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10 Steps to Update your LinkedIn Profile for Maximum Find-ability
My friend Barry had been unemployed for more than a year when he came to one of my LinkedIn workshops to maximize his site profile. Shortly thereafter he was tapped by an overseas firm for a very lucrative project. My brother Chuck had been at home “playing” with social media. I suggested he focus on [...]
Social Media Policy: Protect your online reputation
Q: Who needs a social media policy? A: Any person with employees, independent contractors, and visitors who may use your business computer. With more than one-third of the world’s population now online, it makes sense to have guidelines and procedures for cyber citizens to turn to — and if you are a business owner or manager, [...]
What to Tweet to Stand Out from the Masses
Now that 106 million Twitter accounts have been set up, it’s a great time to distinguish yourself from the rank & file. Building an online presence — whatever the platform — is, in fact, under your control. People using the “Global Whiteboard,” i.e. the Internet, must keep in mind that “Whatever you post can and [...]
How TO DO Facebook Right . . . If You Care About Your Online Reputation
When I heard the title “The zen of social media marketing,” I knew I had to read this book by Shama Hyder Kabani. Her chapter on Facebook was really detailed with lots of tips, so I thought I’d offer many of the items on Shama’s list of Do’s and Don’ts with my own comments. Facebook [...]
Social Media Victories — and how to win them
Bay Area Consultants hear SOCIAL MEDIA TIPS from popular speaker Patrick Schwerdtfeger Back by popular request, Patrick presented more detailed online marketing tactics — building from his earlier talk on social media basics delivered last fall. Author of Webify Your Business, Patrick spoke at 127 events around the globe in 2009. He shares social media [...]
10 Mistakes Made by Social Media Newbies
A few weeks ago, I participated in a social media webinar that unfortunately went “over the heads” of most of the other attendees. So I invited many of them to contact me for answers to some of their basic questions. Bob asked me: “What do Newbies typically do wrong?” Putting on my Thinking Cap, I [...]
Twitter Basics – Workshop “cheat sheet”
Today ten new Tweeple will be fluttering around the Twittersphere — at least that’s my hope. In the next few days, you’ll read about some of the things they learned, but a few people left without their “cheat sheet,” so I’m posting it below . . . as well as the earlier Twitter 101 lessons [...]
Beyond the Hype: Roadmap for Social Media’s Future . . . and Ours
A few weeks ago, I felt like I’d died and gone to Heaven. That’s the sensation one has when a passion is being filled to the brimming [tipping?] point. For a student of the Social Media Revolution, nothing could be more gratifying and fulfilling than to hear a panel of highly influential Social Media Mavens [...]
Robert Scoble lets us know: We’re All Connected
And those valuable ties are growing deeper and wider . . . as we TWEET and BLOG and “FRIENDFEED“ According to CrunchBase, “Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. He is best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft. According [...]
When Communication Adds Up to a Big Fat Zero
All the latest and greatest tools mean nothing – if you aren’t listening I read several great blogs today — and would still be reading — if I didn’t want to share my own understanding of one important topic: Effective social media marketing — aka REAL CONVERSATION — cannot happen without someone to LISTEN. Let’s [...]
Commenting on other blogs will build traffic on yours
Popularity has a price: You’ve got to do some Work Some of my students have started blogging, and one student asked me today [actually in a comment on my first post]: “How can I get my blog noticed?” Interestingly enough, that question was answered in a blog posting today, April 25, from Problogger.net, one of [...]
Press Releases and Advertising are Dead
Social Media is Pushing Dramatic Changes in Marketing TGIF. We’ll make this blog-lite, just in case you haven’t read my first post. Yesterday’s adventure along the SM Revolutionary Road was anything but “lite” – information-wise. Three Bay Area social media players: John Harper, Dean Guadagni, and Pat Kitano visited my SFSU advertising and PR classes [...]
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