GBTC Baltimore : Social Media: User Driven Experience

GBTC Baltimore : Social Media: User Driven Experience

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Mike Subelsky, www.otherinbox.com: Mike will present a case study on how he personally used social media to promote the successful Baltimore event, Ignite Baltimore and his company, OtherInbox.

Jared Goralnick, www.awayfind.com: Jared’s case study will discuss – when was the last time you emailed a blogger? And ten other lessons learned in online relationship-building.

Dave Troy, www.beehivebaltimore.com: Dave will provide a case study on how he launched socialdevcamp east, a successful barcamp/unconference that drew crowds of developers and techies from Boston to DC.

Shashi Bellamkonda, www.solutionsarepower.com: Shashi will present a case study on how he has changed the face of information sharing at one of the largest organizations – Network Solutions. And how he utilizes social media on a daily basis to help provide real time feedback to Network Solutions.

Greg Cangialosi, www.blueskyfactory.com: Greg will present a case study on lead generation using social media and ways that he has used content for marketing, and social media participation to increase branding and lead generation with his company, Blue Sky Factory.

Page Sands, www.r2integrated.com: So you know that Twitter, Facebook, Del.icio.us, and all of these other social networking tools exist. But what next? Marketing professionals are struggling to understand which tools are best for them, and how to utilize them in a way that makes the most sense. We have put together a strategic framework for building your social marketing plan. The framework allows you to go through a step by step process to figuring out which tools are appropriate for your goals, the best ways to use them, and tips for measuring their success.

Catherine Pancake, www.webadvantage.net: Social Media is all the rage, but some companies end up alienating customers, wasting money, and end up giving us a pretty good chuckle . Catherine will present the Top Five Worst Social Media Campaigns and other examples of how companies or individuals got it wrong.

Marci DeVries, www.imrecommunications.com: Social media is one of the hottest topics today. If you¹re like many, you¹ve got looming questions: What should I be doing now? How do I maintain it? Can I draw a straight line from social media to sales? From grassroots to nationwide outreach, learn how to tap Web channels to lead, join or further the conversation on issues most important to your organization and its constituents. Engage and connect using tools best targeted to your audiences.

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Sun 06/21 WLL …My top 3 weightloss tips

This weeks topic was a tough one for me. So if i don’t make any sense, it’s all uklili13 fault lol j/k Great topic again. Check me out: www.youtube.com/jcarcobaltss Twitter: www.twitter.com/jcarcobaltss Myspace www.myspace.com/jcarcobaltss social www.facebook.com/jcarcobaltss

social in the Car, Turning an iPod into an iPhone

social in the Car, Turning an iPod into an iPhone
CrunchGear has an unconfirmed report that OnStar will begin including the ability to update your social status. This would make sense, considering the recent launch of social Places, which allows you to check in. Google introduced its Google Instant feature today, which provides search results as Google users type their queries. Some search marketers are concerned about how they might be …
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5 Tips For The Twitter Beginner

5 Tips For The Twitter Beginner

The world of micro blogging is in full force.  Being able to communicate in 140 character messages started with the early versions of text messaging and continues on Twitter.  If you are just getting started or ready to take your Tweets to the next level then here is a list of five tips to consider:

Define you niche: What space do you want to own?  Some provide insights on topics like sports, celebrities, or even cats.  You are not limited to that topic but as the old adage goes “If you do not stand for something then you stand for nothing”.  Who are we to judge?  Paris Hilton has made a fortune standing for nothing.  We still recommend having a theme for your Twitter space.
Link it to Facebook: Twitter has many different apps that make updating multiple places fairly simple.  Connecting both applications allows you to post to Twitter every time you update your status on Facebook.  There are many ways to pull in updates into many other social networking sites like MySpace also.
Use a Twitter Tool: There are many excellent programs to assist you with managing you Twitter accounts – Yes – multiple accounts.  You may have one for business and one for personal but will need different e-mail addresses to manage both.  We currently use Owl Suite to manage our accounts.  It allows you schedule posts, shrink URL’s, shrink pics and more.  For a list of top Twitter tools visit FasList.
Follow your Followers: Using tools like Social Too is great for managing your followers to keep growing your base.   Over time you will find that a few of your followers are annoying but let that pattern emerge and selectively stop following.  Several programs also assist with managing spammers.  Having that management on autopilot is excellent.
Use Twitter on a mobile device:  Using Twitter on an iPhone is a great experience due to apps like Twitteriffic.  This app allows you to log-in with ease and view multiple accounts, re-tweet interesting stuff and e-mail out the best tweets.  Excellent for killing time in an airport or waiting room.  We definitely do not recommend using Twitter while driving, it is a distraction.

 Go here for a list of the Best and Top Ranked Twitter Tools

Hopefully you have picked up a tip or two to assist you new micro blog – What is the next social or Twitter?  That is the question.  Enjoy.

I need adive or tips now?!?!?

Question by roschmask: I need adive or tips now?!?!?
This is a pretty common topic:
So theres this girl who i have psycology class with at my Community College and ever since the semester started i tried to figure out on how to approach this girl without looking desperate. She is soooo pretty, and im already jelous cuz a dude that is so lucky to sit next to her gets to talk to her, but not worried much cuz he dont look like a potential boyfriend for her. But anyways tha thing is that no1 talks in that class, the teacher talks troughout the whole class so theres not much socializing going on to give me the chance to start a conversation, and after class she leaves right away..I am pretty sure i already gave her the signal that im into her cuz she sits one chair behind me on my left side and the class faces on my right side, so everytime i turn back on my left side she notices that i turn around just to look at her and i hope she gets that!! haha and yesterday i faked that i was stretching so i could turn around to see her and i gave her a smile!!, btw i been told several times that i have a good flirty smile so i HOPE that helps haha Men those EyEs drive me coo-coo everytime i see her, her lips are so effing amazing damn. Oh and to prove yall im already obsessed with this girl, i even went to search her on social just to look at her picture but i couldnt find her: (
So pliz can yall help me ?! GOOD HELP!!! Remember she leaves right away after class so i gotta be fast to think of something or to catch a conversation or something!! i really really like this Doll.
THANX PPL!

Best answer:

Answer by Sure
Pass her a note in class saying you’d like to get a chance to talk to her after class. That’s what I’d do.

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Mafia War Secrets – Hot Converting Ebook On social & Myspace

Mafia War Secrets – Hot Converting Ebook On social & Myspace
Mafia War Secrets teaches the tips, tricks, and cheats of getting ahead in the popular social networking game. Converts very well on Myspace and Facebook.
Mafia War Secrets – Hot Converting Ebook On social & Myspace

See How Easily 30 Minutes On social Can Create 30 Leads A Day

See How Easily 30 Minutes On social Can Create 30 Leads A Day

social let you connect new online friends and connections but it can waste a lot of your time. Are you a network marketer and then you waste 4 hours of your day on Facebook? That is not a Marketing Strategy, that is looking busy without action.

Serious online marketers do not have more than 30 minutes every day available that they can socialize on Facebook. Period. If you do, you are not very dedicated to marketing your business.

Here is a marketing plan that will teach you how to use 30 productive minutes each day on social and generate leads for your network marketing business. The secret to success is consistency. No strategy will work if you do not commit to it. So commit to use a specific time daily and just do it. Remember the Bunny and the Tortoise?

Step 1: Add a social friend

Search for any niches you are interested in. Join the group and evaluate the size of the group interested in the selected niche. Select friends in that group that you find interesting and write a one-line message to the invited friend. Make sure they know WHY you have requested them to be a friend e.g. “Hi Firstname, I see you are interested in horses. So am I. Lets connect.” A personal message to the friend you invite will dramatically increase your response rate. A link to your blog is one way to let the new friend know what you are all about.

Connecting is step one in a plan that you will follow and the result of the plan is a new sale or sponsoring someone into your business.

Step 2: Become real to your leads

Nearly 30% of all the prospects on your list will have a social account. Find these leads on social and request them to be your social friend and mention the fact that they visited your website recently.This is the connection.

This strategy will turn a cold prospects into a warm and buying prospect. This strategy will ensure the emails you send in your autoresponder will be opened and read first as you will now be a real person and a friend.

The internet is a busy place. It is not about selling anymore but about standing out above the marketing noise and reducing people’s fear to buy. People are scared of of scams. Of people lying to them. Of being caught out.

You will succeed in marketing if you can become a real person to your leads. Your social account is one way your prospects can see you really exist. Your social account gives you credibility. Your prospects will start to trust you as they learn about who you are.

Step 3: Hello to my new friend

Make a video to welcome your new social friend. Upload this video and add your new social friend as a video tag to appear on the news feed on their profile. The video will be like a “online” handshake. You will become very real to your leads.

Step 4: Make a happy birthday video

A birthday remains a special day for all of us. social informs you of a friend’s birthday. Use this information to stand out from the crowd by making a short video to give your friend your personal birthday message. Tag the video and friends of your new friend will also see the video. This technique will give you stacks of viral exposure.

Step 5: Create a group on Facebook.

Create a group on Facebook. A social group is like a virtual coffeeshop – a place where likeminded people come together to discuss similar interests. Make a space for prospects to connect and talk about a relevant topic. Use the group platform to show your value in terms of lead generation and marketing tips. Offer information about training and set up events. Your group interactions should display respect, leadership and value to your prospects.

Applying this blueprint will not take longer than 30 minutes. Again the crux is consistency.Ensure you do this every day..

I do not market exclusively on Facebook, but I use it in conjunction with my blog and my article marketing strategies. Doing a few simple things right will add a lot of great friends and give you the opportunity to convert many into leads.

Reunion briefings prepare Families for Soldiers’ return – FMWRC – US Army – 100819

Reunion briefings prepare Families for Soldiers’ return – FMWRC – US Army – 100819

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Reunion briefings prepare Families for Soldiers’ return

Aug 19, 2010

By Jennifer Hartwig (3rd Infantry Division Ft Stewart)

FORT STEWART, Ga. – Soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division have begun to return to Fort Stewart, Hunter Army Airfield and Kelley Hill at Fort Benning, after a year-long deployment. The initial reunion is full of hugs and happiness, but learning to be a Family again takes a lot of work.

There are always questions – will my Soldier be different? Will my Soldier still love and need me? Will my Soldier want to spend more time with battle buddies than his Family? When will things feel like normal again?

Whether a Family is going through the redeployment process for the first time or the fourth time, these questions are normal and come up with each deployment, according to Linda Moseley, Stewart-Hunter Army Community Service Mobilization and Deployment Manager.

Even if you’ve been to a Family reunion briefing in the past, Moseley said it is important to attend before your Soldier returns home this time, as well.

"We’ve been through so many deployments as a division so these Families, a lot of them, have been here for quite a few deployments," Moseley said. "But I think our approach now is multi-faceted – we’re offering so many more services through the new resiliency training, the new programs that are available through ACS. We’re using other programs and services as well as re-created a series of additional programs. ‘I think before it was simply a briefing and that was it."

Moseley said that this time around, there are many topics discussed in the briefings, and programs offered by ACS, that weren’t available in previous years.

"We talk more about intimacy and the relationship; we talk more about connections and connectivity between you and your spouse; and we talk more openly and freely about household problems," she said. "In the past, we’ve addressed domestic abuse or perhaps traumatic brain injury or PTSD, but [this time] we’re making it so it’s simply understood by every Family – that if you notice a change in your Soldier or yourself, then it’s easily identifiable, and you can seek help early on."

Each unit that is deployed has or will offer 9 or10 Family reunion briefings once the unit is within the 90-day window of returning.

The briefing touches on many of the major questions people have, and gives those in attendance tips on how to make the reintegration process less problematic.

The briefing, given by Moseley or another ACS mobilization and deployment specialist, teaches Family Members to have realistic expectations about how life will be once their Soldier returns, and to talk about what your expectations are before the Soldier comes home.

"Families have to get used to each other again," Moseley said. "Expect that things will be different than they were prior to the deployment."

One spouse, who attended a Family reunion briefing, July 23, was anxious to learn what to expect when her spouse returns from their first deployment as a couple.

"We’re learning how to cope with our spouses once they get back; the dos and the don’ts," said Frankie Andrews, wife of Command Sgt. Maj. Jesse Andrews, 3rd ID command sergeant major. Though it is not Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew’s first deployment, it is the first he and Frankie have been through together. "We’re learning the different symptoms our spouse may have; how to deal with drinking, anger, dealing with their children. We (each) need to be a good, understanding spouse; we need to be patient."

The briefing deals with health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse and depression, and how to recognize those symptoms in both your Soldier and yourself. Also discussed is how to deal with sharing of experiences – what do you do if your Soldier tells you too much? How do you deal with your Soldier if he or she won’t talk about their experiences at all? Moseley said that you need to work it out as a couple – discuss how much you want to know, and also realize that, though you don’t know their experiences for the past year, they don’t know yours, either. It will take time to adjust to being together day-to-day again, she said.

For those with children, ACS is offering – for the first time – child-specific programs during this time of readjustment leading up to the return of the 3rd ID Soldiers, including Sgt. Rocky’s Neighborhood, a puppet show that helps children deal with issues in an age-appropriate setting.

"We haven’t had many child-specific programs in the past, and this [redeployment] we have the Sgt. Rocky program, and for the first time we’re incorporating pets into the household," Moseley said. "A child receives and copes differently and so when we have these animated characters that come to life the parents enjoy how the material is presented and the children seem to absorb it better."

For one spouse, the topic of children was one that is especially important in her Family.

"(The topic) most important to me is I think the interaction with our Soldiers and children," said Cassandra Spaans, who has a five-year-old daughter with husband Sgt. Dean Spaans, Headquarters and Headquarters Services Company, Division Special Troops Battallion, 3rd ID. "I know how to deal with myself; sometimes you just don’t know how to deal with the emotions of the child and how they’re going to interact with the spouse and Daddy coming back."

Sergeant Spaans has been deployed for two-and-a-half of the past three years.

"This briefing isn’t just because that your spouse is coming back, it’s also giving information on how to deal with being separated for a year, and how to mold your lives back together," said Cassandra, who is the HHSC Family Readiness Group leader. "We’ve been living our separate lives, and we need to get back together, and this [briefing] is actually giving us ideas on how to do that."

Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield ACS is offering workshops for the 90-, 60- and 30-day intervals before homecoming. The ACS mobilization and deployment specialists want to ensure that everyone realizes that reintegration is a process for the Family as a whole.

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social tips to beat cyberbullying

social has launched its top safety tips to help users prevent or address cyberbullying if it occurs on the site . The launch coincides with the start of National Anti-Bullying week in the UK and this years theme is cyber-bullying. The tips will be posted on the social blog (blog.facebook.com and will also be made available to users in the social Help Center (www.facebook.com so that users can benefit from them even after this important week-long campaign ends.
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