I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). You can see examples like eLearning Learning which gets more traffic than my eLearning blog. Other Thoughts Common questions I get at the end of a presentation like this are: Where can I go to get help getting going? Where do I find out more about getting going? I'm trying to build a network of people who can help with this as I discussed in Los Angeles Social Media Starters . I promised that I would do a follow-up post with some thoughts out of the presentation and providing links.

A while ago I posted about Secret for Networking at Events - Prenetworking where I recommended that people should look at who's attending the event prior to going to the event in order to make their networking more effective. I've received a lot of positive feedback on the post. Since I posted on this and since I've been using this approach for quite a while, it has

During the last year, I’ve spoken to numerous investor relations officers (IROs) on the topic of social media and investor relations.  Related posts: How does RegFD apply to Twitter and other social media channels? Social Media Don’ts How to Use Social Media to Find Prospects…. Tags: Investor Relations Social Medi IROs tend to be the last holdouts within a company’s communication teams to embrace changes in the communications process.  Holding out is usually blamed on two reasonable excuses:

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Los Angeles-based Demand Media reported today that its Pluck product is being used by the NBA's Chicago Bulls, for a online community and social networking site. Tags: demand media pluck chicago bulls bullsconnect basketbal Demand said that BullsConnect.com allows fans of the team to connect with others, upload and share photos and videos, and more. No details on the financial impact of the win were disclosed.

Editor’s note: This is part 5 in the series of Lessons Learned:  Easy tips on how to create and grow a social media program.   Create a Social Media Policy Grow your social media program and overall web presence TIP: When creating content remember that This series includes a discussion on the following topics: Research your business

Social Media Super Powers: Social Media Super Powers: Social Media Super Powers: If social media is a vehicle then he is driving a Ferrari. Social Media Super Powers: It’s interesting (to me at least) the vast audiences that tech founders are able to assemble. Through their own products and others, they manage to build massive communities that in many cases, hang on their every word tweet.

So I invited AJ Vaynerchuk, Co-Founder of VaynerMedia, to show how his company helps organizations like the Jets and the NHL build their brands using social media -- and how you can use some of the [...] ...Tags: This is more than an interview because the Mixergy audience challenged me to make my programs more even useful. Tags: Intervie

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the new media venture of former MySpace chairman Richard Rosenblatt, said today that it has just published its one millionth piece of original content, and is launching an effort to extend health care benefits to freelancers creating that content for the firm. According to Demand Media, it now has more than 6,000 freelancers creating content for the company's network of sites via its Demand Studios arm. The firm claims that it is now one of the largest producers of content on the Web, distributing that to an audience of more than 80 million people.

I'm hoping you can help me figure out who I should be connecting with on this. I find myself speaking at various venues in Los Angeles to tell people (most often service providers) about how I've used social media and particularly my blogs, LinkedIn, twitter and topic hubs as part of my own services business. These presentations always inspire people to do more with LinkedIn, create or improve their blog, and maybe do more with Twitter. Invariably I'm asked by an accountant, lawyer, wealth manager, placement specialist, insurance agent, etc.: How can I get more help setting up my blog?