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 can't find them listed on any kind of social site. 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.

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:

Tags: Social Media Marketin Southern California is a hotbed of technology companies that are leaders in their sector. This includes MySpace, CitySearch, Ticketmaster, eHarmony, and thousands of lesser known technology companies. A

Done right, the social founder can leverage their massive number of followers and reach every key influencer they could ever dream of. Being a social founder isn’t for everyone, but there are a few who have done it well. 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.

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 This series includes a discussion on the following topics: Research your business

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?

Sebastian’s Pamphlets If you’ve read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media” is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. Thanks in advance! Share/bookmark

Some social media techniques take too much of your time. So I asked Chris Winfield to teach us some easier techniques for using social media. Chris is the Co-Founder and President of 10e20 , a search and social media marketing firm. Do you have any other social media techniques? Here are some of the techniques he recommended: Message boards - With Facebook/Twitter/etc getting most of the attention, it’s easy to forget how powerful message boards can be.

Tags: social media Twitte One of the first things you notice about twitter is what a positive, happy place it is. In fact, Tweeters are 51% more likely to show love than the world at large. Facebookers show 10% more love than average. Oprah.com, on