Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’

My Follow Friday Suggestion: @JeniseFryatt

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

As I meet more and more amazing people through the event professionals community, Follow Friday has become increasingly difficult to manage. How do I suggest 30 people to follow in any kind of meaningful way? So, I've decided to highlight one member of the community each week that I suggest you follow. This person is someone that I respect and have learned a lot from (whether they realize it or not).

This week, there's no better person to start with than Jenise Fryatt. Jenise has been an #eventprofs friend, guest blogger on my site and facilitator of relationships for the past year or so. It's been so great getting to know her a bit and seeing the impact she has had on the community. I've had the opportunity to write several guest blogs for her over the course of the last year and it has been nothing short of amazing. Enjoy!!

Connect with Jenise

http://www.twitter.com/JeniseFryatt
http://www.icon-presentations.com/blog/
Vote for her Sound n Sight blog in the #Eventprofs blog awards!
http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/eventprofs-blog-awards-nominees-announced.html

Guest Blogger Jenise Fryatt on “The Debate on Scheduled Tweets”

Monday, June 28th, 2010

There seems to be some debate over the merits of scheduling tweets on Twitter. Some people find it disingenuous, others say it's a lifesaver for managing time.

On a recent Twitter chat, I had a brief conversation with someone who agreed with the former opinion. What he described was a person scheduling tweets that were comments about their day or opinions on topics. I had to agree, this sounded disingenuous. After all, tweets that share your experiences or opinions are assumed to be conversation starters. But if you aren't there when someone responds, it's kind of like leaving the lights on when no one's home. A fake out.

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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. (more...)

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
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. (more...)

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.  (more...)

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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Attn: Entrepreneurs! Liz King Speaks on Using Twitter for Your Business

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

 

30 Days of Branding – Day Twenty Four: Organize the Noise

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

If you've spent any length of time on Twitter, you'll notice that not everyone uses it for professional reasons. It can be really stressful to wade through thousands of updates about what people are doing and eating to find meaningful content. But, hopefully by now you've been able to find that there is a lot of great content on Twitter if you can find it. I hope that you've been able to make some meaningful relationships by honing in on the right group of people through tweet chats and through people that you follow. 

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30 Days of Branding – Day Twenty Three: My Follow Philosophy

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Many experts will agree that success on Twitter is not dependent on the number of followers you have or the number of people you follow. I've heard talk about follower ratios and what the ideal ratio should be, but that's not what I want to focus on today. Today, I would like to share with you my philosophy on the Twitter follow. For someone new to Twitter, followers are a big deal. They are spending a good amount of time tweeting to an audience of five or ten and they feel a little lost in the noise. To those of you feeling this way - I offer hope. I was there too. And while I'm no Ashton Kutcher, I've gained followers slowly over the course of the last year. Would I have wanted this progress to happen faster? Absolutely not and I'll tell you why.

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