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If you would then you may want to think about joining a social networking website, if you haven’t already done so. When it comes to easily finding and communicating online with other internet users, social networking sites are, perhaps, the best way to go.</p> <p> <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/2008/02/07/social-networking/#more-34" class="more-link">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Creating Your Social Networking Website Profile", url: "http://jaycontreras.com/2008/02/07/social-networking/" } ); </script> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/tag/blogging/" rel="tag">Blogging</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/tag/linkedin/" rel="tag">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/tag/my-space/" rel="tag">My Space</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/tag/social-networking/" rel="tag">Social Networking</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/category/articles/" title="View all posts in Articles" rel="category tag">Articles</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/category/marketing/internet-marketing/" title="View all posts in Internet Marketing" rel="category tag">Internet Marketing</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/category/marketing/" title="View all posts in Marketing" rel="category tag">Marketing</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/category/networking/" title="View all posts in Networking" rel="category tag">Networking</a> | <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/2008/02/07/social-networking/#respond" title="Comment on Creating Your Social Networking Website Profile">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-35"> <h2><a href="http://jaycontreras.com/2008/02/01/viral-marketing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Viral Marketing using Forums">Viral Marketing using Forums</a></h2> <small>February 1st, 2008 </small> <div class="entry"> <p>There are different types of forums, beyond the obvious topical types, of “marketing” or “special interest”, etc. “Marketing” and “special interest” are two types of what are commonly referred to as “open forums”.</p> <p> <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/2008/02/01/viral-marketing/#more-35" class="more-link">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Viral Marketing using Forums", url: "http://jaycontreras.com/2008/02/01/viral-marketing/" } ); </script> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/tag/internet-marketing/" rel="tag">Internet Marketing</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/tag/linkedin/" rel="tag">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/tag/social-networking/" rel="tag">Social Networking</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/tag/viral-marketing/" rel="tag">Viral Marketing</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/category/articles/" title="View all posts in Articles" rel="category tag">Articles</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/category/marketing/internet-marketing/" title="View all posts in Internet Marketing" rel="category tag">Internet Marketing</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/category/marketing/" title="View all posts in Marketing" rel="category tag">Marketing</a>, <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/category/marketing-tools/" title="View all posts in Marketing Tools" rel="category tag">Marketing Tools</a> | <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/2008/02/01/viral-marketing/#respond" title="Comment on Viral Marketing using Forums">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-32"> <h2><a href="http://jaycontreras.com/2008/01/19/the-myth-of-market-share/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to “The Myth of Market Share”">“The Myth of Market Share”</a></h2> <small>January 19th, 2008 </small> <div class="entry"> <p>I read a great book the other day. It was titled “The Myth of Market Share” by Richard Miniter. What Minter discusses is that there are too many companies that are obsessed with the concept of being #1, “the biggest & the best”, the largest in its industry. For some reason business leaders believe that there is a direct relationship between the size of a company (their market share) and having bigger profits. Bottom line is that the perceived #1 company in any given industry, might not just be the most profitable, nor the healthiest. Minter goes on to say that, in fact, the most profitable company in their respective business segment was not the company with the largest slice of the market and that more than 70% of they also did not have the highest rate of return. Miniter then goes on to say that in 23% of the industries, the fourth largest company had the best profits Bottom line size does not lead to profits.</p> <p> <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/2008/01/19/the-myth-of-market-share/#more-32" class="more-link">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "“The Myth of Market Share”", url: "http://jaycontreras.com/2008/01/19/the-myth-of-market-share/" } ); </script> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> Posted in <a href="http://jaycontreras.com/category/book-reviews/" title="View all posts in Book Reviews" rel="category tag">Book Reviews</a> | <span>Comments Off</span></p> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <div id="l_sidebar"> <ul> <li> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="http://jaycontreras.com/"> <div> <input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s"> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" 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