A step by step guide to make a linguist or agency owner truly harness the immense potential of social networking to one's own advantage.
Social Networking : Linguists and Agency Owners
Social Networking is a phenomenon of global scope and reach and it took only few years. Started as a hobby, its mere reach and numbers now cannot be ignored by any business or service provider. For linguists, social networking can lead to highly leveraged social commerce.
Topics covered during the presentation
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Understanding the potential of social networking
1. The Costless Connection - Opportunities as a marketing tool
2. The Frictionless Journey - opportunities to know the unknown
3. The Levy's Theory - how to remain interesting with time
4. Relationship and Number : Threshold and Dunbar's Number - How many should I connect to ?
5. Linking Connection to Purpose - Why ?
6. The art of information balance - How much should I do social networking ?
Social Networking - Tips and doable advisory
1. How to find and reach people who matter - Research
2. How to keep your competitive advantage ?
3. Research Tips on Data Mining
4. Managing, updating and tracking your online profiles
5. Helping others and the network
6. Permission Marketing : How a connection becomes a permission asset ?
7. Understanding the pitfalls of too much, too strong, too intense.
System requirements
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For PC-based Organizers and Attendees
• Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000 (Linux is not supported)
• Required: Internet Explorer® 6.0 or newer, or Mozilla® Firefox® 3.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled) . If needed, download Java here.
• Internet Connection Required: Cable modem, DSL, or better recommended
• Recommended: Minimum of Pentium® class 1GHz CPU with 512 MB of RAM (2 GB of RAM for Windows Vista)
For Mac®-based Users
• Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®), OS X 10.5 (Leopard®), OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard®)
• Required: Safari™ 3.0 or newer, Firefox® 2.0 or newer; (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
• Internet Connection Required: Cable modem, DSL or better recommended
• Required: PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel processor, 512 MB of RAM or better
To Use VoIP
• Required: Fast Internet connection (384 kbps or more recommended)
• Required: Microphone and speakers (USB headset recommended)
Recommendations:
• You need an Internet connection and a separate telephone, so that we can talk to you whilst presenting the training.
• For the visual section of the training course, we recommend that you have a 64kbps link. This means using an ISDN line or Broadband.
• For the audio section of the training course, we recommend that you have a telephone headset or hands-free speaker phone.
• We recommend that you log in 30 minutes in advance of the start time to prepare for the training course.
• Please mute your phone during the training course to ensure that there is no background noise during the audio section.
Courses will be open half an hour before the start time. Please login before the start time to ensure that everything on your system is working correctly.
Price and payment information
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Participation fee includes:
• access to webinar session.
• unlimited access to the webinar recording.
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Bio: Pritam Bhattacharyya is essentially a Bengali/Sylheti/Assamese linguist with 11 years of experience. He is the Founder and Chief Wordsmith of an agency called Wordsmith Communication. which apart from language services in pan-Indic languages provides Creative Content and Print on Demand Services. He is editor of www.pentasect.com - a bilingual (English / Bengali) cultural monthly ezine on Greater Bengal. He had worked as a Telecom Engineer and later as a IP Network Manager in various cross-cultural Telecom teams worldwide. He holds his Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Masters in Communication Management from Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow. Pritam lives and works in Calcutta, India his city by adoption. His b-log on translation and online business can be seen here at http://wordsmithofbengal.wordpress.com
Social Networking Guide for Freelancers and Agency Owners
Alex ST Indonesia Local time: 16:16 Member (2009) English to Indonesian + ...
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Jun 30, 2010
Dear sir,
I would like to join this webinar since the need is getting larger. Could you inform whether all participants will get the presented material, probably in the form of Pdf file, after the webinar? It will be great then if it's possible. Look forward to your feedback. Thanks
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Pritam Bhattacharyya India Local time: 14:46 Member (2009) English to Bengali + ...
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Jul 1, 2010
Yes Alex. I would make the PDF and other reading material after the webinar.
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Piera Sarasini Ireland Local time: 10:16 Member (2009) Italian to English + ...
Thank you
Jul 10, 2010
Thank you, Pritam et al.
I found the webinar clear, well-paced and exteremely useful. Looking forward to receiving the reference materials by email. All the best, Piera
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Angelica Kjellström Sweden Local time: 11:16 Member (2006) German to Swedish + ...
Social Networking Guide
Jul 10, 2010
Thank you for this interesting and useful webinar. I am also looking forward to receiving reference material.
Best regards,
Angelica Kjellström
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Elida Z. Granelli Argentina Local time: 06:16 Member (2010) English to Spanish
excellent session
Jul 10, 2010
I enjoyed and profitted from this well-planned and useful session. I got acquainted with new concepts and strategies of networking. Would also very much like to get follow-up PDF material. Thanks Pritam and Gobinda!
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Holger41 Ireland Local time: 10:16 English to German + ...
Great course
Jul 10, 2010
Thank you to the organiser and to both presenters for an interesting webinar, and for some insight based on their personal experience. I would also thank you for comprehensively answering my questions.
Best regards, Holger.
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Erika Burdeniukaite United Kingdom Local time: 10:16 Member (2009) English to Lithuanian + ...
A very enjoyable course...
Jul 13, 2010
Now I clearly understand the benefits of social networking. It is another marketing strategy. I now also see that employing online social networking is significantly cheaper than paying for advertising. Looking forward to receiving the PDF reference.
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NataSogo Israel Local time: 12:16 Member (2010) Russian to Hebrew + ...
Thanks for giving an entirely new approach
Jul 15, 2010
I am very grateful to Prittam and Gobinda for presenting an entirely new (for me! approach to the social networks. I was pretty sure it was a waste of time until you have proven it to be an effective marketing instrument. I have already begun working on using it.
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Pritam Bhattacharyya
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approach to the social networks. I was pretty sure it was a waste of time until you have proven it to be an effective marketing instrument. I have already begun working on using it.
