social media
#blogchat Recap and Transcript – 08/15/10 – Chris Brogan talks social outposts
Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) joined #blogchat on 8/15/10 as a special guest host to talk about social media outposts and how they can help promote your blogging. You can check out the mostly RT-free transcript to get all of what he said. Some first-time #blogchat-ters JessAriasCooper PattiB66 devacoach torbenb robbirgfeld courtenayrogers hangingwitmrsc _DaleODonnell_ fabuliss fianxu Some [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Open Mic – #blogchat recap – 07/25/10
The last week of the month, #blogchat is open mic. And, like usual, it got a bit hectic. According to stats, this was one of the top #blogchats ever, and many topics were covered. (PDF transcript) First, some first-time #blogchatters: PreciseAgency christawatson WhiteOakAttic NehalKazim lgfisher Top tweets: ADMAVEN: Timely posts net you the most organic [...]
What Makes for a Successful Tweetchat
A couple of days ago, Mack Collier (@mackcollier) wrote “10 Steps to Creating a Successful Twitter Chat“. Mack is the founder and moderator of #blogchat, a Tweetchat that gets several thousands tweets a week and often has a couple hundred participants. It’s a great way to spend a Sunday evening and runs from 6-7:30ish pm [...]
Group Blogs – #blogchat recap and transcript – 07/11/10
#blogchat this week was co-hosted by the marvelous Ann Handley (@marketingprofs on Twitter). Ann is the Chief Content Officer at MarketingProfs and was on #blogchat to talk about starting and managing a group blog. Company blogs: One of the great topics of conversations at the beginning of the chat was how to get more involvement [...]
If You Had to Start Over …
Earlier today, the Influencer Project brought together 60 of the top “influencers” in social media and asked them a question — if you had to start over and build your network from scratch, what’s the most important thing that you would do. Each person had 60 seconds to give their answer on what was most [...]