Posts Tagged 'Facebook'

How would Social Media and Smartphones be affecting Carrie Bradshaw and the girls in Sex and the City?

Would they be sitting in the Coffee Shop talking about posts from friends on Facebook and Twitter vs. their life’s issues?  Would Samantha be a YouTube phenom with videos of her exploits? Would Carrie be a blogger who could write more than one column a week?

I found myself watching an episode of Sex and the City while at the gym one day on ...

This is a common question among many organizations and associations.  Should you become involved in Social Media as a company or not? The biggest challenge faced by associations is time and staff.  Everyone has had to cut staff and/or take on multiple responsibilities over the past year or so and no one  has the time to add another responsibility.  Social Media involvement does take a commitment whether from one or multiple staff members.

There are a few ways that involvement can be addressed ...

One of the most powerful marketing techniques in today’s challenging economy is networking.  As reported by the Neilsen’s Global Online Consumer Survey recently, 90% of 25,000 consumers surveyed reported that they trusted recommendations from people they knew vs. online search results.

These are powerful results and only proves that networking is the key to any successful person or organization.

Networking does take time and effort and can be done using a few different mediums. These could include:

Social Media – Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, ...