Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 14, 2011

You’re happy in your company, so why build a personal brand through social media? You’ll find a community of other people working in that very same space participating in social media somewhere. Keep an eye out for questions around your industry for 3 main reasons. What industry is your company in?

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 10, 2013

So it should be no surprise to hear that social sites are now looking for ways to turn a profit, or at least break even, and even for these stocks to be profitable enough to be listed on the S&P 500. Corporate Social Media Facebook social business Twitter strategy Twitter'

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Janet Fouts

MAY 17, 2011

Public Relations is a changing field and it can be a challenge to manage and control corporate messaging in these times of lightning fast responses and broad data dissemination through social media networks. You can’t control social media so you’d best learn to understand how to work with it instead of against it.

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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. OptimizeBook.com.

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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

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

I am asked this question every day. Is social media really good for my business or is it just a time waster?? Social media is what you make of it. If you really want to use social media for your business then you need to stay focused on what your goals are. It’s both. Absolutely. Bottom line?

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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

MAY 11, 2011

People who want to use social media to advance their professional reputation, attract business or build a brand often struggle with deciding where the line is between personal conversations and professional ones. If you’re using social media for your business, know this. Ask questions. A butterfly!!!&#.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 13, 2020

As responsible and conscious marketers we are taking a closer look at how marketing is handing issues of culture, diversity and inclusion, especially on social media (this is mindful social after all!). Rai-mon was born with this question in his ear. Connect with Lynn: twitter.com/lajbiz. linkedin.com/in/lajbiz.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 16, 2011

That’s a question not a statement. 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. Touch them 10 times with real questions and information and you’re top of mind. Touch someone once and they might notice you.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

They dive into some of the tough questions around social media like&# Who owns this stuff?&# and the need to establish social media guidelines and roles for the players so it’s easier to get everybody on board and knowing what they should be doing.

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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

MARCH 23, 2011

That makes the $Billion question: “How do I build a following to drive traffic to my…blog, web site, Facebook page, Twitter page, etc, etc, etc.&#. Be an information source about your area of expertise that people can turn to with questions. Ask questions and have actual one on one conversations on social networks.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 30, 2021

LauraDiBenedettoteaches how to create the life of our dreams without sacrificing what we love, and found the answers to the question that plagued her (and so many of us)–six of them, in fact. Practical Tools for Bringing Your Dreams to Life. Youtube.

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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. Social media users are a much bigger pool to draw from.

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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. What questions do they ask? Ask questions to learn more about what they want. Be disruptive and ask and answer the hard questions. Social Media Tips and Tricks Content Marketing' Why are they following you?

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 30, 2014

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. Let’s take a more mindful approach to marketing, especially through social media. Answer questions. Where do they hang out online?

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Janet Fouts

JULY 28, 2013

I’m excited to be a part of this conference as a panelist on ” Creating a Content Factory to Feed Your Inbound Marketing ” moderated by Butch Stearns , Chief Customer Officer, The Pulse Network, Blake Landau , Social Media Program Manager, Support, Intel, and Darya Trushkina , SVP of Business Development, NARR8.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 21, 2012

They didn’t even ask questions about what we wanted, just how much we could spend and tried to make a deal on whatever cars it they had in stock. Imagine my shock when the sales manager, Jeff Buich, started to ask us questions about what we were looking for! 2 Questions to ask yourself about your sales techniques.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 29, 2013

Silicon Valley Tech Women held a panel at the shiny new SalesForce offices in downtown San Francisco entitled Leveraging Social Networking to Advance Your Career. Global Social Media Marketing, Cisco Systems. Look at social media networks for the movers and shakers and learn from them. LaSandra Brill Sr.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 29, 2010

One of the beauties of social media is the opportunity to ask your network and extended networks a question and get an answer quickly. One of my favorites is Aardvark , which allows a user to ask a question and then other users answer them. So, besides answering questions what can these sites offer?

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 3, 2012

Maddie Grant threw down a glove challenging a number of people to participate in a meme answering the question “ How are you going to change the world in 2012 ?” ” It’s a great question. We are already working with a number of non-profits to help them understand social media tools and techniques.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

My portion of the book holds the kernel of an idea that I’ve been building on for some time now, and will be the focus of my 6th book “ Mindful Social Marketing – How Authenticity and Generosity are Transforming Marketing “, due for release in October 2015, published by Substantium. This isn’t meant to scare you.

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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? Do they get comments and do people share their content through social media? Now take your refined list and do searches on your favorite social media networks.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I was invited to moderate a panel on social media strategy at the Public Radio Directors Association ( PRPD ) conference in Denver. The panel was about creating a social media strategy. KUT uses a lot of different social media tools. I spent last weekend up to my ears in public radio, and happily so.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

If you’re a social media geek you already know about Facebook’s live session today to introduce their new messaging system. It was interesting to watch the live stream with the Facebook folks catching questions from the live audience. Tags: Social Media in Action Email Facebook FMail.

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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. Sure, you can promote posts from time to time to appease the Facebook gods, but even promoted posts have a questionable return. Facebook Social Media Networks Facebook ads Facebook likes'

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

CJ Brasiel created a page for questions about San Jose real estate and she plans to use it as a Q&A channel as well as a place to post news and information about real estate in the south bay. As many cool new features as there are with the new Google+ pages there are an equal number of questions popping up from my clients.

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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? Those are the ones with social capital. Answer questions, ask questions that you know they have the answer to just to support them. Notice how they spread the love too. This is key.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 5, 2010

We get a lot of questions on how to use Wordpress, from basic “How do I create a page?&# and it just makes sense to create a series of tutorials to share with our clients and the members of the Social Media Coaching Center. We’re asking our users to submit questions they need answers too.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 27, 2011

One of the fantastic things about the growth of social media is how it has widened our window on the world. Ambercadabra Amber co-wrote The Now Revolution with Jay Baer , they really get what makes new media work for business. Wanna learn about tech, social media, mobile? Naomi Dunford. Liza Sabater. Shelly Kramer.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

If that’s you, log in to Facebook with your personal Facebook details, answer a few questions and read the terms of service before you accept. Facebook Social Media Networks Social Media Tips and Tricks' You’ll select one of the pages you manage to be the primary page. Bottom line?

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 14, 2011

Whether you work with a grass roots organization or a humongous nonproft you know that social media can be an effective way to make your message more visible out there in the world. Of course we’d rather have you attend and ask us your questions). Do you use video as part of the social media outreach for your nonprofit?

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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. “Jeremiah Owyang’s vision of Social CRM where products that we want will find us, will be realized. Steve Farnsworth, Jolt Social Media.

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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. Hopefully you set up a list of intentions, (or KPIs) for your social media outreach before you started signing up for networks. Corporate Social Media Marketing mindfulsocial' Look at the data.

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Janet Fouts

APRIL 13, 2018

Any website, including social media sites that gather data from EU citizens, must comply with these rules. If you have any questions at all, you should visit the official GDPR website and make your own informed decision. Its goal is to give back control of data to citizens. It goes live in May of 2018.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

Google loves WordPress, no question, and every comment adds value for the commenter and the poster. Maybe they’re talking about cars or code, but you can search the forum for answers to your questions or post them and see results fairly quickly. Are ideas like that holding back the evolution of social media?

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