I had a response!
I think this is the beginning of love…
“hi kryzler, thanks to replay my massage. well, i know a girl how can give you love n all the thing that can make you happy, n forgot about your sadness. it was ME. heheheh kidding. if you want, i can help you to find that girl but i cant promise. so….hope we can be good friend always. btw what was that UPS? ok. see u…. GBU”
Long before social networking and user-generated content sites, how did people promote themselves? Beats me. But I do know how they do it now. I’m going to give you a great example of a guy who is great at self promotion through social networking sites, and in the process hope to help with his promotion.
Meet Aaron-Michael Fox. He is a stand-up comedian based in Huntington, WV, but travels all around the country. Aaron-Michael is trying to break out into the big time, and is using social media to help him.
He has a Facebook, Myspace, YouTube, and FunnyorDie account. Online, he is known as WVfunnyman. He is very funny, and I encourage you to check him out. His most popular video on YouTube is “Do I want to fight?” it has over 84,000 views, and is posted below. (WARNING- foul language is used, if this offends you please do not click play. Please do not get mad and leave me negative comments if you are offended- I warned you!).
But I digress, this post isn’t really about Aaron-Michael, it is about the social media he uses. User-generated content sites such as YouTube let him to post clips of his comedy at no charge. This along with his other social media endeavors allow him to be more accessible to people who would like to book him for an appearance. He can also show his skills to millions of people who would never have seen him otherwise. He doesn’t have to pay for the services of an advertiser or public relations specialist.
Ini adalah rincian biaya yang akan dikenakan di Facebook mendatang :
Kita tunggu saja, apakah benar rencana ini akan dijalankan.
iGoogle
I always go to my igoogle page first. Always. Looking at this athlete first thing in the morning inspires me to get moving! I have several sites such as Huffington, CNN, a few blogs, You Tube, my Google Calendar, that automatically load here and I check my Gmail.
Google is becoming more social but I am not active on it except Chat and just starting messing with Buzz. I wish I had more friends on Buzz, so if you’re on, find me!
Next I open Tweet Deck which I am huge fan of. I check for any directs or mentions and try to respond. Next I run through the lastest tweets find information I’m interested in, click and add to my Google Reader for later reference.
Then I wander over to Facebook to catch up the lives of my friends, I don’t want to miss anything that may have happened over night! I am using this site for IRL (in real life) friends. All of my facebook friends have been friends of mine at some point in my life dating back to grade school at St. Marys to 2010. What an amazing collection of people I have gathered along my journey of life! I have found a lot of friends from high school as we look forward to our, a-hem, 25th reunion. There are friends from previous jobs, my church, my kids’ schools, neighbors, my family, my husband’s family and lots of cousins.
Twitter
I love Twitter more and more. The more I use it, the more I love it. But my “audience” here is very different from Facebook. My favorite people on Twitter are super smart, local, social media marketing types, bloggers, runners, news and anyone I know personally. I only have 3 people from my facebook that I follow on Twitter so it’s easy for me to keep the two groups separate. My most favorite use of Twitter is the real-time element, gathering a lot of great resources and interacting with “followers.” I have learned a lot from Twitter on new media and how to write more succinctly in 140 character or less! I use Twitter to gather and spread information that is important to me and hopefully useful to my people. The more people I meet IRL, the better. I have been a little shy talking to people here but I’m working on it!
Daily Mile
Daily Mile is where I go next, hopefully to post a run! I have a hodge podge of peeps here, all people I enjoy following but have not necessarily met. There is limited interaction and of course it all has to do with running. There is a local group that meets once a month and I’m looking forward to joining them for evening runs. Daily Mile is the place to encourage and be encouraged in daily struggles with fitness goals! And it’s a great way to track your progress.
Google Reader
If I really have some time on my hands I will go to my reader looking for recent blog posts on social media, marketing, running, Catholic Church and writing. I am looking to stay on top of what is the latest and greatest, blog ideas and things to tweet. I love, love Reader but haven’t spent much time on it. I don’t share or follow people. I didn’t even know it was possible until my daily mile (Dave C) and twitter friend @davecriswell posted something about sharing on Reader. I use delicious to tag articles to my reader.
How are you organizing your social? I would love to hear which sites you can’t live without. Leave a comment below!
I just wanted to give a special thanks to everybody who has commented on, read, or contributed to my blog in any way. In less than a month, I have gained almost a thousand views! This is an amazing start! I have also met some wonderful fellow bloggers and read some excellent reviews. I’m seriously enjoying blogging and connecting with all of you, and I look forward to continuing this! So, again, thanks to everyone!
As you can see, I have changed the layout to something a little more basic. I like it better; its not as busy as the last theme.
BTW, if anyone would like to connect outside of the blog universe, I’m on Facebook! I can’t believe I didn’t say that earlier.
~Alisa~
It’s already well known that women make 85% of the buying decisions in this country but did you know:
The numbers get even higher on the subject of health care where virtually all health care buying decisions are made by women, not just for themselves and their families but as caregivers to parents, relatives and extended family.
I work with a woman named Kelley Connors who is doing something about it. Kelley started an online community called Real Women on Health ( http://realwomenonhealth.com ), a place for Baby Boomer women featuring candid conversations and expert commentary about health and wellness. Kelley has shown me study after study where women who talk with other women about the same health interests or conditions actually have better health outcomes.
As a testament to women sharing their collective wisdom in social media, in just a couple of months, Kelley has built a multi-channel social network of over 10,000 members on her community web-site, blog-talk radio show, Facebook Fan Page, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts and received a content sponsorship grant from the National Women’s Health Resource Center, the largest clearing house for women’s health care information. When linked to affliliate partners, Real Women on Health’s reach is 5,000,000.
Kelley is using Real Women on Health for moderated conversations with health advocates and the messaging, sampling and sales of health and wellness products and services that can benefit this high value group and the network they influence. What I like most about Kelley’s approach is her ability to listen to her constituents and ask questions like “what are the health topics you’re most passionate about?” These serve as a roadmap for future development more than a business plan and keep new and existing users coming back to hear what she has to say.
Listening skills are important because women don’t feel listened to by:
According to the Harvard Business Review, their primary sentiment with marketers in these categories is frustration.
If you don’t believe me, just ask the woman up top.
It’s back! Social Media News has been on hiatus for a couple weeks, as my client work (and spending time with my Valentine) always comes first- but I am getting back on track with this week’s update.
In the social media sphere, change happens in a blink of an eye. While I was on break from blogging a lot of big things happened in this space, most notably the release of Google Buzz. The buzz about Buzz is that it’s Google’s latest life-streaming social media portal. Like Twitter and Facebook, Buzz allows users to keep in touch with friends and by sharing status updates, links, photos, and more.
Is Buzz a formidable threat to Twitter and Facebook? Maybe, but probably not. Buzz is integrated with Google’s email platform Gmail, and I’m guessing Google thought that would be a good way to gain immediate adoption en masse. But for many internet users, email use is in decline as social media use continues to rise. If Google had released Buzz two or three years ago it could have gained real traction, but unfortunately many would-be early adopters have already abandoned their Gmail accounts in favor of Facebook messaging (which is moving towards a full webmail service, code named Project Titan).
Also while I was off the grid, I missed a couple of birthdays. Flickr and Facebook both turned six years old this month. That’s a pretty long time in Internet years; do you think they’ll make it another six?
Google Buzz
If Google Wave Is The Future, Google Buzz Is The Present – TechCrunch
Google Buzz: What It Means for Twitter and Facebook – Mashable
Google Will Ask Buzz’s Early Adopters to Confirm Privacy Choices – Wired
Google Buzz May Help Its Rivals More Than Itself – MediaPost
PayPal and Facebook Credits Will Play Nice After All – Mashable
The Fun of Facebook Measurement – Gilligan on Data
Facebook Moves Towards World — Not Just Social Networking – Domination -MediaPost
Social Media: Strategy
5 Ways Airlines and Hotels Can Drive Revenue with Social Media – Mashable
HOW TO: Deal With Negative Feedback in Social Media – Mashable
How Much Blog Would a Blogger Blog If a Blog Chucked Its Comments? – MediaPost
Social Media: Consumer ElectronicsOfficial Twitter App for BlackBerry Looks Really Good – Mashable
Fashion Show Goers Purchased Clothes Straight From the Runway Using a BlackBerry App – Gizmodo
Motorola Backflip Will Be the First Android Phone on AT&T – Wired
Digital AdvertisingOnline Video Gets an Ad Exchange – AdAge
Live TV’s Alive as Ever, Boosted by Social Media – AdAge
Pre-Roll Video Ads Still Hated, Here to Stay – AdAge
Beyond the Badge: Big Media Brands Strike Foursquare Deals – AdAge
Internet Trends
How Social Media Is Changing the Super Bowl – Mashable
Walmart Buys Vudu, Jumping Into Online Movie Rentals – Wired
School District Halts Webcam Surveillance – Wired
It’s Official: Google Can Sell Power Like a Utility – Wired
Checking In, Checking Out [a great article summing up the latest location-based mobile/social apps] – MediaPost
