If you’re avid socializer on Facebook, you realize how onerous the birthday wishes can become on someone’s wall! And, of course, our friends send us an en masse thank you for all those wishes!

With all those wall posts for everyone’s birthdays, Facebook started by moving the Birthdays lower on the page and behind “see more”. But, today, Facebook just tested a new format for birthday wall postings which helps keep it organized instead of overrunning our Home pages.

Want to learn more, read the inside report Facebook Tests New Birthday Wall Post Feed Story

This is a women’s networking event that I thought you’d want to know about.

If you’re looking for some ways to maximize your use of social media, you’ll find this networking event and workshop helpful.  We’ve aptly called the workshop,  Social Media and Marketing Your Business and its’ being sponsored by a fabulous women’s organization called WRIB.

Bring your laptop or bring a friend who has a laptop so you can share this experience because it’s a hands-on workshop!  Also, if you have an internet stick, bring that with you as well.   There’ll be WiFi at the location but you’ll love having the faster internet stick connection.  Finally, mark your calendars  for Monday, August 23rd, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm to be at Whistler’s Bar & Grill’s, Banquet Hall upstairs.  Yes, we have a fabulous banquet hall setting for this event!

If you haven’t guessed already, I’ll be presenting at the workshop.  This is my way of donating time to help women business owners in our community to more effectively use LinkedIn, Facebook Fan Pages and Twitter to market their business.

As you know, I’ve been in the marketing industry for over 30 years now and in my own internet business for over 13 years so I believe you’ll find that you’ll walk away with something during this evening including a few delicious appetizers in your belly on top of meeting many other fabulous business women along the way!

By the way, here’s a little bonus for you on how Women are Shaping the Internet if you need a few statistics on women’s participation on the internet.

Register today because we’re going to help you get a kick start on the new season ahead!

Since the social media craze has started, I see sales managers adamantly encouraging sales people to get out there and meet people. So, online marketing is just one of many channels to improve your lead generation capabilities. It’s definitely a channel that helps create a lot of visibility, but let’s take a look at how some of the best online firms help us create even more business by combining both traditional business networking with social networking:

http://watch.bnn.ca/midday-markets/may-2010/midday-markets-may-17-2010/#clip302890

And, in addition, if you’re a sales manager, there are great ways to leverage social networking while getting your sales people out there in front of people. After all, it all works in combination with each other. And, if you’re not understanding how this might work, ask us at Yenius Interactive Marketing, for a complimentary session to find out how Outsourcing Internet Marketing / Social Media activities can help you build an alternate lead generation channel.

We’ll show you how active real time connections help you develop your online marketing funnel exponentially.

Even social media works much better when you connect with more people in real life.