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Social Media Blank

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As we all know every enthusiast involved with social media sees, defines and uses it in many different ways. I have come up with a unique and fun way to see how you view social media and its aspects. I will be posting a total of 10 sentences in which you fill in the blank. Have fun!

The most important thing about Twitter is ______.

I prefer ______ over ______ on Facebook.

The most common mistake on Linkedin is _______.

In the next 5 years, I predict social media will ______.

The most positive result I have seen from social media is ______.

I use social media to _______.

The social media platform I use the most is _______ because _______.

I consider Twitter to be ______.

I think the social games on Facebook are ______.

On Google Plus, I ______.

I am always looking to engage and interact with you in a creative and unique way while having fun. As a result, I have created this post to gain your perspective. Feel free to pick 1 or more sentences and in a comment fill in the blank to your sentence. Until next time, Happy Blogging.


Social Media Competition

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Have you ever been to your child’s ball game or been part of an event where you compete for first place? If so, thats what you are suppose to do.

With that said, I want to focus on a new competition I have noticed in the past couple months. Its Social Media competition. In Social Media, we don’t compete we unite. We are all in first place. We make this happen by supporting each other whether it be re-tweeting your followers tweets on Twitter, promoting and commenting on each other blogs, or showing support on Facebook and all social media platforms. I like to think of my Social Media audience as my family. The family that supports together stays together.

We shouldn’t be trying to see who can make the best friend the most friends, or bring someone down. This means we shouldn’t be talking behind each others back. Instead, if you see someone struggling help pick them up, dust them off and lead them down the right path. We are all in this together as one. This is the only way Social Media can win and put us all in first place.

I am not saying to be friends with everyone in Social Media. It’s virtually impossible but make friends with the ones you connect and have something in common with and see value in. That’s why it’s very important to engage and interact with one another.

If we all take what I have talked about and put it into action, we will all be on top and you will see no need for competition. By uniting as one, we create our image, online presence and personal brand. So stop competing and start connecting.

What are you doing to ensure you are not encompassing Social Media competition?

The Social Media “What If”

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Sometimes in life we always ask the question, “What If.” By asking ourselves that question we put things more into perspective, basically critical thinking. As we all know Social Media is the new media and has gone global. It has changed the way we network, receive news, live our daily lives and is essential for business owners to grasp a hold of. So what if Social Media wasn’t around or didn’t exist today? I have developed a few critical thinking questions to put that question into perspective for you.

  1. What if you were limited to 10 tweets a day on twitter?
  2. What if you could only belong to 1 Social Media site? Which would it be?
  3. What if Social Media was never invented?
  4. What if you owned Twitter, Facebook, or Linkedin? What would you change?
  5. What if you never utilized Social Media? Where would you or your business be without it?

Sometimes by taking advantage of critical thinking questions we learn to love and become thankful for how things have progressed over the years. This post was designed to do just that in addition to getting your creativity flowing. Hope you enjoyed and don’t forget to leave your response to one or more of the what if questions.

Happy Thursday!

Taking #IpromoteU To The Road

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If you follow me on twitter @blogluvr29 most of you know I am a promoting fool. I developed a passion for promoting around 6 months ago when I began searching for my niche in social media and blogging. I developed this passion because I enjoy seeing success. Times change and we must embrace that change to see success in our future.

As result of change, a new day has dawn and I have progressed by using my creative side. I introduce you to #IpromoteU where I promote your brand, products, service or blog. Along with using my creative side, I have decided to take #IpromoteU to the road where I want to visit cities across the United States and promote those areas of our country that travel bloggers fail to discover and share with their audience.

In addition to taking #IpromoteU to the road, my goal is to take you as my audience with me. You may ask, “How do you plan to do that?” The answer is simple. When I visit a city, I plan to find and schedule a tweetup. At that point during the tweetup, I will be sharing with those in attendance the purpose of my audience and twitter followers in the blogging and social media world by promoting who you are, what you offer and why they should connect with you.

Unfortunately, my goal comes at a price and this is where I ask for you help. I have setup a chip in site to aide in helping me get #IpromoteU on the road. If you want to see me succeed in helping me build my brand and promoting you across the United States then I ask that you spread the word across the social media universe and even donate if you can.

Thanks for all your support and I look forward to reaching my goal in taking #IpromoteU to the road along with you. Also, I encourage you to take a look at what #IpromoteU does by liking the Facebook fan page I have setup. Also, if you are  interested in me promoting a certain area of your state do not hesitate to contact and we will see what we can work out.

Thanks and don’t forget to keep networking, connecting and building relationships. It could be the beginning of a brighter tomorrow.

Common Mistakes Job Seekers Make

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Job seekers make lots of mistakes. I want to focus on what mistakes job seekers make on social media sites as well as voice mail and e-mail.

On Facebook, job-seekers use party pictures or pictures of a vacation spot as their profile picture. Also, they fail to give a clear meaning in their Bio what they are looking for in a job, fail to list contact information and job history and leaving their profiles non-private.

On Twitter, they mix personal and business use on the same account, lack of personal branding, lack of networking and building relationships.

On Linkedin, they are not putting time and effort into their profile picture to reflect who they are honestly. Also, they fail to find their audience and develop their brand and fail to be descriptive in their professional headline, not customizing the profile URL to be more precise and self explanatory.

In a voice mail, job seekers speak too fast and not clearly, not clear in the reason they are calling and fail to leave full name and call back number. Also, not having a personalized greeting for when the potential employer calls back.

In an email, most common mistakes include not attaching a resume correctly or in the right form, misspelling of words, not using complete sentences, no complete thought, no personalized signature and using descriptive words in the email address instead of their name.

The impact of these gaffes becomes negative and leads the employer to wonder if a person can survive in a social environment as well as be an asset and create success for the company.

These gaffes can be avoided by never trying to be someone you are not, be comfortable with yourself, always be truthful and honest. Ask yourself the question, “Is this me”? If so practice on making yourself better, listen to constructive criticism and be willing to learn how to conquer this social awkwardness. Always use spell check and for your emails and proofread before sending.

If not avoided the negative impact can be mitigated by being given a chance to learn and improve from information and feedback from the employer. In return, show the employer you can improve through action of what they have conveyed to you.

I hope you have enjoyed this post. If you feel I have left something out or want to add to a certain section, feel free to let me know in a comment.

Question Of The Day 8/24/2010

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I am starting something new here on the blog. I will be asking a question of the day on twitter and taking your responses and compiling them into a blog post. Along with your answer, I will be linking back to you either to your blog, Twitter account or Facebook. So lets get started.

As a kid, what was the theme or character of your lunchbox?

@SolakNC – The Mercury Space Capsule
@Catsee – Justice League Characters
@Naruo_homewood – Tom & Jerry
@Tkharmonic – Wonder Woman & Barry Gibb
@OneMomsWorld – Metal Rainbow Brite
Neesee Stafford – Rainbow Brite, Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake
Adam Cohen – He-Man
Karen Critcher – Brown paper bag
JBryEkard – Toy Story
Jared Starks – Brown paper bag or blue thermal
Bob Dillon – Roy Rogers

Thanks to all who participated. Be sure to follow me on twitter @blogluvr29 and look for my next question of the day.

Interview with The Precise Agency

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I recently got to know a dynamical company with positive results. This company is The Precise Agency Group that influences pop culture through advertising. I first got to know them on Facebook then on Twitter and was amazed at how they interact and engage with their followers while building and maintaining professional relationships. I contacted the CEO (Michael Hendrix) to see if he would be interested in doing an interview with me and without hesitation he said yes. Interview is as follows.

What made you want to start The Precise Agency?

My passion for influencing people IE consumers, voters drove me to enjoy using new platforms and emergent technologies to influence others. I also have a very creative and out of the box mind set that is a big advantage in my field of digital advertising.

When did The Precise Agency get started?

I started my company four years ago when it was not cool to be using social media platforms. People just kind of looked at me strange when I told them what I did :)

What services does The Precise Agency offer?

We offer all types of digital advertising, marketing, and digital PR services.

How many offices do you have and where are the locations of them?

We have four offices and they are located in:

New  York, NY
Dallas, Texas
Philly
Ft Lauderdale

How many clients do you currently assist?

Around 35-40 depending on the open projects and the month.

Do you have any examples of work you have done for clients?

We have plenty of case studies.

How do potential clients contact the Agency?

Through Facebook or the web. Once in awhile we will get a walk in or a phone call.

As I continued to speak to Michael, I felt this deep connection that his clients say they have with him and the team at Precise Agency. He conveyed to me that they are 100% dedicated to their clients with positive results in helping them and their business grow which made it easier for me to build a relationship with the company.

The Precise Agency Group also specializes in many other areas to market your brand such as getting your brand on numerous social media sites, blogs, web development and internet marketing with detailed attention. If you are interested in learning more about Precise and how their creative team can build a strategy around the needs of  your companies success, contact them via website or connect on Facebook and Twitter as well as subscribing to their YouTube channel which showcases their amazing work. If you do then your company will shine the Precise way.
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Aspects Of Being Social

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As we all know being Social is hard for some people to do. To succeed in business and whatever we may do in life, we need to be social with everyone we come in contact with. I asked Gina a friend of mine to share with me how being social can have a huge positive impact on the way you succeed. I will now share with you what she had to say.

Yeah, I’m social.

I’m not media, just social. In fact if I’m anything, I’m a human.

Yet, being social has morphed from simple gregariousness to something a bit more far-reaching.

Why? People from all over the world are on social media and hey! I get to meet them! Singapore, England, Scotland, far reaches of Canada and the US, South America, Africa, you name it – there are people I consider to be friends (and vice versa) that I have met on Twitter. Oh, the opportunity was there before in small ways, but nothing like today’s avenues for reaching out to people of like – or unlike- minds.

Yep, I’m social. And I like part of what’s happening in social media. Oh, there’s Twitter, and (wait, there used to be Plurk…), Facebook, and well just about 40 sites on which you can talk to various people. Usually, I use Twitter and another site for people interested in the same subject. Do I use Facebook? Not so much.

Facebook is too slow for me! There’s little banter! I can post something and come back a bit later to maybe 20 additional posts in my circle of FB friends (the ones I haven’t hidden that do nothing but play incessant games or that only push their product or company). Maybe it’s my foray into the threaded bulletin board scene and like-interest chat rooms some years ago; I just like quicker responses, banter, and discussion.

Twitter’s my thing. I know, I know, you’re not supposed to *just* do Twitter – and I don’t – but Twitter is where I meet people, hang out occasionally, and even do some business. Not my main source of business leads, but that’s ok. Now and again someone asks me a question about real estate, and I’m happy to share. And have biz in my pipeline from it. I do love to share info about real estate, some volunteer efforts, my faith, and other things. I blog, sure, but that’s not conversation, unless someone comments.

I’m just as happy to talk with and get to know different people, and build relationships. That’s what social media is about for me – building relationships. Well… some relationships are more towboats than ocean liners, or more prop planes than 747’s, but you know what I mean. The variety of relationships is amazing, and I *get* to know all these people!

Yes, I’m an extrovert. It’s an integral part of me to want to be around people, to talk with or laugh with or tussle on topics with people.

It’s like having a few close relationships and otherwise a slew of people to talk with. I know musicians, writers, social media stars, developers, other Realtors, entertainers, pastors… What’s that? I *know* it’s on the computer – what? That’s not “real?” We share ideas, problems, solutions, hopes, dreams, fears, and happy, silly or scary-crazy times. When one of us is sick or having a bad time of it, the others rally around for support. When one of us has a wonderful accomplishment and we share it with our friends, they are there to support us and cheer us on. And when we changeup our goals and life and dreams, the wisest among us choose their words carefully so as not to burst our balloon of hope and ambition.

It’s about relationships and all the messy goofy things that happen within the scope of those relationships. Somewhere in the human-ness of our interaction, we truly care about one another (even when liking each other isn’t necessarily a part of the equation). Relationships? That’s humanity. That’s real life. Yeah.

Even on Twitter.

I hope you have gained some useful information from this post. To learn more about Gina feel free to follow her on Twitter of visit her at This Land Is For You. Until next time, happy blogging.