This Sunday nite, I’m thrilled that @ProBlogger (Darren Rowse) will be joining us to co-host #Blogchat at 8pm Central. Darren’s topic will be helping us learn how to monetize our blogs, and the schedule will break down like this: From 8:00-8:30 PM Central – How to create blog content that can be monetized. We’ll talk […]
#Blogchat Schedule for November
New to #Blogchat and want to figure out what the deal is with the hottest chat on Twitter? Then click here. After a stellar October lineup we’re going to start November off with a bang with another awesome co-host! November 7th – Darren Rowse (@ProBlogger) co-hosting on “How to Monetize Your Blog”. Darren will discuss […]
How Social Media Saved One Company Over $100,000
There are two ways that social media initiatives can directly benefit your business: 1 – By generating revenue 2 – By lowering existing business costs For whatever reason, most of the ‘What is the ROI of Social Media?’ discussion focuses on the first area. But the 2nd area is just as important, if not moreso […]
Don’t miss #Blogchat Sun nite with special co-host Shannon Paul!
Got a company blog? Not sure how to effectively manage and respond to the comments you get there? Well Sunday nite’s #Blogchat is just what you need! We’ll be joined by the amazing @ShannonPaul who will be educating us on “How to Respond to Comments on Your Company Blog”. The #blogchat with Shannon will start […]
We were right, most Social Media numbers are useless!
Yesterday I posted two examples of how some social media numbers are completely useless. One of the examples was how I have almost 22,000 followers on Twitter, and yet I rarely get 1-2% of them to click on any link I share on Twitter. I said we’d check out my traffic from yesterday and see […]
Too many Social Media numbers are completely useless
And you and I will prove this together. As soon as I publish this post, I am going to tweet out the link to my 22,000 followers on Twitter. When that happens, click this link to see what SiteMeter says the traffic looks like for today. This will give us a good idea of how […]
#Blogchat 10-10-10 with @GrantGriffiths Recap
Last nite @GrantGriffiths from Headway Themes joined us for the 1st ever sponsored #Blogchat. Headway is a premium blog theme, and the topic for last nite’s #Blogchat was How to Choose a Blog Theme/Template. The discussion was broken into two areas; the 1st 30 minutes or so was devoted to a general discussion of what […]
Join us this Sunday to discuss How to Choose a Blog Template at #Blogchat!
I’m proud to announce that this Sunday will mark the 1st sponsored #Blogchat! Joining us will be Grant Griffiths, who is the co-founder of the Headway premium blog theme. Grant will be discussing How to Choose a Blog Template with us, and he’ll also be answering our questions about the Headway Theme. Here’s how the […]
Ford begins promoting 3rd-party content via Promoted Tweets
This is interesting! Last week’s post with Ford CMO Jim Farley’s statements about how Ford has seen massive cost savings via Social Media proved to be quite popular. In fact I believe it’s the most RTed post I’ve ever written. Well last Thursday after publishing the post, Ford’s Scott Monty contacted me and said that […]
Your Social Media Strategy Starts With Monitoring
If your company is ready to dive into the social media waters, which tools such they examine first? Blogs? Facebook? Twitter? Wrong. Try Google. Before you can launch a successful social media strategy, you must begin monitoring existing conversations about your company. This has several advantages: 1 – It lets you be proactive in responding […]