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How to BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media

Social Media Strategery

Development Social Media How to BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media Wed, Oct 28, 2009 Best Practices , Government 2.0 ″ consultants. So here’s what I’m going to do – I’m going to let you in on the secret and tell you how you can BE a good consultant in this world and add value to the Gov 2.0

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How a Social Media Evangelist Became a Social Media Realist

Social Media Strategery

Now, all that's given way to marketers, consultants, and gurus whose only goal is to get people using social media. For years, clients have been asking me to develop "social media strategies," and for years, I've been telling them that they don't need a "social media strategy."

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Social Media Lessons from a Two-Year Old

Social Media Strategery

As I was sitting at home the other night looking over a proposed Instagram initiative focused on encouraging users to take pictures of the company’s products and use a special hashtag , I received some advice from a social media expert I had never consulted before. My Two-Year Old Daughter, AKA my Social Media Expert.

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Just Because You Run the Same Plays Doesn’t Mean You’ll Get the Same Results

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Over the course of eight years in the consulting industry, I’ve noticed an increasing number of colleagues, peers, and clients thinking that just because they read/downloaded/heard a white paper, strategy, or presentation, (a play, a swing, or a catch) they too can go out and be a communications or social media expert too. .&#

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Wanted: People Who “Know” Social Media and Communications

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Development Social Media Wanted: People Who “Know&# Social Media and Communications Tue, Oct 7, 2008 Enterprise 2.0 , Social Media My company, Booz Allen Hamilton , is actively hiring consultants who “get&# social media. One of the other areas that we’ve branched out into social media consulting.

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So You Just Graduated and You Want a Job

Social Media Strategery

When I tell these eager young professionals that I’m a communications consultant who specializes in social media, I usually get one of two questions: 1) What does that mean? practice, working with clients across the public sector to integrate social media strategies and tactics into their organizational strategies.

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Don’t be Like Cleveland – How to Succeed Even When Your Star Leaves

Social Media Strategery

What happens when the consultant who has been updating your Facebook Page completes their contract? Additionally, think about social media in a platform-agnostic way, creating practices, policies and strategies that are easily adaptable as technologies and trends change. But what happens when your star leaves?

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