Archive for Social Media
When You Don’t Have a Clue What to Write for Your Next Blog Post
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’re a blogger then you probably know about Brian Clark, founder of the popular copyblogger blog.
Brian Clark
He’s also a successful entrepreneuer, creator of two WordPress themes, and Scribe, the SEO plugin. He also gives courses on internet marketing. He’s no doubt raking in megabucks. Good for him.
He just posted his first infographic and kindly gave his readers the code to embed. It’s called “22 ways to create compelling content.” You can see it when you scroll down this post. Read More→
Social Media for the Human Resources Professional
Posted by: | CommentsCorporate HR departments can’t ignore social media and its impact on employees. Employees are on social media so how do you manage their participation?
HR.com, the largest social network and online community of HR executives, with 194,000 members, is holding a free webinar entitled Social Media and Employee Communications with two days of speakers on March 1st and 2nd.
As the webinar copy states, “powerful enough to fuel revolutions, the tools of social media can connect and enable employees to new levels of communication that enable productivity and alignment with business results.”
Empowering Employees As Brand Ambassadors
As my regular readers know, I’m a big supporter of organizations that engage their employees to serve as brand ambassadors for their companies. So, I will be one of the speakers. Here is a link to my talk at 12:30 on Friday, March 2nd. Read More→
Giants Win Super Bowl of Social Media and Team Leadership
Posted by: | CommentsHurray, my hometown New York Giants won the Super Bowl. Yet another fourth quarter comeback for the Big Blue. They also won big with a record-breaking number of mentions on Twitter and Facebook.
The team’s owners scored big time with the leadership and enduring commitment to a philosophy that produces winners. It’s a lesson that other CEOs could emulate that I’ll discuss later in this post.
Super Bowl Site Traffic
Twitter tweeted that in the final three minutes of the Super Bowl there were an average of 10,000 tweets per second. That is mind-boggling, really – 10,000 x 60 x 3 = 1.8 million tweets.
The Washington Post reported that sports fans sent about 11.5 million comments during last night’s game over social media networks (quoting All Things Digital), about six times higher than last year’s game. The Giants were interacting with fans on Twitter and Facebook before, during and after the game. Read More→
How 9 Small Businesses Are Getting it Right on Social Media
Posted by: | CommentsSocial Media Examiner (SME) hosted an online webinar yesterday and described how 9 small businesses are attracting thousands of visitors and, in some cases, millions of dollars in revenue. Most of them have only been at it for two or three years. I have to say I was more than impressed.
Social Marketing Makes Dollars and Sense
In the opening slide, we learned why social media is essential for any business.
My key takeaways from the presentation were: Read More→
