background preloader

Social media

Facebook Twitter

9 Powerful Free Infographic Tools To Create Your Own Infographics - DATA VISUALIZATION. 7 Things Your Social Media Consultant Should Tell You. If social media consultants are doing their jobs, they should put themselves out of business. I speak as one of their kind. Before joining Fast Company last spring, I was the social media editor at the New York Daily News. So I'll say it even bolder: At some point, Fast Company should fire me.

(Just not too soon, please!) Your company will never be truly social if you silo social activity within a consultant or a staff manager. To facilitate proliferation, your consultant should learn how your company works, then create a strategy to spread social throughout your organization. But in the meantime, here's what you should be hearing from your consultant: 1 "What's your goal? " 2 "Here's the ROI. " 3 "I don't care about follower counts. " 4 "Facebook and Twitter are only a start. " 5 "Let's look at data. " Follow Fast Company's roadmap to social media: surefire rules, data, and expert wisdom guaranteed to show why this market is completely unpredictable. 6 "Your website should be social. "