Webuquerque: Social Media Means Business

Social Media Means Business Webuquerque 1st Wednesday of every month 6:30pm - 10:00pm Uptown Sports Bar and Grill 6601 Uptown Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM

What is Social Media?
Social media are primarily Internet- and mobile-based tools for sharing and discussing information among human beings.
- Wikipedia

Why is Webuquerque using Social Media?
It is an immediate way to:
share information about the group (news, events, gen info)
receive feedback
interact with our audience

How is Webuquerque using Social Media?
We are using a variety of tools and services to disseminate and gather info about Webuquerque.
Upcoming
Flickr
Google Calendar
Twitter
Facebook
Ning (Duke City Fix)

How to Get Started
Experiment with different services
Choosing a service:
- Where is your audience?
- What is your content?
- How often is your content updated?

How to Get Started
Email (GMail)
Twitter
Facebook and/or MySpace
Flickr (photo sharing)
Viddler, Vimeo, YouTube
Upcoming
Subscribe to blogs
Look for similar orgs and connect
Look for local groups and connect

You're Setup. Now What?
LISTEN FIRST
as you are building your presence, make sure to
listen and observe
Poll/survey your audience:
to see if your outreach and communication models are working for them
for ideas on how to improve
to find out how they are using your services
See what other groups are doing and learn.
Take what works and avoid what doesn't.

Listen to your members/community
Be responsive
Be proactive
Be consistent
Be open and honest

http://webuquerque.ablognotlimited.com	27
http://ablognotlimited.com	6
http://www.ablognotlimited.com	4

Webuquerque: Social Media Means Business

by Emily Lewis on Feb 06, 2009

Accessibility

Categories

Tags

Upload Details

Usage Rights

3 Embeds 37

Statistics

Webuquerque: Social Media Means Business — Presentation Transcript