On Solutions Are Power Dave Griffin, Social Media Coordinator of Griffin Technology, explained to Steve Fisher his role and responsibility with the company. Dave is responsible for using social media to, “boost awareness of the brand and its products, interact and build community and develop promotions with equally cool partners.” Read Steve’s post, and see Dave’s top five social media suggestions for established small businesses, and how Griffin Technology hopes to use social media to develop more personal relationships between the customer and the company.
Often less is more. Jared Goralnick of Technotheory wrote a noteworthy post on how Twitter forces users into good habits. Jared says that people will think more highly of you if you talk less and “work harder on your questions than your answers.” He suggests to, “Cut yourself back to 60 seconds and see if people like what you have to say a little more.”
On Class Conflict – A Graduate Student’s Blog, Brandon Mendelson offers some uplifting news for bloggers in the midst of a gloomy economy. Citing a Jacqui Cheng post in Ars Technica, Brandon says that with the small domain name investment you can be making good money in advertisement revenue in as little as three months. Check out Brandon’s post for more details on the mean advertisement revenues for bloggers, how much money top blogs receive, and how you can get started.
Some annual social media conferences like South by Southwest offer tremendous networking opportunities, and attendees have a chance to rub shoulders with social media “rockstars.” However, social media is “…not about putting ‘rockstars’ on stage, it’s about teaching people how to use these tools to grow their businesses,” says Mark Collier. On The Viral Garden, Mark expresses why he attends and speaks at conferences where teaching and learning are top priority. Visit The Viral Garden and share your thoughts on your favorite conferences, both as a speaker and an attendee.
Kat French wrote an interesting post on Social Media Explorer about how social media is and will continue to influence politics. The reason is that more people are getting their news online. In fact, the number of people who have watched online political videos has tripled since the 2004 election. Kat says that like the Nixon Kennedy debate where television had a dramatic impact on the two candidates perceived success, “after 2008 candidates can ill-afford to ignore ‘those crazy bloggers…’”
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