An attendee to our Social Media TeleSummit just sent over a super article on Social Media. Check it out and learn 6 Reason Why You Should Not Ignore Social Media.
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Great Response To Our TeleSummit
Monday, April 27th, 2009We sent out an e-postcard on Friday about our upcoming TeleSummit and are getting great response. We will go live later this we
ek and be sure to check it out. We only have 140 spots available and I have a feeling they are going to go quickly!
Click here to see our line-up of social media experts, but imagine how powerful it will be to have SEVEN of the smartest, thriving, trail blazers in social media at One Event!
We will be in Orlando all week at the NAPO Conference, but watch out for the TeleSummit to go live later this week.
Social Media Is Finally Making Sense To Me
Thursday, April 16th, 2009It would be very fair to say that I have been fighting some of this social media craziness for a while now. My fear is that I don’t need one more thing in my day that takes up time rather than benefiting me
. I am very protective of my time and don’t have a need for an overwhelming amount of communication. That said, I recognize when change is happening and I don’t think I have seen anything like this in a while. It’s a frenzy alright; feels more like a cult.
Here are some facts:
- Facebook has 200 Million Members.
- YouTube visitors are viewing 13 Billion Videos a month.
- LinkedIn has over 15 Million Businesspeople networking.
- Twitter is growing at over 40% a month.
- Digg and Delicious are driving millions of visitors to websites every month. (I don’t even know what these are)
So you can’t deny there is something going on here. I either need to get on the bus or be left far behind. In an effort to better understand this frenzy, I’ve been attending some social media events and have learned some info to help me better understand this. Here are some my learnings thus far:
- Social media is a listening community. Provide good content that is valulable and relevant and a “tribe” will follow.
- Have an engaging home base. This means have a place for people to go, from FB or Twitter, that is interactive. Like you own blog.
- Be real, honest and transparent. People will see through you otherwise.
- Build a network online, but grow it offline.
- All boundaries are broken in terms of a client can now come from any city, country or continent.
- Give and take; don’t just take from conversations. Give back to them and in turn, get a lot.
- Don’t be a one night social media stand.
So what does this mean for me. Well, I don’t think you will ever find me constantly “tweeting” as that’s just not for me. But I do see the benefits in terms of meeting really smart people, making connections I would have otherwise not made and potentially making contacts with anyone, anywhere. That I can get my hands around and will dedicate some time too.
We know our members have many questions about social media so we putting together a SM TeleSummit called From Prospects to Profits: Thriving Using Social Media. If you are overwhelmed with the social media frenzy, attend the TeleSummit and get all your questions answered in our mutli-day conference all from the comforts of your own home telephone. If you want to be the first to know about it, let us know at info@aredbench.com. We will be announcing it very soon!
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Our TeleSummit Experts Are The Real Deal
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009Attention Business Owners, Solopreneurs, Entrepreneurs, Coaches, Authors, Consultants, Speakers, Trainers, Professional Organizers, Virtual Assistants, Other Service Professionals and Anyone Else Confused By Social Media.
We are really excited that we will be officially announcing our social media TeleSummit very soon. A TeleSummit is similar to attending a mutli-day conference all from t
he comforts of your own home telephone. Our TeleSummit, From Prospects to Profits: Thriving Using Social Media, will include seven (we added a bonus speaker) social media experts who will teach you a soical media skill, tool or technique in 75 minutes.
Imagine how powerful it will be to have SEVEN of the smartest, successful, trail blazers in the social media industry gathered to talk about what works, what doesn’t work, how to get started and become highly successful, more profitable and better known in your industry.
Here is who we have lined up so far…
- Dan and Lara McComb: Founders of online social networking tool Biznik will kick off our TeleSummit with topic The Social Media Phenomenon.
- Dan Hollings: One of the internets most sought after marketing consultants, Dan will share How to “Tweet” Your Way to Profits.
- Nancy Marmolejo: The award winning founder of Viva Visibility will discuss How to Turn Followers Into Fans (and Fans Into Leads!)
- Gillian Muessig: President of SEOmoz, who provides companies around the world with consulting, Internet marketing and search engine optimization services. Topic is SEO Tips and & Tricks: Ideas so Juicy, You’ll Need a Napkin!
- Mhairi Petrovic: Founder of OutSmarts and blog expert. Topic is
Using a Blog to Expand Your Marketplace. - Chip Lambert: of Network2Networth, is a Business Development expert Using Linkedin To Leverage Existing Relationships.
We are still working through the details and titles may change, but the stage is set and we are busting at the seams. We are thrilled to have a team of experts on board for the TeleSummit. We are still searching for a Facebook expert who wants to share their knowledge with a thirsty audience. Let us know if you are interested at info@aredbench.com.