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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 [...]
Everyone Is Someone’s Customer: Use Social Media to Reach Them, Listen to Them, and Learn from Them
Too often companies forget the second part of this scenario: Firms are in business (1) to make profits by offering products and services (2) to satisfy the unmet needs of their customers. Too often they are so immersed in organization-centric thinking, that they don’t even realize their products or services may no longer be in [...]
Facebook for Business, Blogging, Posterous and more:
Twitter is like my personal bookstore, but so is most of Web 2.0 Sharing is one of the amazing benefits of Web 2.0, so it’s no wonder that Twitter is so important to me — both as a source and a repository. Here are some of the articles I read and Tweeted and Re-Tweeted this [...]
Social Media Victories: presentation by Patrick Schwerdtfeger for Bay Area Consultants — BACN
As a Bay Area Consultant myself, I was thrilled to attend my first BACN breakfast meeting and hear Patrick Schwerdtfeger tell 80 of us all about his “Social Media Victories.” Patrick’s one-hour talk featured case studies where organizations leveraged Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube to increase revenue and brand awareness . . . but what [...]
Let’s have a little fun with Twitter today: Personalizing your background
Brand your Twitter Account If you haven’t had enough fun with Twitter yet — or even if you have and are truly enjoying your new “toy” — then today’s Getting Started lesson will help you individualize your site with information and creativity. Many online sources offer free Twitter backgrounds, and you can try Google for [...]
So now you can Tweet . . . What comes next? Getting Started lessons continue:
Future of advertising,Personal Branding,PR 2.0,Social Media Marketing,Twitter,Twitter Basics 
10 commentsYou’ve played with Twitter and perhaps gotten past the “Emperor’s New Clothes” feeling that there’s a lot of Buzz about nothing. You have gotten past that, haven’t you? Let’s chat Today’s Getting Started lesson is going to “resemble” a conversation . . . However, since I’m the only one in the room, I’ll have to [...]
How to get started . . . using social media for growing your business
“Overview of Social Media/Internet Marketing” “Twitterville” “Groundswell“ “Beyond the Hype” “OK, already, I’m convinced. Now what do I pick up first?” So you finally “get it”: You can’t Get It without an Online Presence. But getting started is a lot like being a toddler put into a playpen with a bunch of new toys: What [...]
The “Secret” to pumping your own Google Juice: External Links
Getting started in Social Media is all about JUST DOING IT! That’s what I continue to do — and exactly what I suggest to those listening to me. [Those NOT listening to me get the same advice, and I know it's just a matter of time until they, too, jump in.] My TWO Biggies this [...]
Change is never, never easy: The Old PR Pitch must evolve to PR 2.0 Dialogue
“PR 2.0: A Promising Future” — Part 4 of Putting the Public BACK in PR is quite an ambitious undertaking I covered the first section, ch. 15 on Community Managers in an earlier post. And today’s article only begins to summarize some of the key points in the three very diverse chapters remaining in Part [...]
Yes, Shari, Micromedia can support and inspire great conversation
When I first read chapter 13 in Putting the Public Back into PR, I had my doubts as to whether Twitter was really the place for great convo — i.e. conversation. But two recent experiences convinced me that rapid-fire, off-the-cuff, succinct wordings could in fact power “engaging” and “enlightening” experiences — not to mention the [...]
Our Future Around Facebook and Twitter — guest post from Gen Y-er Zahid Lilani
I couldn’t wait. Sharisax Is Out There has been featuring a series of reviews on the book Putting the Public Back in PR, but one of my most conscientious SFSU students wrote this wonderful article on Gen Y and social media. Without further ado, here is Zahid: Social Media has changed the way we communicate [...]
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 [...]
How am I doing? My online presence roadmap 2-week checkup
Two weeks ago I made a commitment to manage my online presence. Discipline is key, but broadcasting intentions into cyberspace has a way of keeping one on the straight and narrow. Too many people to make excuses to if objectives aren’t met. So how have I done? Below is my “roadmap” list, followed by my [...]
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