Janet Fouts

JULY 28, 2011

There seems to be a tendency for people to want to fit in in social media networks. This is natural in any social group, but sometimes it’s more like high school. But if what you want to do with your social media presence is to be noticed, for your brand to stand out? Asking or answering questions?

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

I spoke recently to a group of PR and marketing professionals about how to use social media in their work. One woman told me that she was trying to get the CXO’s to use social media as part of their brand awareness. If they’re not up to speed on how to use social media they won’t adopt.

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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. Think of it as a mini social media coaching session.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 18, 2011

I say it wherever I go, whether speaking to a large group or coaching my clients one on one. Listening is the most important part of any social media strategy. Thing is, effective social media listening isn’t as intuitive as it may sound, and some never really get the value of it until I can show them cases.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Understanding how emotion comes into play in buying decisions can be extremely useful when listening on social media sites. Sentiment analysis may add some context, but in general, we are guessing when we build predictive models based on social media data sets. because people know they are being watched in a focus group.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 30, 2014

This data is based on surveys, but in my experience working with millennials they are a diverse group and generalizations don’t always fit. Of course older generations like Boomers have also adopted technology and social media to research before buying and that age group holds 3/4 of the nation’s wealth.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 2, 2013

If you’ve got an engaged social media presence start looking at who those people are. Look through your social media engagements for issues people are having and help them resolve the issue. Social Media Tips and Tricks Content Marketing' Take the time to get to know your market. Pretty cool huh?

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

They introduced a new version of Facebook groups that allows you to pull together a group of friends to talk amongst yourselves. These groups can be private or public and added some new features that are specific to more of a work-group mentality like uploading documents etc. Learn more on the Facebook Developer Blog.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 13, 2014

You’ll also see suggested skills or content suggestions to add to your profile that would get you more views for people looking for that skill or service, even groups to join and company pages that fit with your profile contents. All in all I’m happy I upgraded. Here’s LinkedIn’s video about this new feature.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 10, 2021

Group sessions were fast-paced, yet centering and relaxing I loved the meditations, the tips on mindfulness, and connecting with wonderful people. I felt rejuvenated and relaxed, ready to get back to work. Thank you so much for reminding me how much better I feel when I take the time, even a few moments throughout the day.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Use Facebook as just another social media network in your toolbox but not as the be-all end-all of your marketing campaign. A virtual focus group for product development? Facebook Social Media Networks Facebook ads Facebook likes' The other option is the most obvious. Customer Service?

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

According to Altimeter Group’s Jeremiah Owyang , social CRM will give businesses a way to really focus on listening to what their customers want and still have time to do business. I think the space is just too young, and the basics of social insight integration has not begun to materialize.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

I just got back from a trip to Atlanta where I did some training on social media with a group of fortune 50 corporate travel partners for a major banking institution. I knew a bit about Art, and being a social media geek I looked him up on Twitter as well as the restaurant. It’s not just restaurants either.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 27, 2014

I’m also fundraising for a group of Devadasi who want to either start or expand their own businesses with micro-loans through Milaap. I can help you with SEO, Facebook, Twitter or Google Ads, WordPress or general consulting about social media and digital marketing. social business' My offer to you.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Many corporations use gamification to encourage employee engagement , sharing of company information on social media, and meeting performance goals. This particular app also has a community aspect, where people can share their own insights and joining groups around their areas of interest. Is community engagement gamification?

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 9, 2012

The new communities effectively replace the old Google groups, Facebook groups, maybe even Facebook Pages and offer a lot of features we like about all of them. 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.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Another nice feature, you can select a group of pages and assign them all to one person on your team with one click. Facebook Social Media Networks Social Media Tips and Tricks' Finally an easy way to add a manager to a Facebook page or ads without having to connect on Facebook personally. Bottom line?

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 30, 2015

Switching between users allows only one person to be seen at once in the broadcast, so you lose some of the responses from others in the group. This is a terriffic way to get real engagement and conversation with a large group. Meerkat and Periscope are being used as broadcasting tools for the most part. Bottom line.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 19, 2010

As companies like the Gap try on different social promotions like check ins on Foursquare group coupons Facebook and Twitter, it will be intrusting to see which they adopt. Tags: Social Media in Action Facebook foursquare Groupon the Gap Twitter.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 25, 2019

He is CEO of Marketing Insider Group , where he has worked with more than 75 brands in building effective content marketing and employee activation programs.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

I work with a talented team of community managers and I know many more through speaking, conferences and social media. The one indisputable thing I can say about community managers is; they’re a diverse group. I’m getting there. Some are great conversation wranglers, s**t-disturbers even.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 8, 2010

I’m a big fan of group coupon networks, deals and discounts offered through Twitter. You don’t have to surf social media networks for very long to run into another ad for a coupon site offering “GREAT DEALS&# and “HUGE DISCOUNTS&# and there are plenty of them vying for attention on Twitter already.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 24, 2013

It was an great group for this kind of discussion and I wanted to share some of the takeaways with you. What worked for one demographic may not work for another, and what fails for one group may be successful for another. Anyone interested in digital marketing needs to understand these concepts, whether you use automation tools or not.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

Sure, there is a bit more long form discussion than on Twitter, especially in the new groups, but really? Maybe it’s a bit naive or nostalgic to think business must develop true community to succeed with social media as a marketing tool. Are ideas like that holding back the evolution of social media?

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Janet Fouts

MAY 28, 2020

Think small, tightly knit trade communities or Facebook groups for example.). The communities that pull that off often have a face to face component so when we post in the community we know the real person on the other side of the screen. Others who think like them are also shocked by it. Now it becomes viral.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 2, 2010

Having a natural conversation among friends is a good way to share your latest information and you may find more than one in the group who will help get the word out. Tags: Social Media in Action. Besides befriending a particular blogger, get to know their network. Read their blog! You can’t beat return like that.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Twitter chats (AKA Tweet Chats) are simply a group discussion that takes place on Twitter. Sometimes the questions are selected in advance by a moderator, who poses 3 or 4 questions to the group or to the guest being interviewed. You grow your network organically by talking to other people who really care about the same things you do.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 16, 2010

Listen to what other people in your niche are saying and support or respond to it on their blogs, Facebook pages, Linkedin groups, Twitter and forums. Tags: Social Media in Action branding personal brand. You’ve got opinions, everybody does. Share them and share links. It’ll be the best decision you ever made.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 15, 2017

Instead, after almost every session the participants broke out into small groups to discuss the topic of the panel and how we could apply it to our own businesses. The goal of this conference wasn’t just to listen to the speakers and absorb their wisdom by osmosis, though that certainly happened.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 13, 2011

If so, create categories for these topics and group them together. Is your content authentic and is it easy for a user to scan the navigation and find relative information? Do your posts reflect the overall theme of your site, or do you tend to jump around a lot from topic to topic?

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 11, 2018

Recently I had 2 guests on the Mindful Social podcast and their story of their interactions with the people of Rwanda is truly inspiring. Dr. Karin Jeffery from San Jose State University took a group of students on a faculty led program to Rwanda.

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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? The most important thing I learned about social media this year is that it’s not important.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 5, 2014

Let’s talk about networked approaches & social media for training and capacity building for the nonprofit sector that leverage learning and impact. Chieftain of the blog {grow} and social media bouncer. Social Media and Internet Marketing consultant for small to medium businesses. Beth Kanter.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 23, 2013

I don’t care what social network you’re on actually, or who you are, if you wouldn’t say it to a crowd in Times Square with your Mom in the audience, just don’t say it, unless you want a call from Mom. A little social media etiquette is in order. As always in a social situation.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 10, 2013

Now let’s look at how a sales person works within a social business. With social media listening tools you can stay a step ahead of industry news, public perception of the industry and of your own products. Think of social media as a huge focus group. Asks good questions. Ask good questions.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

You have to understand one of the best and least understood features of Google+ and that’s the “Circles” Circles allow you to segment your friends on Google+ into groups similar to lists on Facebook. One list for foodies, one list for hardware geeks, a list for social media folks, a list for news and on and on.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 12, 2013

It used to be all businesses were social. Today we may think it has to mean they use social media, but there’s more to it than that. Just having millions of followers, fans and “interactions” on social networks doesn’t make you social. All of these are social activities too.

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