Businesses Are Using Social Media – What is Your Social Media Strategy?

We are in the B2B Social Media Era, Either Board the Social Media Train or Get Left at the Station

social media train If you are in business today you need a social media strategy. You know like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter…

Why social media geo-location technology isn’t as good as it seems

This is a guest post by social media strategist Taylor Ellwood

Google Loses Traffic Battle to Facebook for the First Time

The Battle over US Internet Supremacy Goes to Facebook as Google has to take the Back Seat for a Week

Experian Hitwise It has happened before but… Facebook beat out Google on individual days during the holidays but this time it is for a full week.

Social Influence and Customer Service

Does Social Influence have any Effect on Customer Service?

This is a guest blog post from social media strategist Taylor Ellwood

Facebook Fan Page – Step by Step

How to Create Your Own Facebook Fan Page Step by Step

We are going to go through the steps to create a Facebook Fan Page.

The first thing you are going to need is a Facebook account. If you don’t have one yet you will need to sign up for one first.

Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, & the Search Engines by the Numbers

How Popular are Twitter, Facebook, and Google Buzz Compared to the Search Engines

twitter vs facebook
Last week a friend of mine, John Poling, forwarded me an email with some questions.

I figured I would make a blog post out of my answer. I have included both the forwarded email and the comment from John.

Make Follow Up an Everyday Habit

How to Make Following Up an Everyday Habit

Guest post by Social Media Strategist and Avid Networker Taylor Ellwood

Why I Video Blog

Guest video blog post by social media strategist Taylor Ellwood

In the video below I discuss why I video blog, and why I think video is an underused resource. Video should be incorporated into your social media presence. The advantage of doing so, is that it allows you to show people you and what you are doing, as opposed to just telling them.

How to use the new Twitter Linkedin connection properly

Everyone is all astir over Linkedin finally connecting its status updates to twitter, but in my opinion, this recent update is not as wonderful as it first seems. In fact, in the few days since it’s been started, I’ve already seen the quality of status updates on Linkedin degrade because people aren’t using #in for sending tweets, but instead are sending all of their tweets over to Linkedin. I’ve learned more about cats, sports teams, and other equally irrelevant information (for Linkedin) in the past few days because people haven’t exercised the proper awareness of how to use the new Linkedin Twitter connection effectively.

Final Lunch 2.0 Networking in Portland

Has the Lunch 2.0 Networking and Informational Lunch Hour Come to an End?

Yesterday I visited with the Portland Lunch 2.0 networking crowd at what was billed as possibly the last Lunch 2.0 event in town due to the economic downturn. This Lunch 2.0 was held at the Elemental Headquarters on 5th Avenue downtown.

Wine and Social Networking Lunch 2.0 at eROI was Quite an Event

Lunch 2.0 this week was a tasty affair catered by Portland’s Crave Catering

eROI This version of Lunch 2.0 was hosted by eROI. With all the people who showed up the event turned out to be a power lunch.

If you haven’t attended a Lunch 2.0, it is

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Having a wonderful birthday lunch with my beautiful wife at Jakes Crawfish, downtown Portland. about 2 days ago from Ping.fm
Finally back at Best Baguette on Powell. Great sandwiches. Yummm*** about 2 days ago from Ping.fm
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Same goes for a football game :-( @CHRISVOSS about 5 days ago from TweetDeck
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