Using Events to Attract New Customers: Tips, Tricks & Secret Handshakes

Tim McDonald at LCSN's "Using Events to Attract New Customers"

Lake County Social Networking welcomed Sara Altier, the Chicago Event Evangelist for Eventbrite, on Tuesday night at Alek’s in Lake Bluff, IL. With plenty of meaningful connections, networking opportunities and first time attendees, there was also amazing ideas about how to use events attract new customers. Sara was kind enough to share her notes and [...]

Lake County Social Networking Launches Online Community

Today Lake County Social Networking is proud to announce the launch of Lake County Social Networking Member Site! This online community built just for LCSNers will allow us to easily share our contact information, online profiles, areas of expertise, and more with one another. Register on the site now to fill out your profile information, [...]

November 18 Lake County Social Networking Event Canceled

The Lake County Social Networking event scheduled for November 18, has been canceled. If you want to know why, you can read all about what I learned this month. Please stay tuned for information on our December event which is looking like it will be a good one! Holiday festivities, maybe including presents! Should you [...]

Google Places Puts Your Business on the Map | Social Networking through Social Media

Google Places, formerly Google Local Business Listing, is a great way for local businesses to be found on line. By making sure your business information is accurate, consumers will know where you are located and how to contact you. Google Places also allows you to engage with potential customers by adding photos, offering coupons and [...]

Need a Reservation? That Could Depend On How Big You Are on Twitter (Really) – Advertising Age – DigitalNext

Need a Reservation? That Could Depend On How Big You Are on Twitter (Really) Las Vegas’ Palms Hotel Starts Looking at Klout Scores to Decide Who Gets Past the Velvet Rope Posted by David Teicher on 09.30.10 @ 11:06 AM David Teicher Imagine: You’ve just walked up to the front desk at the Palms Hotel [...]

How Facebook Can Become Bigger In Five Years Than Google Is Today

via techcrunch.com Still wondering why your business should care about Facebook?

Lake County Social Networking’s “Parkinson Fundraiser”

Lake County Social Networking is unlike almost any other networking group I’ve been involved with. Of course, that’s by design. I started Lake County Social Networking back in November of 2009, as a Lake County Tweetup. The mission was to bring local Twitter users (Tweeps) together in real life. Not only could we share ideas on how [...]

Lake County Tweetup-February Review-March Preview

On Tuesday, February 16, we had our 3rd Lake County Tweetup at Nirvana Wine and Grillerie in Vernon Hills. We saw many new faces and also some that have been with us since the beginning. The following is a list of February #lctu attendees: @tamcdonald @refrigeration @farrah77 @heatheracton78 @EverybodySafe @GetYourYGGI @dbsalk @bennerm @DeerPathFarm @GinosEastDfld @elitebiztax [...]

Lake County Tweetup #lctu being talked about in the Keys

I wanted to personally interview Claudia Anderson after January’s Lake County Tweetup at Wildfire Lincolnshire. Claudia ( @ParkRidgeDDS ) was the winner of a tweet contest we had for the person who tweeted the most using the #lctu hashtag and the link to the registration page. She won free admission to the remaining Lake County [...]

Lake County Tweetup 2/16 in Vernon Hills

Come join us for February’s Lake County Tweetup on February 16, 2010. We are expecting another great crowd this month! There will be plenty of opportunities to connect with other Lake County residents and businesses. Our host this month is Nirvana Wine & Grillerie in Vernon Hills, IL. Who’s invited? Anyone is welcome. Don’t let the word “Tweetup” [...]