December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Michelle Cullison has equipped hundreds of professionals to leverage the power of social media and the web for business. She will engage your audience with examples of new media applied and inspire them to implement social media strategies to solve real business problems.
As a meeting planner, you have many speakers options available. When looking for a social media specialist, finding someone with technical expertise and excellent presentation skills is essential. Michelle provides both! Her programs are fast-paced, content rich and technically strong while her style is warm, relaxed and approachable – a rare combination for technical speakers.
Business Meetings
December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Seminars, Training, Breakout Sessions
December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment
New Faceted Search on LinkedIn
December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Intuitive, precision, dynamic search with less complicated queries-that’s what the new faceted search feature offers! You’ll find the new filters on the left of the people search page in LinkedIn. The filter fields available are unique to your search. Powerful! With faceted search, you may drill down by relationship (Connection Level) , Industry, Company, Group, School and more.
Check out this product feature announcement from LinkedIn onYoutube.
5 Social Media Success Tips
December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
1. Set goals, create a social media plan for your business and stick to it. For example, if you want to reach a fan base of 500 on Facebook, determine to be only about that goal when you login to Facebook during business hours. If you aren’t strategic in your use of Facebook, it can easily become a time waster.
2. In your status updates on all networks, answer this question: What information does my business audience need from me today?
3. Relate to people on the networks as if you are seeing them in person. Ask questions. Reply to comments or messages. Engage in conversation. Then, and only then will you see the value of social media.
4. Develop systems for growing your networks. Example: Invite all the decision makers you are working with into your LinkedIn network. Invite contacts from informal networking events into your Facebook network. Or, determine to invite 10 people from your business association memberships into your personal network each month. Having a system will ensure incremental growth of the right audience over time.
5. Don’t be afraid to experiment with new functionality. Social media tools are still evolving. Everyone is learning. You’ll get the most from these tools when you get comfortable with them. You don’t have to think about how to use the phone and email for business. Eventually, you’ll feel that way about social media. Dive in the deep end and have fun with it.
Is Your Electronic Information Out of Control?
December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Searching your computer for a proposal you wrote three months ago? Or maybe you are looking for an email that you just know you sent to a client in June. If your email and computer files aren’t organized, you could be losing a lot of precious time searching for your electronic information.
Think of electronic files just the same as ordinary paper files in a file cabinet. A computer file system can be set up in the same way as paper files are set up. Create folders and subfolders for the files and be consistent in your naming scheme.
When saving documents be sure to click “Save As” and then navigate your way to the appropriate folder for that document. This will keep the document from going to that mysterious place that computers sometimes send our documents when we don’t specify exactly where we want them saved.
Put thought into naming your files and be descriptive. Take advantage of the 255 character limit on file names. Use descriptive words that will ensure you know what the file contains. Think about the different ways that you might think of the file the same as you would for physical files. If you are saving a budget form, when you are looking for it again, what will you look for?
Think of all of the possibilities and name your file accordingly. Taking this much time to think about it on the front end will also help to trigger your memory when looking for the file later.
If you don’t have time to create folders and move files around, your computer’s search tool can help. Search features in newer versions of Windows are much more efficient than they have been in the past. Tools like Google Desktop can also make finding documents on your computer faster and easier.
Online Boot Camp – Starts in January
November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Want the best seat in the house for Social Media Boot Camp! Take the Course online at your desktop. Watch the recordings at your convenience. Interact in the private Facebook Group.
Read what Dorothy W. says about her online boot camp experience:
“Last week I didn’t know what LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter were. Today I have a presence on all three, not to mention my blog on WordPress. This is all thanks to Michelle Cullison’s five day Social Media Boot Camp. I can’t wait to recommend it to others. Michelle is an expert in a field that is changing every single day. My idea in enrolling was that I would learn the basics of using the new Social Media. Definitions would have been big news for me. And I learned those, but in addition with each section from Facebook to Twitter – and certainly LinkedIn, Michelle provided non-stop tips and ideas for using each category. My Social Media Manual, which she provides with the course, is crammed with notes to myself, and I am at work on a strategy that, I am confident, will provide growth and sparkle to my business in the year ahead. In these times, when the Social Media are growing explosively, Boot Camp is a necessity. Best of all, I am looking forward to the final webinar next week when Michelle will help me and other attendees fine tune Social Media strategy. Free copies of the webinars are provided for future reference. Michelle is personable and delightful, and being from Louisiana, she talks slowly and clearly enough that even computer illiterates like me can follow her easily. Don’t miss this opportunity.”
August 21, 2009 Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity
I promise you won’t have to do push-ups or run an obstacle course, but you will get a social media workout to transform you from a cadet to a colonel who knows how to do business on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more!
Are you ready for a rigorous (and fun) social media training session?
Don’t miss your chance to develop a social media strategy!
You start your experience as soon as you register by viewing three 30-minute pre-recorded Webinars!
You will learn how to build a professional personal presence on the top 3 social sites BEFORE you come to bootcamp!
The sessions are:
1. How to Create a LinkedIn Profile
2. How to Create a Twitter Profile
3. How to Create a Facebook Profile
In addition, you will receive the Social Media Manual, a 100+ page binder, filled with info such as Step by Step instructions, Quick Tips, worksheets for developing strategies and more! The binder will let you reference and review what you learned at bootcamp and give you the next steps to keep expanding your web presence after the full-day training is complete.
Who should attend:
Accelerate your learning. Expand your web presence. Grow Your Business. Stop wasting time trying to figure it out.
Sample Agenda for Live Events
8:30-9:00 Check-In and Network
9:00-9:50 Social Media: From Cadets To Colonels
9:50-10:50 Facebook Business Pages
10:50-11:00 Break
11:00-12 Twitter Training – Be the best “Tweeple” you can be
12-1:00 LUNCH Break
1:00-2:00 LinkedIn Line Up (Reaching the Officers)
2:00-3:00 Productivity Tools: Gearing up for ACTION and Repurposing Content
3:00-3:45 Social Media: Best Practices to keep from going AWOL
3:45-4:00 Time for Taps (the wrap-up)
Sign Up today if you want to:
- Accelerate lead generation for your business
- Stop wasting time trying to figure out social media
- Learn how to deliver your message to your target market
- Connect and engage prospects to build trust
- Develop relationships with influential decision makers
- Follow thought leaders in your industry
- Establish your brand with a large audience that may never visit your website
- Drive targeted traffic to your website so you can convert them to business
- Learn secrets for increasing ranking and findability on search engines
- Integrate your existing web site WITH your social media presence for maximum effectiveness
- Know WHY you are on social sites and WHAT you WILL accomplish for BUSINESS while there.
- Learn the secret to social media success: STRATEGY!
What participants are saying:
“The strategy-setting goals-section was most helpful to me. Social Media Boot Camp gave me a new perspective on the use of tools and how to approach my market. Very interactive!”
Peter Ranzino, President
Learning Sciences
“I enjoyed exploring the possibilities for using social media. I really liked the way you adapted the material to our specific needs.”
Bill Phillips, PhD., President
Success Labs
“Social Media Boot Camp provided a general but thorough overview of social media networks. I enjoyed gaining knowledge on how to develop and implement social media into a business marketing strategy.”
Renee Verma, President
Verma Communications
REGISTER NOW to attend one of these social media boot camps:
New Orleans/Metairie Boot Camp
Location: TBD
Date: Friday, December 4th, 9 AM-4 PM
Participating Chamber or Louisiana Technology Council members SAVE an additional $25 with your special coupon codes! Space limited to 20.
NEW: Social Media Boot Camp Online
Location: Front Row Seat at your Computer!
Date: Attend live webinars starting Tues morning January 12th-February 9th. This class will meet weekly from 9 AM-10 AM CST. Can’t make all the sessions? Don’t worry! You will receive a recorded copy of each session.
Private Facebook Group for Q&A with Michelle and other boot camp participants.
Participating Chamber of Commerce or Louisiana Technology Council members SAVE an additional $25 with your special coupon codes!
Does CoTweet allow Facebook Integration? Kind of..
November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
This question was raised today at online bootcamp: Does CoTweet.com have Facebook integration like Tweetdeck?
The answer: Kind of…
Ping.fm integration is available –very new since Oct 23— so that what you tweet on co-tweet can flow to your ping.fm account which of course flows to all of your accounts configured there.
Stay tuned for a detailed blog post on this subject.
You may also want to check out http://www.HootSuite.com for similar capabilities.
October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Since founding Daystar Digital Development, Inc., in 2000, I’ve helped many companies establish an effective business website. But in a web 2.0 world, a website is not enough. I now help clients expand from a website to a web presence using social sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube. It’s similar to the concept of “Location, Location, Location” in the real estate industry. I position you and your web content where the people are. I help you place your website content in the best web locations–where the traffic is so you can build relationships, trust and grow your business.
I can help you succeed with social media. Here’s how:
Join Us Tues Oct 13 2:30 CST Facebook for Business Webinar
October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | 3:30 PM EDT
Social Networking Best Practices Webinar:
Facebook For Business – Can You Afford to Ignore 300 Million Users?
With an estimated 300 million users, Facebook is THE most prevalent social networking application in the world! As such, it has become an on line community to reconnect with old friends & colleagues, build marketing campaigns and create critical awareness for your business.
For many individuals, Facebook is providing a human element or in essence a “face” to their professional presence. Our pictures, activity updates, circle of friends, causes we care about, all are helping others get a more holistic view of not only what we do when we work, but who we really are – including that which we find interesting, how we like to play, and those who are around us! For many, it’s a platform to engage and influence, and to share stories or perspectives.
How can Facebook help you? Join us-David Nour, Michelle Cullison and Nhat Pham-on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 3:30 PM Eastern (12:30 PM Pacific) for a look inside Facebook best practices to help extend the value of your on- and off-line business relationships.
