Must reads!
Here’s a report for my activity so far this week. I’ll break each section down with a short summary.
First, I was asked to be a guest blogger here: http://umiamied.wordpress.com/
An example of how Rubbermaid uses Social Media (SM) to listen: http://blogs.zdnet.com/feeds/?p=346
How SM can make a customer’s day: http://www.buzznetworker.com/businesses-using-social-media-the-right-way/
Found this on Twitter. It’s free advertising: http://twitter.com/rebeccahodgen1/statuses/1038617029
People WANT to be talked to. They are forming groups to be found easily: http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/New-Media%2C-Social-Media#CommunityManagerPack
More lists of best practices than I could explain in a day: http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/social-media-examples-superlist-17-lists-and-tons-of-examples/
We can dominate the market pretty easily. Why? There’s no much competition at the top:http://www.conversationalmediamarketing.com/2008/12/taking-advantage-of-participation-inequality-in-social-media.html
We MUST be real: http://www.blogs.orange-business.com/live/2008/12/wells-fargo-soc.html
We should be taking advantage of this. Clients could interact DIRECTLY from our OWN site: http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/07/23/what-facebook-connect-means-for-corporations/
Why standard corporate blogs don’t really work: http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/12/09/consumers-say-your-corporate-blog-is-not-trusted/
Intel is WAY ahead of the game here: http://www.intel.com/sites/sitewide/en_US/social-media.htm
We could TEACH educators how to do this. We’d be side by side them the entire time. It could even be a new product!http://www.thebettyfactor.com/2008/12/08/how-to-revolutionize-education-forever-social-media-tools-and-strategies-equal-education-2-point-0/
There’s just a blogs already on there. I bet we’re not monitoring them like we should: http://education.alltop.com/
This is a potential client. We could have sold him on Pearson just by being first to answer: http://twitter.com/dsawyer33/statuses/1051570193
PR damage control. Sold out? I don’t like the sound of that: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/virtual-learning-platforms/27849-fronter-pearson.html
We could do this better than others: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_social_media_classroom_a_new_platform_for_education.php
We should be at LEAST attending this and listening. This is both our competition and our clientele: http://edufire.com/classes/114-the-future-of-education-an-edu-blogger-meetup
We could be here too, interacting directly with teachers. We should hold our own, too: http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2008/11/edsocialmedia-bootcamp-montclair-new-jersey/
I know there are plenty of links here, but they are all extremely relevant.
