Erin Moloney will explain how she has learned, over the past several years, to leverage social networks like Twitter and LinkedIn, as well as third party tools, to find and engage with highly influential professionals and members of the mdeia.
She will talk about how you can efficiently foster a professional relationship and rapport with key influencers, how to engage with them over time, and ultimately how you can best leverage these relationships to enhance your company's visibility and get the word out about your key messaging and announcements.
Erin will talk through the following and provide examples:
* Some great sociallu media tools (both free and paid) available right now for finding influencers
* Examples of how to alter your understanding of keyword searching to really find influential professionals
* How to effectively reach out and engage, establishing a meaningful rapport and relationship
* Working your way toward a the right time to ask for a mention or a feature story
11. • Find individual
influencers and the
online sites where they
are spending their
time.
• Many blog and tweet.
Find
Influencers
12. * Microsoft SharePoint * SharePoint Conference
* Cloud Computing * Cloud Trends 2013
* Pizza in Saint Louis * Italian Chefs in Saint Louis
* Wedding Planner St. Louis * Wedding reception ideas
Get in Front of People Who Find Experts and Thought
Want the Product or Service Leaders About the Product or
Service
*
Find
Influencers
15. * Aggregate RSS feeds in organized
folders on Google Reader
* Use Twitter Lists
* Prune the list, add to it, let it
evolve
* Keep the lists private when possible
*
Organize
16. * Frequency is key - monitor activity daily or
weekly
* Maximize time spent by using TweetDeck or
HootSuite to monitor groups of influencers in
side-by-side streams
*
Build
Rapport
17. 1. Re-tweet & share their content, promoting it yourself
2. Comment on their content, via Twitter, blog comments, etc. - Always
be complimentary, but make your comments valuable, not just
praising
3. Direct message them when appropriate, and not too soon
4. Create content for them - offer to write a guest blog post, etc.
5. Attend their events, buy their products, demo their services, really
learn about them
6. Send them referrals and suggestions
*
Build
Rapport
18. October 19, 2012
* "Almost every enterprise we work with has
SharePoint someplace," said Matt
Morse, director of the SharePoint practice
at Perficient
Ask for a
Mention
http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/240009417/arc-2012-collaboration-software.htm
19. June 19, 2012
* I asked my good friends at Perficient to provide
their insight on the five following interoperability
questions. (You can follow Perficient on
Twitter @Perficient_HC.)
* Special thanks to Michael Planchart, Enterprise
Architecture and Interoperability Consultant in
Health IT at Perficient, who was kind enough to
participate in the interview.
Ask for a
Mention
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/5-hot-topics-healthcare-interoperability
20. March 06, 2012
* Microsoft partner Perficient, for example, has
been receiving numerous customer requests for
demonstrations of the new database, said Duane
Schafer, a senior technical architect who leads
the Microsoft business intelligence practice at the
St. Louis-based Microsoft Gold partner and
Microsoft-designated National Systems Integrator.
* Schafer is offering an online demonstration of SQL
Server 2012's PowerPivot
Ask for a
Mention
http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/232602093/microsofts-sql-server-2012-ready-for-prime-time.htm
92% trust recommendations by friends, family and word-of-mouth above all other forms of advertising. (Nielsen 2011)
A study from Forrester Research confirms that 13.4% of U.S. adults online create 80% of the content that influences people. And 6.2% of these web users are responsible for 80% of the influence in social media.
Credible: Strong reputation as a thought leader within a realm of knowledge or specific community.Active: They are active at a frequency that works for their content to resonate within that community of followers.Relevant: They stay mostly on topic with their posts.Timely: They deliver their perspectives during events or changes in the space.