Social Media Specialists will go mainstream in 2010!

I received this email from
Craig Cannings Co-Founder of VAClassroom.com:

“I was recently reading a 2010 Predictions post from one of my favorite blogs, Social Media Today and they were forecasting what trends would take shape in the coming year. Interestingly enough, the 2nd prediction on this blogger’s list was that “The Social Media Specialist position will become [...]

Social Media is not for Small Businesses

This couldn’t be a bigger “Fallacy” the truth is small businesses that participate in social media marketing can cultivate loyalty and create the viral effect that comes with word of mouth marketing.  Along with this truth ” small and large business owners are becoming more and more conscious of social media.”  They are faced with [...]

Why is Traffic Geyser’s innovative web marketing platform built around online video?

As of October 2009, did you know that:
- There are 30 billion online videos watch per month in the US.
- Almost 60% of all web traffic is video.
- 200 million users view online video each month in the US.
- Video Listings (You Tube) can show up in Google and other SEs in minutes.
So what is so cool about the [...]

Sometimes Your Chocolate ends up in Your Peanut Butter

Sometimes Your Chocolate ends up in Your Peanut Butter, nothing you can do about it..

Remember those commercials (ok I’m totally carbon dating myself here) where one person would be eating peanut butter out of the jar and then another would be eating a chocolate bar?  Then some how they became clutzy and the chocolate ended [...]

GizaPage-Professional Organizer For Social Media Profiles

Gizapage.com is in beta and I’m in Love already! GizaPage AKA “Professional Organizer” for your Social Media Profiles. You can see below how it organizes all your Social Media Profiles to nicely. Gizapage.com Many thanks to Mashable The Social Media Guide for sharing. Their blog post says it all here is the link. The post is by Jennifer Van Grove. But Before you go read about it here are some visuals.

Are You Feeding Your Friends on FriendFeed?

Are You Feeding Your Friends on Friend Feed?

Friend Feed is a great social network site to have a profile on. Besides being able to feed your friends by multi-tasking (yes, even if you suck at multi-tasking Friend Feed will make you look like a multi-tasking Queen or King)… it is a great service that allows you to keep up on sharing web pages, pictures, videos and music that your friends are sharing with you.

Do you have ground rules in place for Social Networking?

Having “Ground Rules” in place for Social Networking is a must. With these Ground Rules in place they help you to remember why you are social networking, with so many options it is easy to get sidetracked.

Here are a few questions to think about: Are you actively engaging your network? Are you a community builder, someone relationship oriented? Are you avoiding aggressive marketing tactics? Is you profile memorable? Have you established a regular schedule for participating? Are you presenting your self in a professional and personable way? Are you a “Social Leper” (a taker, all about you) or a Social Magnet (sharing your expertise, adding great content, and writing recommendations)? Are you spreading yourself to thin, trying to participate in every social network there is?