BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media is our amazing social media conference series — and if you haven’t been to one yet, you’re missing out. Our next one is in Dallas on January 24 and features an amazing lineup of social media leaders. If you haven’t yet, you can register here for your chance to meet them [...]
Learn from Shell, United Airlines, Texas Instruments, AMD, Coldwell Banker, Northwestern Mutual, AT&T, and Level 3 at BlogWell on Jan. 24
December 15, 2011
How to get people to friend your business on Facebook
January 17, 2011
Ask nicely Make a nice offer, like a small gift, discount, or a donation to charity Don’t get fancy Don’t turn it into an ad campaign. Social media is supposed to be social and fun. If you over-produce it and over-complicate it — it turns into annoying advertising, and a turn-off. A simple example, done [...]
Give me a reason to “like” your Facebook page
December 13, 2010
Just because your friends like you doesn’t mean they are going to like your Facebook page. Bombing them with requests makes it worse. People support you when you give them value and meaning for their time. Copy this smart move by Guy Kawasaki on the page for his new book “Enchantment” — Like the page [...]
Give me a reason to "like" your Facebook page
December 13, 2010
Just because your friends like you doesn’t mean they are going to like your Facebook page. Bombing them with requests makes it worse. People support you when you give them value and meaning for their time. Copy this smart move by Guy Kawasaki on the page for his new book “Enchantment” — Like the page [...]
When’s the last time someone mentioned “Google Buzz” to you?
December 12, 2010
Or Google’s Orkut? All the social media experts get all hot and bothered when a new social media platform is launched. They write thousands of words in their blogs about how it’s going to change the world. They push their clients to spend money and jump on the new platform. Ignore this. Don’t even think [...]
Free live webinar today: Getting Bodies in Seats with Word of Mouth and Social Media
November 17, 2009
Join me for a free live webinar on simple, hands-on word of mouth marketing and social media tips you can immediately put into action to generate traffic — hosted by the National Restaurant Association. I’ll be joined by Derrek Hull, the National Restaurant Association’s manager of marketing and communications and blogger-in-chief, and we’ll be covering: [...]
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