1. Resources – Board Governance Stream “Location, Location.” The New hand Shake: Sales Meets Social Media by Barb Giamanco; Quote: from Barb Giamanco…”What social media has done is unleash the power of communication and connection one person at a time.” Technology List: By Peggy Duncan http://suiteminute.com/ as shared on a Webinar by Barb Gamiancohttp://suiteminute.com/ www.viddler.com Incorporate your video into your blog, as well as host on YouTube. You’ll find the vidget tool that Peggy mentioned here http://vidgets.viddler.com/www.viddler.comhttp://vidgets.viddler.com/ Suggested Ways to Take the Plunge…

2. Resources – Board Governance Stream “Location, Location.” www.feedjit.com This nifty little tool lets you know when someone visits your site. Remember, just because people may not be actively commenting on your blog that doesn’t mean they haven’t dropped by to read what you’ve posted.www.feedjit.com www.linkwithin.com This WordPress plugin increases page views and keeps your readers engaged. The widget links to stories that are relevant and interesting to readers of a particular post, keeping them engaged with your blog, and increasing your traffic.www.linkwithin.com Suggested Ways to Take the Plunge…

3. Resources – Board Governance Stream “Location, Location.” www.facebook.com Use the notes section (to the left under create group. Note, you may have to expand the list), to drive additional traffic to your blog, webinar or events.www.facebook.com www.google.com/addurl Use this to register your blog URL. Why? To increase traffic of course. If you want more visibility for your business locally use https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=lbc&passive=1209600&continue=http://www. google.com/local/add/businessCenter&followup=http://www.google.com/local/add/businessCenterwww.google.com/addurl https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=lbc&passive=1209600&continue=http://www. google.com/local/add/businessCenter&followup=http://www.google.com/local/add/businessCenter Suggested Ways to Take the Plunge…

4. Resources – Board Governance Stream “Location, Location.” www.hootsuite.com For managing your content posts, you can use Hootsuite to post to multiple social media sites. The free version lets you post to 5 social sites and/or RSS feeds.www.hootsuite.com www.postling.com Similar to Hootsuite, but here is the core difference. The free version of PostLing only allows you to post to 1 social media site. The free version of Hootsuite lets your post to 5 sites. Could be Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.www.postling.com Suggested Ways to Take the Plunge…