When you are on LinkedIn, what do you usually see - a stream of updates from professional colleagues and acquaintances, your business's profile, the discussions in your subscribed groups? These are all common ways to interact through the social-media platform, and they can all be used, to varying degrees, in your online marketing efforts.

What is often considered the "world's worst industrial disaster" and what year did it happen?

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Want free pizza and a fun opportunity to connect with other professionals in the Greater Philadelphia area? We at American Executive Centers are partnering with the City Avenue Business Alliance and California Pizza Kitchen to offer a networking event at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 13th at our Bala Cynwyd location (Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, PA). Parking will be available in the garage behind Saks Fifth Avenue on City Avenue. Here are more details and the way to reserve your spot!

And did we mention the free pizza catered by California Pizza Kitchen?

Evan Polin, a member of The Training Resource Group, one of our networking partners who I have been fortunate to meet through our membership with Business Clubs America, has valuable advice on how to retain your clients that we wanted to share with you.  Please see below.

 It's a tough market out there - in Philadelphia and everywhere. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find clients in the first place, let alone keep them over the long term.   It's 11x more expensive to find a new client than it is to keep an old one.    That's why companies both large and small need to focus as much effort on retaining clients as obtaining them. Here are a few tips.

In a recent post on the American Executive Centers' Facebook page and Blog, we shared information about The Shane Victorino Foundation, a terrific cause that helps underserved youth in Philadelphia and Shane's native Hawaii. As a client of ours and a Foundation we are committed to supporting through several fundraising events this year at our seven Centers, our involvement is already spreading a contagious high of inspiration and good feelings throughout our Centers.  Witnessing Shane's raw emotions at the opening of The Shane Victorino Nicetown Boys & Girls Club was exceptionally moving for several of us at American Executive Centers who had the privilege of being a part of the celebration. Everyone attending the opening of the newly renovated and updated Club couldn't help but be inspired by seeing what it meant to Shane to fulfill his promise to Philadelphia's youth.