We are hearing a lot about social media these days.  It’s a topic that certainly can stir some emotion.  Some people have jumped in with both feet and others are avoiding it like the plague.  We have been using social media for a little while now and I have to say I am finding the blog and Facebook enjoyable and worthwhile, but I still have so much to learn. 

Since we offer training to professional organizers, and other service based professionals, we had to get some answers on this new phenomenon that is changing the way small businesses market their business.  We had an Embrace Social Media, a TeleSummit a few months ago and it was a huge success and I learned so much on each of the eight expert calls.  How to use Twitter effectively and not lose your mind, how to create content around keywords and the do’s and don’t of a blog. 

Our Embrace Social Media, a  TeleSummit Audios and Transcripts will be available soon, so stay tuned or email us at info@aredbench.com to be the first to hear of their release.  But in the meantime, here are a few of my own takeaways from the event. 

• Engage People and Be Interesting:  My best status updates are the ones where I pose a question and get lots of answers from my friends.  This has been the beginning stage of several information products I have in the works.  By asking interesting questions you get people to engage and participate with you.
• Listen:  Don’t just talk all the time, listen to what’s going on, make comments and contribute.  A great thing to do is send people Happy Birthday wishes to let them know you are thinking of them. 

It’s up to you if you want to participate, but there is a lot of opportunity out there and the world has certainly become a lot smaller with so many friends waiting for more information.

We will launch the Embrace Social Media, a  TeleSummit Audios and Transcripts one at a time or you can get all eight very soon!  More details coming soon!

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