Conference Buddies » twitter http://conferencebuddies.com Wed, 19 May 2010 20:29:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Keynote Panel: Twittering with the Stars – BizTechDay 2009 http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/26/keynote-panel-twittering-with-the-stars-biztechday-2009/ http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/26/keynote-panel-twittering-with-the-stars-biztechday-2009/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:26:22 +0000 Joanna Lee http://conferencebuddies.com/?p=328 Keynote Panel: Twittering with the Stars Moderator: Edith Yeung, BizTechDay Panelist: Kevin Rose, Founder, digg.com, Pounce, We Follow. 1.1 million followers Panelist: Porter Gale, VP of Marketing, Virgin America Airlines Panelist: Tim Ferriss, Author, 4-Hour Workweek, Angel Investor to tech startups. 60,000 followers

Edith: How are you using Twitter?

Tim: I use Twitter for chronicling interesting things that are happening, but not suitable for my blog. I post useful links, and get polling for feedback from people. Porter: We use it to engage with our fans. Nick is our primary Twitter updater. We are the first airline with full-fleet wifi access. Twitter is a good way to connect, address service issues, quick recovery, marketing, PR, and guest services. Kevin: I was on a Virgin flight, since I noticed the live streaming available, (called U-Stream), I tweeted about it, and got a lot of attention. In 5 minutes, I got 1200 viewers, people who were watching me eat a sandwich. I also use Twitter for announcements. I don’t like the big corporation feel, so use it to humanize your company, tweets about your screw-ups, too.]]> http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/26/keynote-panel-twittering-with-the-stars-biztechday-2009/feed/ 0 State of the Medical Blogosphere – BlogWorld Expo 2009 http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/23/state-of-the-medical-blogosphere-blogworld-expo-2009/ http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/23/state-of-the-medical-blogosphere-blogworld-expo-2009/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:44:49 +0000 Joanna Lee http://conferencebuddies.com/?p=264 State of the Medical Blogosphere Speakers: Kerri Morrone Sparling: www.sixuntilme.com Kevin Pho: www.kevinmd.com Nicholas Genes: www.medgadget.com, www.blogborygmi.com Kim McAllister: www.emergiblog.com 10/15/2009, 9:45am - 10:45am

Evolution of the Medical Blogosphere

  • 60% of patients use the internet as their first source of information
  • Doctors need to get on board to connect with their patients, answer questions about medical news and new medical info
  • Patients are blogging about their experiences as a way to find other people like them
  • People are leaving the Blogosphere due to privacy and employer issues
]]> http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/23/state-of-the-medical-blogosphere-blogworld-expo-2009/feed/ 0 How Twits Lay Golden Eggs: The Art of Social Engagement for Business – BlogWorld Expo 2009 http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/23/how-twits-lay-golden-eggs-the-art-of-social-engagement-for-business-blogworld-expo-2009/ http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/23/how-twits-lay-golden-eggs-the-art-of-social-engagement-for-business-blogworld-expo-2009/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:27:21 +0000 Joanna Lee http://conferencebuddies.com/?p=255 How Twits Lay Golden Eggs: The Art of Social Engagement for Business Speakers: Nicole Nicolay, “Nic Nic“, author: Twitter for Real Estate Twits Jodee Rich, @wing dude, peoplebrowser.com/wingdude Chris Brogan, President, New Marketing Labs Nick Halstead, @nickhalstead, Tweet Meme Laura Fitton, @pistachio, author: Twitter for Dummies 10/17/2009, 4:15 - 5:15pm

Key Twitter Tips and Advice:

  • Put a link to your site on Twitter, put your Twitter on your site so people know that your Twitter account is authentic (one forty.com)
  • Look to see what your competitors are doing, see who is following them. Research keywords in Twitter, see who comes up.
  • Always follow people back, or they’ll get mad at you
  • Listen, learn, care, serve.
  • Google: Grow Bigger Ears. Use search.twitter.com
  • Use seesmic.com or TweetDeck to manage your account
  • If you keep seeing the same question to you more than once, don’t keep tweeting the answer, post the answer on your website under your FAQ
]]> http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/23/how-twits-lay-golden-eggs-the-art-of-social-engagement-for-business-blogworld-expo-2009/feed/ 0 10 Ways to Build Your Audience – BlogWorld Expo 2009 http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/23/10-ways-to-build-your-audience-blogworld-expo-2009/ http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/23/10-ways-to-build-your-audience-blogworld-expo-2009/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:57:30 +0000 Joanna Lee http://conferencebuddies.com/?p=242 10 Ways to Build Your Audience Speaker: Nicole Simon, Social Media Mentor & Consultant, @nicolesimon 10/17/2009, 12:45 to 1:15pm

Four different types of visitors:

  • Subscribers, (people who already love you)
  • Search engine traffic, (they don’t know you)
  • Life stream (people come for specific reasons, people pointed others to it)
  • Social bookmarking (people who find you interesting)

Other traffic:

  • People who want to contact you (journalists)
  • People who want to offer you something (other bloggers)
  • People who want information from you

Big Questions:

  • What do each of these segments want from you and your site? They are all different!
  • What do you have to do to help them get what they want?
  • What makes me happy?
  • What helps me to get what I want?
  • What can I do to make me happy?
]]> http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/23/10-ways-to-build-your-audience-blogworld-expo-2009/feed/ 0 Facebook & Twitter Fortunes: How To Strategically Grow Your Business Using the Top Two Online Social Networks – BlogWorld Expo 2009 http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/22/facebook-twitter-fortunes-how-to-strategically-grow-your-business-using-the-top-two-online-social-networks-blogworld-expo-2009/ http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/22/facebook-twitter-fortunes-how-to-strategically-grow-your-business-using-the-top-two-online-social-networks-blogworld-expo-2009/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:44:21 +0000 Richard Lee http://conferencebuddies.com/?p=235 Facebook & Twitter Fortunes: How To Strategically Grow Your Business Using the Top Two Online Social Networks Panelist(s): Mari Smith @marismith

Facebook:

Facebook Mission: To help the world connect & communicate more effectively. For social media, it is important to know the difference between a Facebook personal page and a Facebook fan page. Facebook personal pages have a limit of 5000 friends but fan pages do not have such a limitation. Fan pages are also fully indexed by Google. Personal pages do not have any requirements to get a shortened vanity Facebook URL. However, fan pages require at least 25 fans (initially it was 1000, then 100) in order to register for one.

Twitter

When it comes to Twitter, who you follow is as important as who follows you. One rule of thumb to go by is, follow people that have "passion". Also, it is important to always thank people who retweet your content.]]> http://conferencebuddies.com/2009/10/22/facebook-twitter-fortunes-how-to-strategically-grow-your-business-using-the-top-two-online-social-networks-blogworld-expo-2009/feed/ 0