes of Facebook and MySpace.

The Financial Times reports that the search engine giant is planning to add features to it’s already popular Gmail service which would mirror aspects of other social media sites. These would include allowing users to aggregate the updates of their various contacts and creating a stream of notifications, similar to those on Facebook. Google have attempted to get into the social networking world before but with little success. (more…)