Conversation

Are Twitter Chats Part Of Your Social Media Strategy?

by Angela Maiers · April 6, 2011

Each week I participate in multiple Twitter chats –#BlogChat, #Speakchat, #Edchat, and #LeadershipChat; every group offering something unique. Although the chats themselves are quite stimulating, the more important thing to me has been the connections and relationships that have developed as a result of my participation. These relationships display what is best about social media, new technologies and what can happen when like minded people who share common passions are able to work together regardless of time and proximity.

Twitter chats can be invaluable to your social media success. There are literally dozens of scheduled chats that take place every week; chats on everything from strategy to design. There is something for everyone, and the benefits are immense.

59 comments

Blogging is Good — In Moderation

by Ike Pigott · March 25, 2011

After years of hearing about these “blog” things, you finally broke down and got a new website for your company. And you discovered that your site was actually a “blog” cleverly disguised as a site … one that you could edit and update without having to pay additional fees to your designer.

You wrote articles and essays designed to appeal to your clients, and after a few weeks a trickle of comments came in.

Those early comments are so important — there’s nothing quite like the validation from outsiders who confirm that you’re having an impact. Why risk running off those commenters by putting them through moderation?

22 comments

Apparently, It Was All About The Conversation

by Jason Falls · January 20, 2010

Forrester Research’s Social Technographics Ladder has been the cornerstone of many social media marketing efforts constructed in the last few years. The inactives-to-creators rating of how people use social media essentially shows that most people are either inactive or watch the social web; a few join networks; some collect content; a few (about the same number who join) play critic, commenting on other’s works; and a small number actually create content.

34 comments

LiveWorld Helps Any Website Add Conversation Seamlessly

by Jason Falls · September 16, 2008

LiveWorld, a white label social networking and community solution provider, unveiled a new conversation solution this morning called LiveBar â„¢ which essentially allows any website, or singular web page on a website, to add conversation tolls seamlessly and without large-scale development. LiveBar lives as a bottom toolbar to the userâ€™s browser and only expands to allow for the conversation and commenting elements if the user chooses to participate.