Conversation is the Ultimate Content

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Make your content focused on conversation instead of thinking of yourself as a media business like so many are now preaching. Instead think of your brand as the people who make it up, and change the focus from “Convince & Convert” to “Converse & Convert!” Content creates conversation between you and more importantly amongst others. 

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How Can a Brand Stand Out in Social?

 

Choose To Be Remarkable

 

To me it is really simple, if you want to stand out then do what most others are not doing, actually be social when using social media. Put on your human face, and look to make friends and build relationships. It is not about how many will actually look to do that with you, but that you make that a part of your social DNA for the world to see.

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Men are from Mars, Women Like Social Media ~via @InsideCXM

 

 

 

More than once, I’ve read statistics that demonstrate how women are much more likely to use social media than men. Some of those statistics focus on the specific role a woman may have in life. One that I noticed specifically mentioned how quite a few mothers utilize social media to do something that women have always done well – communicate their likes and dislikes.

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So Glad I Met the @InfoGraphicTeam

Infographics are a great way to convey information and data visually to a broad audience and make your content easily shareable. As part of an overall branding, marketing and, syndication strategy, infographics are a great tool. The infographic helps to simplify your message through visuals, making it easier to understand, and empowers others to share and interact with the content very often much more so than the blog post itself.

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What is BulletProof Branding? My Forward for @westfallonline’s New Book

POSTED BY  ON APR 25, 2014

What is BulletProof Branding? with @TedRubin

Introducing BulletProof Branding

Here’s the foreword to my new book by none other than Ted Rubin, one of the greatest strategic marketers on the planet. As an expert I really respect, I had to ask Ted to comment on the book – and, of course, he offered his insights as only he can.  The book launches on May 1, 2014, and I wanted to share Ted’s foreword with you.

Social Media Myths Busted… Ted Rubin interviewed by @CoachLaura [video]

Social Media Myths Busted with Ted Rubin and Laura Rubinstein

Social Media Myths Busted with Ted Rubin and Laura Rubinstein

Streamed live on Apr 16, 2014

http://socialmediamythsbusted.com How To Turn Your Social Media Resistance Into Revenues. Interview with Ted Rubin

 

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To Many Businesses, Social is Still a Campaign-Based Tactic

 

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To many businesses, social is still a campaign-based tactic, viewed and managed separately from business operations. This is flawed thinking. Social media marketing needs to be woven into the fabric of all marketing and communications channels, and strategically managed from a 360-degree perspective. Why? Because social communication has worked its way into most aspects of your customers’ daily lives. There’s no way around it—people who frequent social channels want the companies they deal with to interact with them on those channels.

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Let Go of the Fear and Own Social ~via @InsideCXM

Just about every business owner recognizes the importance of using social media. To that end, they arrange for web sites to be built, have accounts on all the major social networking sites, and regularly post information about what their businesses are offering and doing. While that’s fine, these efforts are still relying mainly on pushing information toward consumers and attempting to treat their responses like data. That’s where things need to change.

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