Business and Coaching
2 Blogs, Or Not 2 Blogs…That is My Question 2 YOU!
Last night I attended “Entering the Blogosphere” at the Social Media Club Virginia Beach. Now of course if you are reading this blog, you know I already blog and you may know that I have two blogs! Now here’s my dilemma, and I need some insight and feedback from you all if you are reading it, should I combine my two blogs? Okay first, just so you know, the “Boss Chick” at Wave Marketing says…
Read MoreAttitude of Gratitude: TweetsGiving Tonight! Gordon Biersch, Town Center VB
Tweetsgiving is tonight! November 24th at Gordon Biersch in Virginia Beach. The planning and execution have been a marvel of modern social media, and elbow grease. When Sonya Schweitzer the “Boss Chick” at Wave Marketing (@socialsonya) came to me and told me that she wanted to plan a TweetsGiving event in Virginia Beach to benefit a great charity, Epic Change. I said, “Count me in!” We also teamed up with local event planner, Karen Clements…
Read MoreTo Friend or Not To Friend: All Part of Personal and Professional Brand and Reputation Management
Social Media is a great way to network, create your brand, interact with a community, and through genuine shared interests and interactions perhaps reach a client base. Or at the very least, create an environment where people want to talk about you in a positive light and refer you, your product, or your business to their friends. Isn’t that the gist of it? Well, sometimes I find myself wondering, am I branding myself, my company,…
Read MoreTweetsGiving a Social Media Charity Event: What Top Ten Things Are You Grateful For?
Who would have thought that when I started my exploration of social media, it would become an addiction. But I’ve begun to realize the powerful way you can help promote change through the use of these social outlets. Most recently I’ve encountered a great way to pay it forward. Now I find myself, through social media avenues, helping to co-ordinate TweetsGiving Virginia Beach, a charity event with some great folks I’ve met through social networking.…
Read MoreSocial Media Suicide May Only Be A Mouse Click Away:Think Before You Tweet
I just read a great blog post by Sara Meany of Comet Branding, 7 Surefire Ways to Sabotage Your Professional Brand in Social Media. For the most part I think these are 7 very solid points about professional branding. When you have a social presence out in the online stream of information, both your own personal presence as well as your company’s brand, you have a certain responsibility to think before you talk (Write, blog,…
Read MoreI’ve Known Beaches….But Social Media By The Beach?
I’ve known beaches…But I never knew social media and the beach went together until recently. And never did I think I’d be involved in planning a social media event at the beach! As a dive instructor and sailboat captain for 7 years I’ve known my share of beaches. I’ve done Tai Chi by the sea, and soaked in the ancient aura of the exotic tropical spice island of Zanzibar. I lived on the beach in…
Read MoreTruth about Facebook and World Travel: Change is Difficult
Sometimes getting used to a new facebook layout is like changing countries while traveling. Right now, since facebook just did another switch-a-roo there’s been lots of moaning and groaning, and tips on how to “make it like it was.” I too am guilty of that, when it first changed I knew something wasn’t quite write, and I posted a status update grumbling. Face it, nobody likes change. Even traveling around the world, by its very…
Read MoreCross Marketing and Social Media: Two Peas in a Pod
Cross marketing and Social Media just go together like peanut butter and chocolate… I work for a local builder who buys local, hires local, lives local and stays local. I also do all the social media for the builder. Lately I’ve been on a quest to promote local businesses. It just makes sense. If you employ the 80-20 rule when using social media, you really only want to be talking about yourself 20% of the…
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