Janet Fouts

MAY 30, 2012

First it was the meteoric rise of the new platform and social media types rushed to learn it and get those tips and tricks posts out. With the recent hoo-ha about brands abandoning Google + pages for Pinterest , I reached out to my network to ask some top social media practitioners what they thought. Steveology Blog.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 8, 2011

You see, lots of bloggers have their blog posts syndicated on other sites that aggregate content, and sometimes we write posts specific to a site just to get our names in front of more readers who frequent that particular web site. It’s like guest blogging, but more focused. What’s the point in that?

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 16, 2011

Here’s what I think, but I’d love to hear your perspective in the comments. With social media networks you have a world of opportunities to reach out and create relationships with people who actually want to talk with you. That’s a question not a statement. Even if you don’t agree with it.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 25, 2010

One of the questions people ask in our initial social media strategy sessions is “How will I know if I’m doing it right?&# Rather than go into yet another social media metrics debate let’s pretend for the sake of argument that you’ve already set up one or two social listening tools.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 27, 2011

Is one of the best blog metrics tools out there, and now they’re reaching deeper into your traffic incorporating Google Analytics and Feedburner. Is one of the best blog metrics tools out there, and now they’re reaching deeper into your traffic incorporating Google Analytics and Feedburner. Postrank Analytics. Peer Index.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 23, 2011

So you built a new blog , set up a Facebook page and started tweeting and STILL you’ve got virtually no friends? Sure, there may be a half life if somebody sees it and re-tweets it or links to it in a blog post or another network. Share others content with links and comments on the value of what they’ve contributed.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

While I write here about social media (hellooo I’m a social media coach!) I read a lot of blogs on other topics of interest too and Danny Brown recently posted a challenge on his blog to share some blogs we read who aren’t the usual suspects. Give it a spin! CJ Brasiel.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Lots of people will tell you ”Social Media Influencers” are the key to social media marketing but what does that really mean? You may want to start by searching only blogs, or only Twitter or videos for example. Do they get comments and do people share their content through social media?

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 16, 2014

Social media managers are then charged with locating supporting content and resources to support the editorial calendar, locate influencers who are interested in these topics and begin to engage them on the appropriate social media sites. Comment on blogs or social posts adding value to the discussion.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I know I know, I just wrote a post on how important it is to be a regular blogger and here I am not having blogged in days! The more you think “I gotta get that blog post written, I gotta get that blog post written, IgottagetthatblogpostWRITTEN!&# Weeks even! Maybe I jinxed myself. I expect you might have been here too.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

Wanna know the most recent news, trends or information rich blog posts? People share passion on blogs. You see it in the comments and on some of the best blogs the comments from the regular readers are as valuable or better than the actual post itself. Are ideas like that holding back the evolution of social media?

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Janet Fouts

JULY 19, 2010

Every successful blogger or blogging coach will tell you it’s important to blog regularly to maintain the interest of your readers. How often is up to you, but often it’s helpful to set a sort of schedule to your blogging so people begin to expect to hear from you on a regular basis. I hope so anyway!).

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Janet Fouts

JULY 2, 2010

At least it might get you in the door, and maybe you won’t end up on the Bad Pitch Blog. Comment when it’s relevant, re-tweet them on Twitter and share links you think they will find useful. Read their blog! Read the blog and see if it is a good fit. The Blog Action Day event is a huge success year after year.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 23, 2011

If you are at the panel tonight for Hastings School of Law please let me know what you thought of it in the comments. LexTweet A community of Lawyers on Twitter as well as a blog network. BlawgSearch Justia also offers links to lawyers blogging sorted by practice area. The slides will be added below as well.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 19, 2012

So you might think my position would be that Google+ is the be-all end-all social media network for business and people should be pitching their blogs and Facebook pages out the window in favor of Google+. Micro-blog. Really Google+ might be a good replacement for your micro-blog. And there you’d be mistaken.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Social media is all about reciprocity and never more so than here. The initial screens are all about who is most popular and it’s the usual suspects found on most of the social media networks. Guy Kawasaki, Britney Spears, the Dalai Lama are some of the most re-shared and commented people on Google +.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Conversations tend to be casual often focus on the sharing of jokes and gossip, movies and social gaming. Maybe because social media is my business and I like geeks. Learn more about how to create Google+ Communities on the Tatu Digital Media Blog. Wanna get specific? The future of Google+ Communities.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 1, 2012

Comment and share some more. Commenting on another user’s post gets you into the conversation. Steve Farnsworth Has lots of good tips about social media, marketing, PR and business. What do you want to talk about? Stefan Svartling Is a wonderful curator of all things geeky and tech.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 31, 2011

Not only do you get a bigger picture of who is visiting a site or reading a particular blog post, you get to wander around and see where they’ve been recently and thought was important enough to share too. Here’s where you can get it and instructions to include it on your site or blog as well– One True Fan. Time will tell?

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Especially PR and marketing professionals who are watching social media speed up the reaction time of their customers to light speed. Basically leveraging social media to show the whole story and showing at the same time that transparency is ALWAYS best. How can we keep up? It’s good advice too.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 25, 2011

The list below might give you an idea of what women are working on now, and find a little inspiration on these blogs and the projects too! Yes, I know there are more, list your favs and tell us more in the comments! WOMEN & OPEN SOURCE: What’s In It For Me? Kim Polese-Founder of Marimba, CEO SpikeSource. Science Foo Camp.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

There’s a deep, dark secret that the social media marketers don’t want you to know. It doesn’t matter what your social media strategy is unless it includes what you expect the prospect to do after they find you through social media. They’re your social media evangelists.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Anybody who has ever read one of John’s blog posts or heard him speak knows he’s a straight shooting, plain speaking business leader who has a knack for making just good business sense available to everyone. The Commitment Engine: Making Work Worth It , by John Jantsch.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Generosity is a huge part of the social media experience. In fact, social media is all about focusing on others and not on yourself. On her blog Beth Kanter mentions the term “Lethal Generosity&# as defined by Shel Israel in his book Twitterville. Comment when it’s appropriate. Ask questions.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I wanted to take a moment to thank just a few of the people I’ve learned from this year and I asked them to share an answer to the following question: What was the most important thing you learned about social media this year? FYI profile images link to Twitter and names link to blogs or websites. Michael Martine.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 5, 2014

Follow them on Twitter, read their blogs. Add away in the comments and click the links below to tweet these people thanks for being an inspiration. Add away in the comments and click the links below to tweet these people thanks for being an inspiration. Chieftain of the blog {grow} and social media bouncer.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 30, 2011

I follow almost 4,000 people on Twitter , over 1500 on Linkedin , and more on Facebook , Google+ , blogs , forums, a zillion social networks, wikis and more. Here’s the big deep dark secret about using social media for business; you’ve got to have discipline. Great question. I don’t.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 12, 2010

There’s a saying in social media that goes something like this “You know you’ve “arrived&# when you’ve got trolls commenting on your work&#. It’s true, the more connections you have on social media networks the more likely someone will disagree with you. The trolls.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 28, 2011

If you’ve head me speak on social media you’ve heard me say that social media is not about numbers but about quality. Have you commented on something they posted? Whatever your page is about, find ways to encourage people to comment and share your posts and their own posts on your page.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 5, 2011

Make sure you add links to your other networks, your blog and your syndicated content ( here’s how ). comment on your posts go to your phone. If you get one for every time anybody comments it will drive you bats. You can disable comments or re shares, but only after the post is added. Tab and Return End a comment.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 10, 2011

A post on their blog, written by Yvonne Maffel , offered up recipes featuring Saffron Road’s offerings and giving a little background on Ramadan and that she would be giving away coupons and gift cards on her blog, My Halal Kitchen. The feedback on the Whole Foods blog is overall positive and friendly. Best, Elizabeth.

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