Twin Tech II: An Event Review

September 25, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Most of you have been to large events and conferences with a few hundred people. But last week, Peter Corbett went and did the impossible. He actually had a bigger and better event than his first successful Twin Tech event done this past August here in DC.
Peter Corbett recently became one of the primary networking connectors [...]

Shifting your blog from a hobby to a business

September 25, 2008 :: cbensen

Last weekend I attended a number of sessions at BlogWorld Expo. One that was particularly interesting was How to take your blog to the next level. The panel each had five minutes to share their tips:
Chris Brogan had some great ideas about using the innate abilities of the blog:
- use the comments for lead generation [...]

Implementing a Social Media Strategy for Established Small Businesses – An Interview with Dave Delaney of Griffin Technology

September 25, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Dave is a funny guy. He is the one that kept me laughing at the Gnomedex 8.0 conference last month in Seattle. He is a Canadian transplant (you gotta watch out for them Canadians) who currently lives and breathes in Nashville. While not a big country music fan, he did move for what he says [...]

Leveraging Technology to Become More Productive with Jared Goralnick of SET Consulting and AwayFind.com

September 23, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Jared is a serious multi-tasker with the projects to back it up. He is currently President of SET Consulting, a firm dedicated to helping organizations work smarter and look better in Microsoft Office. He also writes the blog, Technotheory.com which is focused on helping people use technology to become more productive. In fact, instead of [...]

Growing your Blog

September 23, 2008 :: cbensen

Danielle outlined the steps for starting a blog. She is a friend of our Social Media Swami, Shashi Bellamkonda. These are the steps that he outlined for her.
1. Create a blog account with Blogger or WordPress.
2. Create 3 posts to start.
a) Why I started this blog
b) About you or your organization
c) Something informative and [...]

Relationship Marketing for Everyone - Part 2 – An Interview with Mari Smith

September 22, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Mari has been called the “Pied Piper of Facebook” but that really just scratches the surface of her talent and knowledge of social media and its application. Her specialty is called “Relationship Marketing”. She is also an Internet Marketing Consultant and Facebook® Business Coach. Everything she does, according to her “revolves around people and relationships [...]

Relationship Marketing for Everyone - Part 1 – An Interview with Mari Smith

September 21, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Mari has been called the “Pied Piper of Facebook” but that really just scratches the surface of her talent and knowledge of social media and its application. Her specialty is called “Relationship Marketing”. She is also an Internet Marketing Consultant and Facebook® Business Coach. Everything she does, according to her “revolves around people and relationships [...]

LIVE from Vegas at Blog World Expo - Interview with Vanessa Zamora of Search Engine World

September 20, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Well, it’s not exactly live, but that’s what they say in Vegas. For all the marketing of the statement “what happens here, stays here”, they have not heard of Twitter. Blog World Expo or #BWE08 on twitter if you are inclined to search for the twitter stream.
Yesterday while all the exhibitors were setting up for [...]

Redefining the Rental Property Marketplace Using Social Media – Part 2 – A Conversation with Caroline Allison of Viscape

September 20, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Do you love to travel? I do and have had the opportunity to set foot on four of the seven continents and will touch all seven before I leave this planet. Caroline Allison has a similar passion for travel, so much that she created Viscape to help people connect and become better educated about the [...]

Redefining the Rental Property Marketplace Using Social Media – Part 1 – A Conversation with Caroline Allison of Viscape

September 18, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Do you love to travel? I do and have had the opportunity to set foot on four of the seven continents and will touch all seven before I leave this planet. Caroline Allison has a similar passion for travel, so much that she created Viscape to help people connect and become better educated about the [...]