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8 Ways to Maximize Business at a Meetup
From Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith Meetups are popular social gatherings usually organized around a particular business topic or hobby or other special interest. There’s a meetup.com site where you can learn if there are any events in your area (though many events happen without being facilitated through that site). Here’s how [...]
Five Lessons We Bloggers Can Learn From Soap Operas
I remember way back when soap opera fans were not held in high esteem by me . . . until I had two babies in diapers and appreciated the company of the characters and their many problems. Many years later I learned that some well-respected literary types wrote a book about the value of soaps [...]
The Main Reason You Should Attend a Linchpin Meetup
By the time you read this article, there will undoubtedly have been way more than 6,000 people who’ve attended Linchpin Meetups all over the world. I attended my first such event in Columbus, OH, on June 14 — The First International Linchpin Meetup Day. Meetups allow people to form groups with like-minded individuals. But what [...]
“Please Contact Me If I Can Be of Assistance” — Gregory Stringer
With TEN LinkedIn groups in common, it is no wonder that Gregory Stringer and I have become online buddies. We met on the Future Social Media group in response to Endaf Kerfoot’s invitation to introduce ourselves. Here was Gregory’s response: Hi! I am a student of e-Commerce, currently seeking my AAS in Web Design. I [...]
10 Videos on How to do LinkedIn
LinkedIn Video Series by Butterscotch.com LinkedIn definitely merits its place as one of the Top Three social media sites that business people — and those seeking to enter the workforce — ought to understand how to use and benefit from. I imagine we all know lots of people who “think” they are on LinkedIn . [...]
Social Media Helps Students & Teachers Learn from One Another
One of my greatest teachers these days is my newest student Gregory Stringer, a 56-year-old disabled retiree who has returned to school for retraining, and that includes a heavy dose of Social Media Networking — which is how we met not long ago. In the LinkedIn group, FUTURE SOCIAL MEDIA, Endaf Kerfoot presented a Discussion [...]
Can Social Media Predict the Academy Award Winners?
Chicken or Egg: Which came first? If I write this blog article about how Jeff Bridges should win the Best Actor Oscar for his authentic portrayal of a washed up, alcoholic country singing legend in the semi-romantic film Crazy Heart – (1) Will my article get lots of new readers after he wins? OR (2) [...]
How to Handle the Web Like Our SuperKids
How many of us can truthfully say: “I like how life’s going” That’s what my 19-year-old neighbor James Hartje said to me last time he dropped by to swap Internet stories. I had just posted my article Three “F’s” to Achieve Your 2010 Goals which began with the advice to “Follow a Friend, who is [...]
Three “F’s” to Achieve Your 2010 Goals
Since I subscribe to the philosophy of “Intention,” my 2010 Predictions Article will be geared to Setting Some Goals and Making Them Happen. Here are three ways to do just that: Follow a Role Model, who’s also a Friend Find a Buddy — or Seven Figure out Answers to the list of Questions below 1) [...]
ABC’S of PR: One Student’s Wide Angle View
I met Magan online last week when she wrote this fabulous blog post on PROpenMic, a social network for PR students, faculty and professionals. I loved her creative approach to the practice and wanted to share it with my audience. Magan is a senior at University of Georgia. As a PR major, she is in [...]
Counting the ways I loved “Twitterville”
What a great read! — Twitterville by Shel Israel This is likely to be a “Labor of Love” i.e., chatting with you about all the cool things I learned from this very personal, highly researched, inspirational Social Media MUST READ. A friend just told me that her secret to reading loads of books is to [...]
Do we need an Emily Post for social media etiquette?
“To be or not to be . . .” “To DO, or NOT to do . . .” I got a “dressing down” the other day when I asked a question on various social media platforms. This was my message: “ARE PRESS RELEASES DEAD? I would like to publish an article on my blog,” I [...]
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