Social Media? What's That, and Why Do I Need It?
by ServeNow.com Staff

A recent study by the Altimeter Group and Wetpaint shows that "companies that are both deeply and widely engaged in social media significantly surpass their peers in both revenues and profits." What does this mean to you? If people are going online to share information, you want to be a part of that conversation. There are three steps to effectively participating in social media: listening, interacting and contributing.

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The following articles, written specifically for the process serving and investigation industry, were featured in previous issues of the ServeReport.

Business
	What Counts When Collecting (Jun. 2009)
	Competing on Value or Price? (May. 2009)
	60 Minutes To a More Professional Process Serving Business (May. 2009)
	Use Technology To Your Advantage (Apr. 2009)
	Roadmap to Success: Leadership, Technology and Professionalism (Mar. 2009)
	Thomas Ruskin: From NYPD to PI (Feb. 2009)
	Six Ways to Thrive in 2009 (Jan. 2009)
	Top Ten Tax Tips Before the Year Ends (Dec. 2008)
	Six Items to Put on Your Holiday Wish List (Dec. 2008)
	Your Business Card, Your Brand (Nov. 2008)
	Preparing Your Business for Sale (Sep. 2008)
	Why Offer Process Serving? (Aug. 2008)
	Six Ways to Run Your Business More Efficiently (Jul. 2008)
	When Hiring a Full-Time Employee is Not an Option (Jun. 2008)
	Roadmap to Success: Paula Ashcraft's Growth and Sale of Her Business (May. 2008)
	Ways to Recession-Proof Your Process Serving or Investigation Business (Apr. 2008)
Data Providers
	Choosing and Using Data Providers (Jun. 2007)
	An Easy Source of Additional Revenue for Servers (Jun. 2007)
Government Contracts and RFPs
	The Benefits of Securing Government Contracts (Aug. 2006)
	Determining Which Contracts are Right for You (Aug. 2006)
	Responding to a Request for Proposal (Aug. 2006)
Insurance
	Know What's in Your Insurance Policy (Nov. 2005)
	Investigator & Process Server Insurance Primer (Sep. 2005)
Marketing
	Five Tips to Try When Your Website Isn't Ranking (Oct. 2008)
	500 New Potential Clients Per Year (Oct. 2007)
	Referrals: The Power of Word-of-Mouth Marketing (Sep. 2007)
	Don't Let Another Process Server or Investigator Steal Your Name! (Aug. 2007)
	Why Join Your State Associations? (Aug. 2007)
	Marketing Effectiveness for Process Servers & Investigators (Jan. 2006)
	Growing Your Process Serving and Investigation Business (Feb. 2005)
Software
	Analyzing Process Server Software Functionality (Jul. 2008)
	Process Server Software: Benefits and Options (Jul. 2005)

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