Archive for Social Media
Dear Friends,
I wanted to let you know I am holding a contest over on my Facebook Fan Page. Click here to jump over to FB.
The contest details are on the Notes page.
While I will post my longer postings here, I will be using FB to post tidbits and random opportunities or tips that I come across and can distribute in a faster manner.
I hope you’ll join me there.
It has been very busy in my neck of the woods the last 2 weeks. As promoter for TheBDevent, a Business Development Networking Event for the data storage industry I have been up to my eyeballs in logistics to host 150 executives in California.
Today at 9:45 am I am moderating a discussion on Social Media Techniques for Business. We will be video taping the presentation and I’ll post some video when I have it but in the meantime I thought I’d share a few of the points we’ll be discussing:
1) Be committed to starting and setting your strategy. Before opening up the Twitter or Facebook account for your company know your goals and what you want your outcomes to be.
2) You don’t have to do everything or join every site at once. It can be overwhelming to look at all the options/tools. Being strategic is critical.
3) Understanding where your customers are is critical to your strategy.
4) There are many tools and options out there and if you need help getting going, seek that help, you don’t have to be in this alone.
5) With social media: Do or Do Not, There is No Try.
I’ve got some great guests joining me today and look forward to sharing their thoughts with you soon.
In my daily reading and scanning of the emails I get on Marketing I usually find a nugget or two that motivates me for the day.
I’ve decided to post links periodically to information I perceive to be helpful or interesting.
I’ve been following Guy Kawasaki for a few years. I found this article by someone on him and his Twitter tips filled with information that I felt sharable:
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/innovation/article/10-tips-i-got-from-guy-kawasaki-at-ces-anita-campbell
If you’re interested in a Twitter Strategy for your business Guy is one to follow.

