Social Success Comes from Individuality
April’s guests on the Social Pros Podcast brought in expertise from all different industries, with guests including Water.org, the global non-profit that aims to bring safe water to all; Bob Pfeifer, who used social media to find his kidnapped son across the world; Ekaterina Walter and Jessica Gioglio, authors of the new book The Power of Visual Storytelling; and software innovator VMware.
8 Things I’m Trying to Improve with This New Convince and Convert Website
After a long gestation, I am delighted that we have launched the new ConvinceAndConvert.com site. We don’t change our stripes here all that often (every couple years or so), and I try to have a rationale when we do. Here are the 8 main things I’m trying to improve with this new design: 1. A […]
6 Success Tips From Experienced Social Pros
Part of what makes the Social Pros Podcast so interesting to produce is that we talk to a wide variety of guests from different industries, and each guest has unique insights and experiences into how best to be social, even though many of their job titles and descriptions are the same. January was a particularly […]
6 Skills You Need to Be a Social Media Professional
When Amber Naslund and I wrote The NOW Revolution in 2010, we created this graphic to describe the characteristics of the ideal community manager/social media practitioner. Since then, social media – and the skills needed to succeed in it – has changed substantially. Certainly, some of the characteristics we noted remain very much a requirement. […]
9 Social Media Hacks I Use Every Day
Do you have your copy of Youtility: Why Smart Marketing is About Help not Hype? Visit Amazon or Barnes & Noble to get your copy now! Social media isn’t inexpensive, it’s just different expensive. To do it well requires a tremendous time commitment, and regardless of what your life and lifestyle entails, the time you […]
Do The Work – Introducing the Social Pros Podcast
My new podcast debuts this week. It’s called Social Pros – Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. I’ve done a little podcasting in the past, and quite a few interviews here on Convince & Convert, and I’m thrilled to be adding Social Pros to the array of high quality content we create every […]