Described by CNN as the place “Where Everyone Knows Your Twitter Name”, the annual BlogHer conference is the largest gathering of bloggers in the world. Approximately 5000 attendees come together to share ideas, tips and meet "in real life". Here are three takeaways from BlogHer '13 3 Takeaways from BlogHer ‘13 1— Stop over scheduling -- Leave room in your life to … [Read more...]
What Facebook Hashtags Mean for You
What’s all the noise about Facebook hashtags? What's a hashtag? It's the number or pound sign on your computer followed by a word or a phrase. Hashtags make it easier to find things. For example, the using Twitter strategically involves using hashtags. Here’s a post on using them on Twitter. Hashtags are a way to follow conversations. Now, they'll do the same for … [Read more...]
What’s Social Proof?
Celebrities have an entourage to: 1-- entertain them 2--keep them safe from crazed fans 3--wheedle favors 4-provide social proof As a business owner, you have social proof too. Referrals and testimonials are all proof that people like you and you're good at what you do. If you've ever been to a networking meeting like BNI, there's even a chance to share your … [Read more...]
Secrets of Social Media Marketing Presentation
The Secrets of Social Media Marketing is a topic I speak on frequently. Below is a slideshare presentation from a recent seminar. It includes: The MOST important thing you need to know about social media -- without this, you're wasting your time. What Makes Good Content? How to Leverage Your Time Secrets of Social Media from JenPhillipsApril It's … [Read more...]
6 Tools for Creating Images for the Graphically Challenged
Photo posts are also bigger and take up more space within the Facebook newsfeed than text only posts. This means, they have more opportunity to grab eyeballs. That’s why you see those cool hybrid text as photo or photos with text. However if you’re like me and have minimal graphic skills, how to you create those? Here are 5 Tools for Creating Graphics: · PicMonkey … [Read more...]
