Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Others do everything from moderating forums and Facebook pages, T witter engagement and influencer outreach to creating e-books and blogging for the company. After managing a community, digging out answers to questions from the engineers, marketing and the CEO don’t you think your community manager knows about your brand?

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Some of them I know in person, but many I know through their blogs and Twitter personas. By the way, instead of just linking to their blogs I linked to some of my favorite posts, so make sure you visit those links! BlogDiva Liza blogs on culture, tech and online communications. You should probably get to know some of them too.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Take a look at your own social network.Who is engaged and answering questions, promoting others and actually involved in discussion? Are people linking to their blog posts and re-tweeting or sharing their posts? Answer questions, ask questions that you know they have the answer to just to support them. This is key.

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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

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. Blogs have subscribers but not members, so do they even qualify as community?

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Blogs were in their infancy and we used bulletin boards and comment streams on posts to communicate with our user-base and we loved every second of it. Waay back in the 1990s I co-founded a startup on-line community for the restaurant industry. Shares in Facebook jumped 4% last week at the very thought according to CNN.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 5, 2010

It’s no secret that I think Wordpress is the best blogging platform, and I recommend it for Websites too. We get a lot of questions on how to use Wordpress, from basic “How do I create a page?&# We’re asking our users to submit questions they need answers too. Where are the new tutorials going to come from?

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 16, 2011

That’s a question not a statement. Touch them 10 times with real questions and information and you’re top of mind. People develop relationships with me on Twitter , Facebook , Quora , LinkedIn, my blog and slew of other places before we talk on the phone or meet in person, and we develop trust. Then we do business.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The number one question I get about social media is: “How can I do all this social media stuff and still get my work done?&#. Great question isn’t it? I went into my Google reader and deleted every blog that hadn’t posted within the last 30 days. This works well with blog posts too.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

If you read my blog very often you know that I love to teach people how to get the most out of social media. Hello, I’m a social media coach…) Whether it’s in groups, bootcamps,webinars, one-on-one or right here on my blog, this is my passion. What's your biggest Social Media Question? Your Name (required).

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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+. A relaxed environment like this can bring out the best questions and show you’re truly interested in the needs of your customers.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 28, 2011

Asking or answering questions? Now let’s look at blogging. Wouldn’t it be lonely if they came from both sides to discuss it on your blog? Offering up information relevant to the group that is useful, timely and fresh? Sure, there might be a flame or two thrown, but hey, that’s at least interesting.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 29, 2013

A great place to post questions in the space you are interested in working in, or answering questions about which you have expertise. Not many on the panel are super-users, but the power of having a presence on Google+ for local businesses, adding the authorship tags to your blog to establish your authority on a topic can’t be ignored.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

If you want a particular user to follow you then reach out to them on a one-on-one level, not with a demand, but with a question about what they do, a response to something they posted, a compliment about something they have achieved or a great blog post. Share good information that is valuable and people will follow you back.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 8, 2015

Today I want you to think about your intentions for using a specific network and ask yourself a few questions. Do you communicate best through video, short messages with links, long blog posts, images, or in-depth conversations with your community? I’ll tell you what to do with them in a minute. Why did you choose this network?

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Janet Fouts

MAY 30, 2012

What is a productive way to experiment and learn to the answers to these questions without wasting time? These were the questions that were going through my mind as I listened to a presentation on Google+. Steveology Blog. Steve Farnsworth. So, should business be on Google+ now?

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

It boils down to one question: what’s the best way to spend time to deliver results for a company. Find him on Twitter , Google+ or read more from him on his blog: Sword and the Script. It’s an understatement to say that senior executives are busy. After all, everyone admires a senior leader willing to roll up their sleeves.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 23, 2011

I shouldn’t have to tell you not to answer complicated legal questions on Twitter. 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. If you want to know what NOT to do, here’s a good post on Twitter gaffes.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 24, 2013

Please do post questions or feedback on the panel and I’ll do my best to get you answers. Listen to customer service and find out what the sore spots are for the customer, then speak to those issues in blogs, videos, FAQ’s they can use as a resource. I’ll just list my favorite takeaways for you to ponder.

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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?&# For a while you’re addicted to watching who re-tweets you, mentions your brand on their blog or says something about you on a Facebook page. Great, cool, you’re on the right track.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 14, 2011

Of course we’d rather have you attend and ask us your questions). Lisa has contributed writing in blogs including California NOW and Change.org , as well as books including #SOCIALMEDIA Nonprofit: 140 Bite-Sized Ideas for Nonprofit Social Media Engagement, and Open Our Eyes: Seeing the Invisible People of Homelessness.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 12, 2015

In fact, they just announced some big changes at the six week mark on their Medium blog. Ask questions. What’s new. A lot has changed with Periscope since my last post on streaming video apps. You don’t have to use Twitter to join Periscope. If in Periscope you can comment and give hearts. Be positive.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 10, 2013

Asks good questions. Following a few trade blogs can show where the industry is going and perhaps alternative uses for the product that may have slipped under the radar. Ask good questions. Needless to say you have to ask good questions too and then listen to the answers. Keeps in touch with clients and prospects.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 5, 2014

Follow them on Twitter, read their blogs. Chieftain of the blog {grow} and social media bouncer. Consultant, educator, podcaster, author of Return On Influence, Born to Blog, and The Tao of Twitter. holtz.com/blog. Specialties include #SocialMedia, #Blogging, #SEO and #minestrone soup. tedrubin.com/blog.

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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. Great question. If you blog create an editorial calendar. I get around 800 emails a day (half of them are alerts, newsletters and feed reports for my clients).

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

They hang out with the girl who asks the right questions and has all the great stories. On her blog Beth Kanter mentions the term “Lethal Generosity&# as defined by Shel Israel in his book Twitterville. When they ask a question find the solution. Ask questions. Links in your blog. Use guest blogging.

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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.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Now Frank was on his way to speak at PivotCom , where he could have expected a lot of tough questions about leaving his office at a critical time to attend a conference. She blogged about it and then posted on the wall of the Chapstick Facebook page. The lesson? OK, silly image right? No big deal right?

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