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

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

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)

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?

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

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 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

Listen to your members/community

Be responsive

Be proactive

Be consistent

Be open and honest