What are some ways to promote in house sales ... in other words to get the word out to prospective advertisers that you sell advertising directly and at rates more appealing than if they went through agencies?

I would prefer specific social networking sites for targeting the business owners.

Like LinkedIn? How??

Ryze is good for business networking and for making business connections and new contacts;

Never heard of it. Will check it out.

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