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Five-Step PR Plan for Managed Service Providers – MSPmentor

cgseo — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:33:20 +0000

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Social Media Changed My Life!

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:20:20 +0000

This weeks guest blog post is by Becky Robinson , a social media consultant and blogger for Mountain State University . (Do you want more than that?) If so: She is also the mother of three daughters and currently lives in Chicago, IL. This week marks the one year anniversary of my entry into the social media world. I am going to say something bold (and risk sounding corny, too): SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED MY LIFE. I am still the same person at my core: my values, my beliefs, and my purpose, but becoming involved in social media has changed my habits, my activities, and my aspirations. I have a new career path and every day brings new relationships and opportunities. My social media involvement started with Facebook, last New Year’s Day. Less than a month into my Facebook experiment, I reconnected with lots of old friends. Then one day, a high school classmate I hadn’t talked to or seen in more than twenty years posted a status update looking for freelance writers. I have always wanted to write. At age 8, my friends and I created newspapers and went door to door trying to sell them. As a preteen, I filled a series of flannel covered journals with lines of poetry and stories. I majored in creative writing in college but after graduation I got married, went to grad school, and got a job (not writing). After several years of 9 to 5, and 12 weeks of maternity leave, I wanted nothing more than to stay home with my daughter, so that’s what I did. Three daughters and 8 years later, I had a store of creative energy waiting to be unleashed. Being involved in social media has given me an outlet for creativity and means for connecting in relationships with people all over the world. On a personal level, blogging, Facebook, and Twitter are just plain fun. Professionally, though, social media has provides an amazing platform for building not only my personal brand, but also the brand of the university that I represent. My old friend John, who got me started with freelancing, works for the marketing department at Mountain State University. When I became a part of the team there, we started to explore the impact we could make with social media. We started with a blog . To the blog, we added a Twitter presence . Then we started to experiment with expanding the university’s Facebook presence. The whole point of social media for Mountain State – for anyone – is relationships. We are finding new approaches to connect with current students, new ways to make our brand known to potential students. We are finding new methods to delight and engage our students, and new avenues to involve them in community with each other. And you know the best part? It’s really just plain fun. Related articles by Zemanta Try a Slow Media Diet for 2010 (lifehacker.com) Got Caught With My Pants Down and My Ink Dry? What’s My Next Move? (agentgenius.com) Avatar Makes a Billion Dollars (mashable.com) Social Media: More Than Meets the Eye? (myventurepad.com)

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ISBDC to Sponsor 3-Month Twitter Tour

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:10:25 +0000

The wonderful people over at the ISBDC (Indiana Small Business Development Center) are sponsoring a 12 part seminar series over Twitter through the state of Indiana. I am blessed to be presenting for the serminar series to support my book ( Twitter Marketing for Dummies )! If you can make it out to any of the events that would be awesome! Here is the basics of what we will be talking about: —————————- Increasing Sales and Revenue through Twitter WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? Building an online presence is a great first step, but how do we use that presence and use social media to make money? Using Twitter you (and your sales team) will have the ability to increase close rates and sales by building new connections and strengthening existing connections with your prospects! It doesn’t matter if you market to farmers, stay-at-home mothers, or C-Level employees, Twitter gives you the tools necessary

HopeYouDontMind.com – A New Way To Drive Sales – KillerStartups.com (blog)

cgseo — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:30:20 +0000

HopeYouDontMind.com – A New Way To Drive SalesKillerStartups.com (blog)“HYDM is a hybrid solution that gives you the keyword matching facility of Google Adwords, the interactivity of Twitter and the “personal touch” of a … addthis_url = 'http2F2Fwordpress2F'; addthis_title = 'HopeYouDontMind.com+238211263B+KillerStartups.com+29'; addthis_pub = '';

140 Bite Sized Ideas to Help Your Business

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:00:13 +0000

I have been searching for books that contain leadership information and content that I can use on Twitter when it comes to sharing information about leading companies. Kevin Eikenberry , renowned author and speaker, recently sent me a Twitter book that fulfilled all my desires. The book is called #LeadershipTweet and is filled to the brim with noteworthy leadership quotes to get me through the day. (I’m not kidding… I did love the book). I thought I would write a brief review of the book while listing some of the leadership tweets he has documented over the past couple of years. The book breaks down into 4 sections plus a short foreword by the one and only, Chris Brogan . The sections include leadership actions, thoughts, inspiration, and how we can learn from one another to become better leaders. I wanted to list 15 of my favorite leadership tweets from the book. 1. Remarkable leaders translate vision into reality 2. People don’t resist change; they resist being changed 3. Want better ideas? Create MORE ideas 4. Strive to be a leader who learns and a learner who leads 5. Remarkable leaders have formed a habit of doing things that average leaders don’t like to do 6. Remarkable leaders are willing to make bold decisions 7. Make a choice to make a different. Make a choice to lead 8. Great listening starts with an open heart and a curious mind 9. Your belief in someone’s potential is the first step towards helping them develop it 10. Be authentic–you will be a more successful leader (and person) 11. Remarkable leaders are network builders 12. Remarkable leaders are accountable for their actions 13. Remarkable leaders communicate with others in a way that is best for the other person 14. Remarkable learders communicate powerfully through stories. 15. Resistance is energy that leaders use to move change forward. As you can already tell… the book is packed full of great ideas for leadership for 2010! You should definitely go check out the book. Follow this link to read thoughts, ideas, and inspiration from Kevin Eikenberry and the world of Twitter! Related articles by Zemanta Social media needs fewer rockstars, and more rockstar ideas (socialmediatoday.com) How to Create a Meaningful Following on Twitter (mintzwordz.com) Book Review – Dan Zarrella – The Social Media Marketing Book (broadcasting-brain.com) Are Tweedledee and Tweedledum on Your Twitter List? (socialmediatoday.com)

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Predictions for 2010: Tablets will fail, Google will pummel Microsoft – VentureBeat

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:27:23 +0000

VentureBeat Predictions for 2010: Tablets will fail, Google will pummel MicrosoftVentureBeat(Anthony Ha) Twitter will launch its own social version of AdWords — And contrary to what chief operating officer Dick Costolo said earlier this year, … addthis_url = 'http2F2Fwordpress2F'; addthis_title = 'Predictions+for+20102C+Google+will+pummel+Microsoft+238211%3B+VentureBeat'; addthis_pub = '';

Twitter Announces Enhanced Business Applications

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:13:10 +0000

We have been waiting… and by we I mean every social media consultant on the face of the planet… for Twitter to announce business friendly applications and developments . It finally came on Monday with the announcement of the development of what is called Contributors (and other applications). From the Twitter Blog : “The feature we are beta testing is called ‘Contributors’ – it enables users to engage in more authentic conversations with businesses by allowing those organizations to manage multiple contributors to their account. The feature appends the contributor’s username to the tweet byline, making the business to consumer communication more personal; e.g. if @Twitter invites @Biz to tweet on its behalf, then a tweet from @Twitter would include @Biz in the byline so that users know more about the real people behind organizations.” I like the concept but it still is not as revolutionary as it should be (in my humble opinion). I trust that Twitter has some other ideas up their sleeves in regards to businesses truly maximizing the tool. Until then we will stumble… make mistakes… add to many followers… send out the wrong message and get spammed to death by MLM’s and idiots. Until the beta is released to bigger subset of users the opinions… will be varied. Want more information about the Twitter beta? Twitter signals commercial accounts (robbiz1978.blogspot.com) Twitter Runs “Feature Test” For Businesses (centernetworks.com) Twitter Highlights Coming Contributer API (thenextweb.com) BREAKING: Twitter Starts Testing Features for Businesses (mashable.com)

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Giving a Gift to Fulfill the Greatest Wish

cgseo — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:51:30 +0000

We all have that special organization that we absolutely cherish and give to through the holiday season. I have a couple which I enjoy: CFI and Make-A-Wish America . I wanted to send out a quick blog that announced a campaign that Make-A-Wish has started called The Greatest Wish. The entire concept of the campaign is to start collecting the top wishes of people all around the world. They would love to hear your greatest wish. If you are Facebook you can visit the cause page at: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/410999 Search the #greatestwish Twitter hashtag: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=greatestwish You can also add a Twibbon to your Twitter profile: http://twibbon.com/cause/The-Greatest-Wish-Campaign Staci Shelton has also asked for people to donate to the cause instead of giving her a birthday present! What is my greatest wish? I have been thinking about that over the past couple of days and have come to a conclusion: My greatest wish is for all people to have fulfilled and happy childhoods. It pains me when an individual was abused or neglected. Spread the word. Share the information. We can only do so much in life and Make-A-Wish is creating better lives for the children of the world.. I am for that.

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Twitter Should Listen to Warren Buffett. He Was Right in 1999.

cgseo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:41:15 +0000

I am in the process of reading Alice Schroeder’s book entitled The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. The book is a massive source of information about the life of Warren Buffett. Needless to say the book is unbelievable! I love to read about the life of people who, in my opinion, have lived a valuable and influential life. At the beginning of the book Alice recounts an event from the Sun Valley Conference in Hailey, Idaho . Allen & Company , a boutique investment firm in Hollywood handles the event inviting such notables as Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Rupert Murdoch. In 1999 Warren Buffett was asked to be the keynote speaker to end the conference. This was a special year because the conference was filled with Internet tycoons ready to embark on billion dollar ventures in the new year. They were invited and were making the most of rubbing shoulders with the richest individuals around the world. The Internet tycoons walked into the conference room that day hoping for a glowing reception and the blessings from one of the greatest investors of our time. What they received was quite the opposite. Warren Buffett practically dismantled the belief in the new Internet startup companies. He likens the Internet Boom to that of the airline industry: “…So I submit to you: I really like to think that if I had been down there at Kitty Hawk, I would have been farsighted enough and public-spirited enough to have shot Orville down, I owed it to future capitalists.” “It’s wonderful to promote new industries, because they are very promotable. It’s very hard to promote investment in a mundane product. It’s much easier to promote an esoteric product, even particularly one with loses, because there’s no quantitative guideline.” Warren Buffett, pg 19. Most of the venture capitalists and entrepreneurs left the meeting slightly chuckling at “old Warren’s mistake.” They found out later that he was exactly right. Web 2.0 companies should listen to Warren Buffett. He has always cautioned the vamping of over-promoted companies and increasing investment in techonolgy companies with no substance. “You can get in way more trouble with a good idea than a bad idea, because you forget that the good idea has limits.” -Warren Buffett, page 21 I have always been a skeptic of increasing investment in social media and web 2.0. I do love the sites and I love the fact that they are free. I have a problem with the valuation of multiple billions of dollars for the site like Twitter. This is a dangerous game we are playing when it comes to the multitude of millions of dollars invested in Internet startups. I am afraid we never learned to begin with. Related articles by Zemanta The ideal startup career path (cdixon.org) Closely Watched Buffett Recalculating His Bets (nytimes.com) Buffett’s Firm Berkshire Hathaway Sees Profits Triple (huffingtonpost.com) Creating Social Capital in India (online.wsj.com)

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Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia top Webby Awards Top 10 Web Moments – Los Angeles Times

cgseo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:21:12 +0000

Telegraph.co.uk Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia top Webby Awards Top 10 Web MomentsLos Angeles Times(2000) The launch of Google AdWords, which, as the Webbys put it, "turned advertising on its head" by opening the marketplace to any business. …Webby Awards' top internet moments of the decadeNew Zealand HeraldWebby Awards name top 10 Internet moments of the decadeAFPThe Top

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