Businesses are built on Networking and networking is what Social Media is all about. Connecting with other business partners, as well as keeping in touch with and interacting with your customer base. Here in Wilmington NC we have events called Tweetups where people who regularly interact on Twitter can meet IRL (In Real Life). The […]
Read More Cape Fear Tweetup coming up January 27 2011
If you follow this blog you know I am no prolific business writer. Sure I love to dabble in writing, I share weird and outrageous stories I find on my personal blog, I post sporadically to my photo blog but rarely do I think that I have the inside track on any topic. In the […]
Read More SPAM or Helpful InfoNew business model…. because I find dogs more agreeable, I’ll be producing cute puppy videos!
Read More How will you work this into your business plan? (humor)Social Media can help you find customers, it can help you maintain and retain customers, BUT ultimately a company MUST be able to backup their Social Media efforts with true product and service.
Read More It’s Not Enough to Give Good TwitterI must admit that although I have a LinkedIn account, it is not my go-to for social interaction. I see it much more of a place for jobseekers and those looking to hire. LinkedIn this week announced it now has 100 million users. The social networking company may be half the size of Twitter and have […]
Read More LinkedIn hits 100 million usersI oft find that people who have never use twitter think it is just a place to post what you had for breakfast or other random uninteresting information. What they don’t realize is that while there is a certain amount of random information available, there is also good and informative information available. I for one, […]
Read More Twitter is a business tool you can’t afford to leave in the tool boxAs you know, I am a fan of Twitter. I love that little social media outlet. I am often amazed at the large message that can be transmitted in 140 characters of less. My favorite from this past weekend (Thanksgiving weekend) simply said “Families are Complicated”. It is a simple statement of fact families are […]
Read More Good Night, MaryEllenClick here to read the full summary of “S-Net (The Impact of Social Media),” a social networking report from Performics and ROI Research Inc.
Read More Is Social Media ‘Saving the Day’ for your Business?Fifty-one percent of executives surveyed said they fear social media could be detrimental to employee productivity, while 49 percent believe that using such could damage company reputation. In fact, those surveyed who are notusing social media on a corporate basis say non-implementation is primarily due to concern about confidentiality or security issues (40%), employee productivity (37%) or simply not knowing enough about it (51%).
Read More Only One in Three Companies Address Social Media Concerns