Posts Tagged ‘Social Media/Technology’

My Observations on Your RTs

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

There are many people who will write blogs about how to get your tweets retweeted or how to form relationships with people using RTs. I think that information is all well and good, but I’ve  learned some lessons by taking a deeper look at what I retweet and what others retweet from me. Here, I’ve listed the five observations I’ve made how the way you RT can really be improved. to form better relationships with your followers and those you retweet.

1. Too many people RT without reading.
I am one of those crazy people who keeps track of my statistics. I pay a lot of attention to the RTs and clicks that I get and I’ve noticed that many people RT without ever clicking on the attached articles. How do you know that you want to RT it simply by looking at the title? All too often, I’ve clicked on what I thought was going to be an awesome blog only to find that it was boring, unintelligent or simply offensive.

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Chat Recap: Making Time for Branding and Social Media

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

For those of you new to chat (or for those of us who are super slow), I thought it might be nice to try and condense our #eventprofs chat into bite-sized chunks. Below, I’ve outlined the second part of our conversation – Making Time for Branding and Social Media – since it sparked some great conversation and suggestions. I’ve tried to condense it all into a format that should be digestible. I’d love to hear your feedback about the format and the conversation!

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The Business Side of Twitter: Part 2

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Twitter BirdLast week, I prepared a presentation on “How to Generate Business in <140 Characters”. While I plan to post it on the new multimedia section of my site when it launches, I figured there’s no time like the present to put some of these resources out there.

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The Business Side of Twitter: Part 1

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Last week, I prepared a presentation on “How to Generate Business in <140 Characters”. While I plan to post it on the new multimedia section of my site when it launches, I figured there’s no time like the present to put some of these resources out there.

As a business, can I use Twitter to secure a new client?
The answer to this is easy – Absolutely IF you use it wisely! We all know that the key to marketing a business is word of mouth. Regardless of how much money you spend on TV ads and pop-up events, a client who has interacted with you can build or ruin your business faster than you can imagine. And there’s no better way to form relationships that ellicit good buzz than on Twitter. 

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Guest Blogger Jenise Fryatt on “The Art of the Retweet”

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

If you’ve read anything about social media marketing, you know that the new philosophy is all about giving in order to get. The video above clearly depicts the value of this philosophy. The originator of an idea is only a "lone nut" without the people who choose to follow and spread the idea.

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30 Days of Branding – Day Thirty: The Finale

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Thank you so much for taking this branding journey with me. While I will, of course, continue to post blogs about branding, social media and events, my hope is that this series has been an opportunity for you to focus on the branding process from a more broad perspective. In the coming weeks, I plan on compiling this series and adding more resources so that it can be available to you as a set. Please stay tuned for details on this!

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30 Days of Branding – Day Twenty Nine: Evaluation & Adjustment

Friday, March 12th, 2010

For those of you who have put to practice all of the ideas and tips that I have shared in the last twenty eight days, I’d like to talk about one more important issue before our finale – evaluating and adjusting your practices to meet your needs.

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30 Days of Branding – Day Twenty Eight: Connect with Industry Experts

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

This is a topic that I’ve mentioned briefly throughout the 30 days of branding, but I’d like to expand on it a little and give you some resources to do this. It’s a good idea to follow people who are farther ahead in their careers so that you can learn from them. I always pick a few industry leaders and pay close attention to what they are doing to brand themselves. But, I understand that it can be a challenge to find these leaders in such a big world. So, today I give you some resources.

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30 Days of Branding – Day Twenty Seven: Simplify Your Networks

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

If you are using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networks along with your blog and website you are probably feeling like the man in this picture – like the world is flying by you and you can’t keep up. If you haven’t already latched on to some of the applications that can help simplify the publication process, you’re probably publishing your blog and then linking to it manually from each of your social networks. What I’d like to do today is give you links to some applications that you can set up to automatically feed from one network to another. Before I get into that, let me share a few things that you should try to remember.

30 Days of Branding – Day Twenty Six: Other Social Networking Sites

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

While Twitter and LinkedIn are some of the most popular social networking sites out there, there are so many other sites that you will likely find interesting and helpful to the spreading of your brand. Today I want to list a few that you may want to check out (based solely on popularity), but before I do that I want to reinforce a few points.

  • Remember that quality trumps quantity. Only use these sites if you are able to maintain them.
  • The best way to try a new form of social media is to go in with some tangible goals or hopes for how you can use it. Of course, it’s okay to try them just to see how they work, but it’s important to be strategic and focused.
  • When you can, find applications that will feed from one technology that you choose to involve yourself with to another. We will talk about examples of this tomorrow, but keep it in mind today.

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