Tag archive for ‘twitter’
Facebook-centric Strategy for Small Businesses
Data Doctors founder Ken Colburn gave 200 small-businesspeople a lesson in Social Media 101 in an Aug. 28 talk for Greater Phoenix SCORE. The key takeaways from Ken Colburn’s recent talk on social media: “Use Facebook” and “Social media is free.” “Facebook is now the third largest country in the world, behind China and India,” [...]
Tagged as Addictomatic, Bit.ly, data doctors, facebook, Facebook Insights, foursquare, Google Realtime, HowSociable, Ken Colburn, Listorious, Monitter, MuckRack, Ping.fm, SCORE, small business, social media, SocialMention, twitter
Categorized as Business, Social Media
Using Social Media to Recruit, Hire
The Arizona Technology Council held a panel discussion titled “Recruiting and Branding with Social Media” on Aug. 25 at the Jobing.com office on North 22nd Street. Participants were, from left, Claudia Reilly of Avnet, Andrew Vess of Cox Communications, and DeAnne Russell of St. Joseph’s Hospital. Why pay to advertise – or pay too much [...]
Tagged as Andrew Vess, Avnet, AZ Tech Council, Claudia Reilly, Cox Communications, DeAnne Russell, Greta Suda, hiring, Jobing.com, LinkedIn, Monster, recruiting, social media, Social Oomph, St. Joseph's Hospital, TweetMyJobs, twitter
Categorized as Business, Social Media
Promoting Your Business in the Virtual World
This image of a “virtual” Times Square reinforces the idea that businesses today need to operate in the “real” world and the “cyber” world. When I talk with clients about the importance of an online strategy, I still see some reluctance. It’s time-consuming, there’s a cost involved, it’s unclear if it’s effective, and our customers [...]
Tagged as blogs, facebook, listening, seo, social media, thought leadership, twitter, Youtube
Categorized as Business, Social Media
MLB Trade Deadline’s Big Winner: Twitter, but …
I am unashamedly a fan of the Arizona Diamondbacks, currently one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball. They have been in last place in the National West for more than two years. Ugh. So July 31 has had special meaning for me: That’s Major League Baseball’s trade deadline, the last chance for teams [...]
Tagged as Diamondbacks, ESPN, Fox, MLB, trade, twitter
Categorized as Business, Social Media
SMM UK: Writing Tweets that Travel!
This is another in a series of reports about the Social Media Marketing 2010 conference, held June 17 in London. A lot of people are Tweeting. And a lot of it is less than interesting, and thus less effective. Sue Keogh of Sookio Ltd. offered a primer on Twitter at the June 17 Social Media [...]
Tagged as Justin Bieber, SMMUK, Sue Keogh, tweets, Tweets that travel, twitter
Categorized as Business, Social Media
SMM UK 2010: Twitter Case Study of Anvil DVD
This is another in a series of reports about the Social Media Marketing 2010 conference, held June 17 in London. Social media – particularly applications like Twitter and Foursquare – are so new that there are not a lot of examples of campaigns and effectiveness. So individuals and agencies are blazing trails, trying new things [...]
Tagged as andrew walker, anvil, cohnwolfe, dvd, facebook, foursquare, SMMUK, steve parker, thin martian, TOTS, twitter
Categorized as Business, Social Media
Social Media Marketing 2010: The London Version
This is the first of a series of reports about the Social Media Marketing 2010 conference, held June 17 in London. The crowd was enthusiastic, the insights valuable and the accents a bit different but the 2010 Social Media Marketing event in London on June 17 offered unique insights into how UK professionals perceive digital [...]
Tagged as cScape, facebook, foursquare, Influence People, london, Luke Brynley-Jones, psychology of persuasion, Richard Sedley, SMMUK, social media, twitter
Categorized as Business, Social Media
OMS: Use Relevance to Boost Search Results
In determining how to improve their company’s position in search results, many marketers follow a similar process: Audit, Analyze and Create a Strategic Plan. But Mike Corak, vice president of strategy for Tallwave, believes a crucial step needs to be added after auditing: Listen. “What is in demand?” Corak told the audience at the May [...]
Tagged as Corak, google adwords, marketing, oms, phoenix, Radian6, Spiral16, Tallwave, technorati, twitter
Categorized as Business, Social Media
Arizona Interactive Marketing Association event
The panel (from left): Brandie Feuer, Becky Armendariz, Morgan Durant, Jay Baer and hostess Carey Pena of Channel 3. It was a full house Tuesday night at the Mission Palms in Tempe to hear the Arizona Interactive Marketing Association panel on the impact of social media in business. Some highlights: Jay Baer, President, Convince and [...]
Tagged as AZIMA, baer, banner, facebook, twitter
Categorized as Business, Healthcare, Social Media