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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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“Unfortunately the vast majority of websites do not do a good job converting visitors into paying customers. The key is to plan strategically BEFORE designing your website.” — Patrick Schwerdtfeger Patrick is a passionate and dynamic speaker who focuses on delivering valuable content and highly practical strategies people can implement immediately and see actual results. [...]
In honor of the new students beginning a 12-session Social Media Basics course with me, here is an article with information on What to Do First: This post is designed for those of you who .. a – Understand that there is a New Normal. and/or b -Have profiles on one or more social media [...]
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 [...]
My Laney College students are participating in social media to build writing and reading skills. For many of them, however, this is a significantly new experience, i.e., creating blogs and signing up for Twitter. What is Social Media and why is it important? and . . . here are many of their other questions: Where [...]
Guest Post by Axel Schultze Axel Schultze was the first social media guru I brought into my Public Relations class at San Francisco State at the beginning of 2009. He is the founder and CEO of Xeequa Corp. a social media software company, helping businesses to create a better customer experience. In addition, he began Social [...]
CHART YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRESS: Want to manage your social media sites? Yesterday’s post reviewed Chris Brogan‘s 19 tips: Resolve to Manage your Online Presence. Today you’ll find a handy spreadsheet to use for weekly check-offs. And there’s space to add other tasks . . . like writing your blog post Now you can Check-off [...]
Putting together last week’s post “Ten Mistakes Made by Social Media Newbies” was a rewarding experience for me, especially because the article seemed to touch a chord with many of my friends — a lot of whom are resisting the New World of Communication. Not all of them, though. Below is a really detailed article [...]
You’ve got to be more than a Social Media Newbie to appreciate the depth and breadth of research that went into compiling the 334-page compendium The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web. Author Tamar Weinberg is a community manager for Mashable, clearly the best source for Social Media news on the Net — [...]