People soshalize. They don't care how it's spelled. They just do it.
When putting together strategies and making adjustments (and the occasional complete overhaul) of social media pages, processes, and content, there’s nothing better than to get a client truly “plugged in” to the social media world. There’s an excitement that surrounds it, particularly after a couple of weeks when the results start improving and the processes start moving like clockwork.
It’s currently the middle of winter and you know what that means. Time to go to the beach!
A new year represents beginnings. It is a time to reflect on what was missed and make plans for improvement. This year is going to be a crucial one for many businesses with uncertainty in the economy, fluctuation in the social media sphere, and an awakening that is happening for many that social media is here to stay and is something that they need to master.
Every year, we select the “best year ever” recipient. It’s the social website that made the best gains, contributed the most to social media as a whole, and demonstrated trends that meant they were going to continue moving forward in the coming year. winners in the past included:
Over the past couple of months, I’ve been working on a standard operating procedure for a comprehensive social media marketing service. It has been a while since I had to develop an overarching strategy rather than one that was individualized for a business or organization, so my daily reading of the industry trends and changes has had my eyes bleeding by the time the kids get ready for school. My fingers have bled as well… from making adjustments to the SOP as the industry continues in its unending state of metamorphosis.
It was the 2011 Driving Sales Executive Summit when I was asked by Joe Webb to participate in a debate about Twitter followers. I had around 100,000 followers at the time and he wanted me to argue for the side of quantity being more important than quality. This made perfect sense except for one fact: I don’t believe in quantity being a more important factor than quality. I did back in 2008 when Twitter was bright and shiny and “churning” for Twitter followers was a common technique, but those days are way behind us.
They say timing is everything. In social media, quality of content is almost everything. The rest of it does come down to timing.
This is Part II of the series on timing. Please read Part I first.
This is Part 4 in a 5 part series. Please read the previous posts first or none of this will really make any sense.
So, you have your power accounts. You’ve done what was posted in the previous parts of this series and you have a strong individual presence on Facebook and Twitter at the least plus hopefully other social media sites like Google+ and Pinterest. It’s time to put these accounts into action and produce a return on your investment of time and energy. Where do you start?
I know it’s the heart of football season and the beginning of basketball season, but baseball is the sport that truly helps to illustrate this particular post. On social media, not all times are created equal. It’s important to know where and when to place your pitches to let your fans and followers hit home runs for you.
