Socialnetworking. Marketing. Fun. Twittertools. Realtimeweb. Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Listening. Flickr Photo by Incurable Hippie I've been writing a lot about listening through social media channels in preparation for a live workshop for WeAreMedia next month in San Francisco. I'm passionate about listening - the skills, tools, techniques, and how it translates to continuous improvement of strategy and understanding the value it provides to organization's mission. Whether your nonprofit is using listening tools that are free or a professional tool to take a deeper dive, after you figure out who will do the listening and how to make it actionable, it's time to address the nitty gritty of what and how.
The most important listening literacy skills are Keywords Are King: Composing and refining keywordsSeeing the Forest Through The Trees: Pattern analysis and synthesis of findingsEngaging effectively: Don't just listen unless your mission is market research or you're a peeping tom In the meantime, here's some how to tips. The Basics Give Me The Facts MamThese are obvious. Going Deeper 1.) Baby books go digital. Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle Mikaela Jung (background) is more interested in jumping on a bed than viewing the family's Totspot social networking page with her mom Janice Jung and sister Malia at their home in Fremont, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. less Mikaela Jung (background) is more interested in jumping on a bed than viewing the family's Totspot social networking page with her mom Janice Jung and sister Malia at their home in Fremont, Calif., on Saturday, ... more Janice Jung watches her three daughters (from left) Mikaela, Melanie and Malia paint at their home in Fremont, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.
Jung posts her children's photos and milestones on the Totspot social networking site which enables friends and family to track their growth. less Janice Jung watches her three daughters (from left) Mikaela, Melanie and Malia paint at their home in Fremont, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. Jung posts her children's photos and milestones on the Totspot ... more Kidmondo.
The Last Days of Cubicle Life - The Future of Work. P&G Digital Guru Not Sure Marketers Belong on Facebook. Do's and don'ts on twitter. If you have an online business, you’ve probably been told at least once to get on Twitter. Maybe you’re already on Twitter but don’t feel like you’re getting anything out of the space. Truth be told—Twitter can be great for promoting your small business. And while proponents of social media like to say “anything goes, there really are no rules”—that’s not necessarily the case. There are a few unspoken etiquette rules when promoting your business on Twitter and if you don’t pay attention to some of the tips mentioned below, it can cause people to ignore your friend requests or unfollow you all together. Just remember, Twitter is a community—not advertising space. People will accept the promotion of your business in balance. Don’t expect to sign up for twitter, put out a few of your links and have whopping sales or clients pouring in overnight.
Seriously– not gonna happen. And I do say this from personal experience. DON’T sign up for twitter and follow hundreds of people all at once. How to Improve Your Twinfluence and Twitter Grade. There has been a lot of talk over the last couple of weeks about two Twitter ranking tools, Twitter Grader and Twinfluence. Any tool that measures the effectiveness of a Social Media site for a user is important to serious and casual users alike. The fact that there are now two tools presenting a user’s “ranking” in different ways is an indication of the efforts of Social Media to be taken seriously. Tools that give an indication of the “influence” of a particular user are of use not only for users seeking authoritative users to follow, but for professional users seeking key “influencers” to work with.
I decided to run an experiment with them both to see what actions affect your scores and what don’t and if affecting my scores actually did anything for me other than improve my own sense of self worth. Twitter Grader and Twinfluence How they compare The two systems agree on the first factor being measured. At this point I can’t say which method I prefer most. The experiment Why? HOW NOT TO: Build Your Twitter Community. Sarah Evans is the director of communications at Elgin Community College (ECC) in Elgin, Illinois. She also authors a PR and social media blog. In my previous post I discussed how to build your Twitter community, offering 10 tips as a guide. Here are a few tips on what not to do: (Make sure you know a few of the basic Twitter commands to understand the content of this post.) Don’t get caught up in the COUNT; get caught up in the CONTENT!
My biggest pet peeve on Twitter is when people ask for more followers. It’s much worse to have someone follow you, not like what you tweet and then unfollow you. Don’t install the Twitter application on Facebook if you send more than 10 tweets per day You will seriously start to confuse your network…or worse, annoy them. I learned this lesson from a personal mistake. Don’t publicly thank each of your followers The quickest way to get people to stop following you is to provide a lack of good content or engaging dialogue. 1. Keep it short and sweet. 35+ Social Media Tools That Make Life Easier | Freelance Folder. Blog » DM Deleter.