Social Media Trendshow to rock the social interwebz

with @karensd

http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/

oopsit’s not about the numbers

see, I wasn’t lyingnothing on twitter dies…

wait, what did you just say?well, the numbers aren’t all bad…

~@karensd

“It’s not about the numbers.”

FOMO

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanrasmussen

1.

~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea

“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.”

Social media includes web-based and mobile technologies used to turn communication into interactive dialogue between

organizations, communities, and individuals. !

!

In other words, you don’t do social media…

you are the social in social media.

2.

~Walt Disney

“Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally

understood language.”

a picture paints a thousand words

• big data visualizers

• infographics

• memes

3.

~Dr. James McQuivey (Forrester Research)

“1.8 Million Words”

(the value of one minute of video)

4.https://www.flickr.com/photos/mkhmarketing

~Seth Godin

“Habits like blogging often and regularly, writing down the way you think, being clear about what you think are effective tactics, ignoring the burbling crowd and not eating bacon. All of these are useful

habits.”

content. blogs.

feed.ly

5.

~Adam Carolla

“The podcast is as old as two people talking on street corners”

6.

~Gary Vaynerchuk

“When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing

the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're

worried about short-term goals.”

~@karensd

“…to what end?”

do your homeworkyou didn’t think you were going to get off easy, did you?

get strategicyah, more homework

it’s all about you and your business, babyand the other 299,999,999 users

Twitterfind your community, and there’s a community for everyone

Facebookyour living room, not your office

Google+ignore this platform at your own peril

tools

the homework never ends

one tool to rule them all (and it’s a Canadian startup!)

Tweetdecknative Twitter app

caveats

take the time to learn. then start.

good luck!

Resources

• http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/

• http://mashable.com/guidebook/facebook/

• http://www.slideshare.net/danodigital/develop-your-digital-roadmap-tech-leadership-conference-2011

• Curator’s Code: http://curatorscode.org/

• Beth Kanter’s blog: http://www.bethkanter.org/

• Feed.ly, RSS Reader: http://feedly.com/

• http://www.marsdd.com/mars-library/the-data-visualizers/