Reviewing the state of business uses in Social Media our staff came across an interesting ranking. TechCrunch Mashable published a list of retail brands and their respective followings in Social Media. The top of the list? Converse with 39,537,456 Facebook followers beating out Wal-Mart by 5 million or so. Not only is Converse on top but Nike, Adidas, etc are in the top ten. Who knew that shoes are so social? Of course, a quick peruse of Pinterest and you can see shoes are an eye appealing commodity. In overall rankings of all pages Coke takes the top spot with nearly twice that of Converse with 79,489,053 Facebook followers after Facebook itself. You can see the stats at an interactive site wher you can sort them in various rankings. Click Here. If you are interested in developing Social Media as part of your marketing our next Social Media Marketing Framework class starts tomorrow. Email the Chief if you are interested.
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Woody, the Timber Frame Science Guy explains Wedding Pavilions
In this installment Woody overviews the main considerations for planning your Wedding Pavilions. He likes to break it down into 3 topics.
1. Space
2. Number
3. Traffic Flows
How much room do you need for 200 seated guests? Woody uses a rule of thumb of 15 SF per person.
Beep, beep or Tweet, tweet = quick launch into social media marketing
The summer is racing by. Here at the cyber wigwam we’ve restructured our normal classes to help you get your social media marketing campaign up and running in record time. We have developed an accelerated schedule for those that want to get to the finish line quickly. The Social Media Marketing Framework ties together the most popular social media tools in a way that simplifies your social media presence. You can focus on telling the story of your business in one area. As small business owners we are all busy and every second of the day is a precious value. We can leverage the outreach of social media in the shortest amount of time. It helps us small business owners compete with the bigger organizations. Sprinkle on top of that the statistic that approximately 50% of internet searches are for local business and services and you have an excellent engine for findability of your new clients and customers.
In two hours a day for four consecutive days in a row you can outsmart Wile E. Coyote and get your social media campaign up and running. We are offering two times: 10am-12noon for those that like classes during the day and 5-7pm for those that have other commitments during the day. Classes start August 6 and August 13. If you want to get your social media engine crankin’ email Tom here. In a week you can be zooming a long with your social media marketing.
Pinterest Portraits – Do you have one? Classes start this week.
The road runner and Wile E. Coyote are showing off their Pinterest Boards. Do you have a Pinterest Presence? The folks at the Cyber Wigwam have set up a class for learning Pinterest. Whether your interests are bird seed or cooked birds you can set up your boards any way you want. You can add Pinterest to your social media marketing framework of WordPress, Facebbok, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The class will cover setting up your Pinterest account, making boards, making pins, uploading pictures, watermarking and re-pinning. The class series is three classes of 2 hours each. The class will run 7/17, 7/19, and 7/26. Class time is from 5-7pm. If you want to sign up you can click the portraits here or send an email to the Chief.
Eyes glazed over on Social Media? See clearly, seek help.
Seeing little tweety birds? Wondering what all that Facebook flap is about? You can do something about it. Remove that glazed-over look and sign up for the next lept Like A Blog Social Media Marketing Framework class. With your new Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and WordPress account you can see clearly that social media marketing is a cost effective way to spread the word about your small business or personal brand. The next class series is starting February 27 at the Cyber Wigwam. You can sign up by clicking here or here for more details.
New meaning to Can Do- John Deere makes 300,000 ‘canned statement’ with Social Media
How many cans does it take to make a combine? Celebrating the roll-out of their new series combine, John Deere took a ‘canned’ approach. A can sculpture at the company’s Pavilion is under construction. Here is a snap from the live web-cam. The company has a number of social media focused activities around the charitable project. The sculpture is a 3-D mosaic using about 300,000 cans. After the display holds down the floor of the pavilion for a number of days the sculpture will be removed and donated to a local food pantry. John Deere feels it is a symbol of their role in American agriculture. You can visit the Can-do project Facebook page and customize your own can wrapper and participate in the event. You can watch “Behind the scene’ videos from YouTube or see the progress live from a web cam. The participants are talking about setting a new record for largest can sculpture. Check it out!
Holy Thanksgiving, Batman! Do you think it wise to name the Wayne estate in Turkey, Batman?
Alfred: Master Robin, are you speaking double-talk?
Robin: No Alfred, the bat-computer just fixed the coordinates of Batman in Turkey.
Alfred: But Robin, he is right here in the batcave.
Batman: Yes, I’m afraid Alfred, that Robin has a point. I fear it is too late to change it now. Make arrangements for us to fly to Turkey to divest of the Wayne estate.
Alfred: Are you sure you want to miss the lept Like A Blog social media marketing class?
Robin: Holy bat-tweets, Alfred, we can’t miss that.
Batman: Quite right Robin, we’ll have to wait until after the class.
Robin: It will be over by Thanksgiving.
Alfred: I’ll make the arrangments for then.
Batman: We can have our Thanksgiving turkey in Turkey.
Alfred: I wish you gentlemen could speak without double-talk.
Announcer: Will Robin have cranberry sauce with his turkey in Turkey?
Will Batman remain Batman or will Batman leave Batman to be called Wishbone?
Is this a trap by the Joker to lure Batman from the Batcave? Stay tuned next week, same bat-time, same bat-channel to find out. In the meantime join Batman and Robin and attend the next social media marketing class, set your bat-calendar to November 15 at 5-7pm. Click here to send a quick enquiry.
20 days to YouTube Tour
YouTube comes to lept Like A Blog. Set your calendar for the unveling of a new YouTube video tour of the lept like a blog website. After a quick talking head shot of chief blogger he will review the layout of the site and point out all the neat stuff about Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and WordPress in the nooks and crannies. Chief will include how you too can become a social media bloggerfly! Feel free to comment on what you would like to see in the video. Also, if you have any ideas of how the video should be structured or if you have videos you like that you think would make good models, post the links in the comment section below.
Holy Blogging Bonfire, Batman! It’s another Blogging Council around the campfire!
Robin: What are we going to do Batman? Blogging has become so popular they are setting up another Council!
Batman: Yes, Robin we underestimate the attraction of easy SEO and tribe marketing that blog engines can provide for small business and solopreneurs. Having a club where they practice only makes them stronger!
Robin: Holy Google search, Batman! How will we ever catch up?
Batman: You forget Robin we have the Bat-Computer on our side. Remember, the Bruce Wayne Foundation would be nowhere if it wasn’t for our social media marketing campaign.
Robin: Gosh Batman, you’re right. What would we have done if we had not taken that social media marketing class from lept Like A Blog?
Batman: Exactly right Robin, the Wayne Foundation is now secure and stable so we can continue our crimefighting. Let’s swoop in and greet the new council with open arms. Remember I am an honorary Chief. We’ll check in with our blood brother Chief Blogger and get the details of the new Council.
Robin: Maybe we should join to keep our marketing skills honed.
Batman: Good thinking, Robin. Make sure the Bat-top is loaded in the Batmobile. I see the first session is Tuesday, September 6 at 3:30 pm. Make sure Alfred gets it in the bat-calendar.
Robin: What should I tell Alfred about it?
Batman: Tell him to go to this batlink (Batman passes a QR code from his Batphone to Robin’s)
Announcer: Will Batman publish his post?
Will Robin comment?
Will Chief Blogger accept them into the new Council?
Stay tuned next week, same time, same bat channel. In the meantime you can check out the Tuesday Tribe Media Marketing Club by clicking here.
Holy Halley’s Comet Batman, it’s the Bat Signal Beacon
Narrator: On a seemingly quiet night in the seemingly quiet shadows…
Robin: Look, Batman! It’s the Bat Signal Beam!
Batman: Yes, Robin, something diabolical is at hand. The Commissioner knows we have our Social Media Marketing Framework in place. If he needs help he will tweet us.
Robin: But, Batman, we went through the class but remember? The Commissioner was called away. Maybe he doesn’t know how to tweet.
Batman: Robin, right you are, how did I overlook that. Whatever the situation, we must proceed cautiously! When we meet up with the commissioner again let’s make sure he signs up for the next series of classes from lept Like A Blog.
Robin: I’ll put the Twitter for Dummies in the bat belt just in case he needs a crash course.
Batman: Good thinking Robin, but the commissioner needs the full training course. We can’t have this kind of thing happen again. To the Batmobile!
Narrator: Will Batman and Robin fall into the trap of a sinister arch enemy? Will Robin donate his copy of Twitter for Dummies to the library? Will the commissioner sign up for this round of classes? Find out at next week’s classes at lept Like A Blog.
There are many options to choose from:
1. Mon/Wed class: meets at 9-11am, 8/22,8/24, 8/29, 8/31
2. Mon/Wed class: meets at 5-7pm, 8/22,8/24, 8/29, 8/31
3. Tues/Thur class: meets at 9-11am, 8/23, 8/25, 8/30, 9/1
4. Tues/Thur class: meets at 5-7pm, 8/30, 9/1, 9/6, 9/8/2012