By Jon Swanson “What key personal and business lessons have you learned about social media in 2011?” Social Media Breakfasts are held in manydifferent cities. What if we held one in thecomment box below? Photo by Rick Mahn. That’s how Kevin Mullett started the most recent meeting of the Social Media Breakfast-Fort Wayne. There were…
When I talked to regular everyday tourism professionals and volunteers and business people at the Nebraska travel conference about social media, several said this was the best piece of advice I gave them: Talk less about you, and more about them. It’s hardly revolutionary. You’ve probably heard it before. You might even have said it…
Small town businesses and tourism groups are using Twitter for marketing and building community. One of the problems with that can be the limited reach. Twylah is one tool to reach more people, even those who don’t use or maybe don’t even like Twitter. Normal people view a Twitter page as something of a foreign…
Speakers from 17 states are converging on Kansas September 20, 2011, for a conversation about how high tech thrives outside Silicon Valley and all the usual big cities. This is not just a Kansas event. It’s not a local 140. It’s an international event that happens to be held in Kansas. And it’s the only…
Ben A. Smith’s Social:IRL events have brought a series of nationally known speakers to cities like Wichita, Kansas City, and Ben’s current hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. I attended the Social Media Customer Service Bootcamp featuring Peter Shankman in Lawrence. Here are a bunch of notes, not particularly smoothed out. Peter Shankman works the crowd The point…
[Small town business is competitive, but we’re also cooperative. That’s why Shelby French’s presentation at the 140 Characters Conference in Central Sierra caught my attention. It’s her job to get local businesses cooperating even though they are nominal competitors. -Becky] Shelby French promotes “coopetition” at the Angels Camp Farmers Market. Being tasked with marketing the…
My best advice for Twitter users has long been this: Follow smart people. I’m sticking with that advice as I spend more time working with Google +. What makes G+ different for me: Conversation. The setup invites conversation with threaded comments. I’m seeing lots of questions, followed by plenty of back and forth discussion. This…
Could it be that the Great Plains is outpacing the West Coast in social media adoption by small and medium sized businesses? Yes, it is possible. Zoomerang, the online survey people, did a survey of more than 500 small and medium business decision makers. The results were released June 15, 2011. “Less-populated areas or cities…
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