Tag: LinkedIn

Just released! Social Media Industry Report

Want to see what businesses are planning for Social Media for 2010?

 Michael Stelzner, from the Social Media Examiner, has just published a colorful and insightful report on what’s happening with Social Media and what businesses are planning to do to utilize it. You can download the full report from the site. Micheal also has a short video clip reviewing the highlights of the report. You can visit the Social Media Examiner site and download the report here. The report also validates the framework that Lept Like A Blog clients are using is sound practice at the leading edge of Social Media.

What’s a Virtual Assistant?

Find your local VALooking for someone to free you of the minutia that keeps you from attacking the really big stuff?

Consider a Virtual Assistant or VA. Wikipedia estimates there may be as many as 35,000 VA’s worldwide. See their definition here. We are lucky to have a service right here in the Chicagoland area. Laura Witlox has established The Persistent Assistant to take care of your every minutia need. Her staff is experienced in “Just get ‘er done” and all are ready to attack your growing TO-DO list. You can read about The Persistent Assistant services and client experiences at the Blog, Facebook, Twitter, or web-site. Not sure if they can help you? Feel free to call Laura and she will tell you whether they can be of assistance!

Mayo Clinic 20th Century health pioneer, 21st Century SM pioneer!

One of my favorite organizations, the Mayo Clinic has shown us all up. They experimented and embraced Social Media early. They epitomize a real leader in their industry. Long respected in the 20th century for paving the way for more effective health care structures they have continued that tradition in the 21st century with social media. You can see an unbelieivable blog site by clicking here.  Another article from the Jacksonville Business Journal reviews the history of their social media endeavors. Read it here. My favorite quote from this article is:

“Having a company Web site is so five years ago. Social media — the umbrella term for blogs, social networks, photo video and podcasts, and other user-generated mediums — is the new era. And the possibilities are seemingly endless.”

Read more: Health care meets social networking – Jacksonville Business Journal:

Mass Marketing De-massing?

Interesting perspective on mass marketing. Social media is garnering a lot of lip service about its potential to replace traditional advertising. WordPress, Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin are making in-roads to changing the face of consumerism. Here is an interesting perspective. Watch the video by clicking here.

Using LinkedIn for education

You can see a good example of using LinkedIn with the recent event from Janet Slack…

Subject: LinkedIn Event: Social Media Made Easy: Winning Ways for Your Business

Janet Slack found Social Media Made Easy: Winning Ways for Your Business on LinkedIn Events and thought you might be interested in going!

http://events.linkedin.com/Social-Media-Made-Easy-Winning-Ways/pub/255542

Social Media Made Easy: Winning Ways for Your Business
Tue, Mar 09
This is a virtual event
Keywords: social media, social media marketing, small business, entrepreneur, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, marketing, social networking, business growth
The 4 week webinar class is popular and the graduates are thriving in social media!