More to come from PodCamp Cincinnati but here’s a quick update to share my presentation at the College of Informatics at Northern Kentucky University:
Online Basics to Help Your Business Get Started
October 23, 2011
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Why bother with social media?
July 7, 2011
It’s simple: Your customers and competitors are spending their time with it — so you should, too.
Here’s my answer to the head of an engineering consulting firm in Mason who leaned across the table during breakfast, and got right to the point.
“Why should I spend any time on social media?” the business owner demanded to know.
He’s not the first to ask that question. The line of owners who doubt whether social media is right for their businesses, honestly, is quite long. And my answer is always the same. Read the rest of this entry »
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What basketball has to do with your business and how you use social media
March 31, 2011
Here’s what I learned by spending the day on a college campus today, listening to college and pro basketball legend Bill Walton tell many of the smartest investment bankers and finance students how the lessons he learned in sports apply in their world.
The day’s lessons also apply to businesses that use social media to meet, connect and communicate with customers. Here’s how:
Walton played at UCLA for another legend, coach John Wooden, who Walton reminded the financial education conference participants, taught him that it’s never about how good a performer you are individually. It’s always about how good your team is.
The take-away for businesses is that they should not rely on one person to handle all of the duties on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, YouTube and where ever else the company needs to reach customers and partners. Can’t be done, not if you want to improve, grow and attract more friends, fans and followers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Connect your business with customers with awesome web content, social media & videos 