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 …
“I just need you to set up my blog, and then I’ll do it . . . or maybe you can do my first few posts . . . and a few Tweets; oh, yes, check out who has written on my Facebook Wall and . . . ”
For those …
As a San Francisco area marketing lecturer, I’m always interested in the activities of SFAMA, the San Francisco chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Membership in this organization offers a variety of benefits from connections to 45,000+ professionals, attendance at regular educational meetings and workshops, small discussion groups, job banks, and …
PR teachers have it made these days . . . if “having it made” means we get to figure out what works and what doesn’t now that the Social Media Revolution is affecting every facet of business.
We teach our students that public relations is all about building and maintaining a …
“What do you want your website visitors to learn about you?”
That question began chapter 18 — “Website conversations” — in Patrick Schwerdtfeger’s popular step-by-step guide for small business owners, commission salespeople, and service professional: Webify Your Business, Internet marketing secrets for the self-employed.
“Your website visitors need to find out if …
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 …
The Buzz about our world’s Big Shift [i.e. the New Normal in business] is filtering through to some company executives who are now looking to their marketing departments for guidance and appropriate strategies using Social Media.
Hold on a minute . . .
Many of you are missing an even more important …
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 …
How do I love LinkedIn?
Let me count the ways — and share them — so everyone can improve their Return on Time Investment.
This week I’m conducting workshops entitled:
“I’m on LinkedIn . . . Now WHAT?”
Below is a list of what we discussed until time ran out. So …
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 …
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 …
Future of advertising,PR 2.0,Personal Branding,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?
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Today’s Getting Started lesson is going to “resemble” a conversation . . .
However, since I’m the only one in the room, I’ll have …
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:
Guest Poster Zahid Lilani: Voice …
Fathering a son: what's more important than that?
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 …
If you love getting organized, you’ll love Tweetdeck
Untangle your Tweets
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 …
Blogging,Getting Started,Personal Branding,Social Media Marketing,Social Media Strategy,Twitter,Twitter Basics
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Open the door and let the tweets begin
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 …
**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 …