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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 [...]
Way back when . . . I first started blogging with WordPress.com in April of this year, I never changed my background from the Kubrick default theme. So for four months, my blog looked exactly like my husband Jack’s above. HOWEVER, now that I know how EASY and how much FUN it is to see [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Many of my students have begun blogs, and their first questions seem to revolve around, “How do I get more readers?” and “How do I get people to comment?” My standard answers have been these three: * Comment on other people’s blogs * Announce your new posts on Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, and LinkedIn * Enable [...]
If you love getting organized, you’ll love Tweetdeck Tweetdeck is the key that not only opens the door to greater accessibility but can make your entire Twitter experience so much fun — especially for those who love easy organization. How Tweetdeck works: 1. Download Tweetdeck (TweetDeck runs on the Adobe AIR runtime. To use TweetDeck, [...]
The REAL, intrinsic, not-so-secret value of social media in general — and Twitter, particularly — is the desire to help others by sharing information. Expertise, whether in the form of “raw knowledge” or super-research skills, is on the Net for the taking and, of course, the giving. Lesson TWO: How to find people to “follow” [...]
**GUEST POST** San Francisco State University senior Roxanne Cobbs has been an active member of this semester’s public relations class — and has functioned as a very responsible leader for two small groups, the 2nd of which investigated the topic of “Facebook for Business.” Roxanne’s group put together an excellent power point presentation, and she [...]