Archive for August, 2010
#bloggybootcamp #vlogging with @bernthis
Short, short, short Video blogs should be under three minutes Asks herself all the time if she has time to read it You want to draw people in to what you’re doing Actually puts the length of the video in the title so people know exactly what to expect when watching the video Treat all [...]
Some Practical Tips for Participating in a Popular Tweetchat
Stanford (also known as @@pushingsocial on Twitters) put together a great video on how he manages to stay on top of #blogchat. It’s a great video that shows how he sets up tools like Tweetgrid and Tweetchat to manage the heavy flow. via How To Participate in #Blogchat Like a Pro. Especially as tweetchats get [...]
Comments on Blogs are Important
In her post on Bit Rebels, 5 Benefits of Leaving a Constructive Comment on a Blog, Misty Belardo lists 5 great reasons for leaving comments on a blog. Her #1 reason is top of my list. 1. Engagement is deepened – Blogging is a social platform that allows a community to share their views, their experiences [...]
Blogger Outreach – #Blogchat Recap – 08/08/10
Tonight’s topic for #blogchat was “Blogger Outreach Programs.” There were two main features of the discussion. The first was how to choose which bloggers to reach out to and what strategy you should use for reaching out to those bloggers. Another topic of conversation was best practices on how to pitch bloggers – what name [...]
Emails Should be Timely
One of the keys to a successful email marketing campaign, is making sure that your emails are timely and relevant. Today, I received an email that was an excellent example of a timely email. Within an hour of the judge announcing his decision to overturn Prop. 8, I already had an email from the Courage [...]
Review — MarketingProfs: Take 10 Webinar: Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile in 11 Easy Steps
Earlier this week, I happened to catch a new webinar format by MarketingProfs.com. (The format may or may not be new, but this was the first one I caught in this format.) It’s called Take 10, and as the name suggests it’s a 10 minute webinar on a specific topic. The webinar that I listened [...]
Integrating your blogging with other communications – #blogchat recap – 08/1/2010
This week’s #blogchat was co-hosted by Beth Harte and was focused on how to integrate blogging efforts with the rest of marketing communications. Beth hosts a week #imcchat (integrated marketing communications chat) on Wednesday evenings at 8 pm Eastern / 5 pm Pacific. (# blogchat PDF transcript) First, some first-time #blogchat-ters (lots of new folks [...]