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. Beth Kanter.

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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

APRIL 8, 2011

I get asked a lot how one should choose a social media coach or consultant and my answer is always the same. Talk to their clients and look at their own social presence online. If all you hear about are their scores and their number of followers on 100 social networks, beware.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 27, 2011

It used to be this would return a list of scholarly papers, some nasty pictures of you at a bachelor party, a random smattering of form posts about cupcakes or software and possibly your connections on some social networks. A potential employer can use a variety of tools to see how well you manage your personal brand online.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 24, 2011

As the news reports came in through social media and traditional press I think we were all mesmerized by the tragedy. It really hits home in times like this how deeply engrained social networks are in our everyday lives. Let me first say that I am shocked and horrified by the events at Utøya.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 21, 2014

There’s a lot of talk right now about the need to disconnect from technology and how social media overload is making everyone crazy. Tech is a tool that enables me to work with clients around the world, juggle meetings, speaking schedules and manage to get work done with my team even though they are spread out across the US.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In fact, a Russian scientist named Dmitri Mendeleev may have been the first to use gamification as a learning tool in the 19 th century. Many corporations use gamification to encourage employee engagement , sharing of company information on social media, and meeting performance goals.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 16, 2014

Equally, if you expect it to stand alone without the support of the people in your social networks you may as well rent a billboard in the desert. The other half (75% if you can stand it) is created on the fly through curation of relevant content, responding to news items and conversations discovered through social listening tools.

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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. So let’s quit focusing on labels shall we?

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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

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Sure Google+ can be a powerful tool to share your message with, but this network is in it’s infancy, and with millions of users your message can be left largely unheard unless you have created circles who care about what you have to say and will share it with their own circles and help you get the word out. CircleCount.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 1, 2013

website for curating posts in my areas of interest, but being able to scan titles and share just-out news with my social networks and my clients while I’m in line at the bank or waiting for a flight makes it just that much sweeter. Sprout Social. But you probably already have those right? I already loved the Scoop.it

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 30, 2015

Meerkat and Periscope are being used as broadcasting tools for the most part. We tend to hangout with the people we know, but on this platform people interested in the same thing you are freely drop into discussions and the follow you there or on your other social networks. Bottom line.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 23, 2011

As with most social networks, the most important things you can do are listen first and be yourself. GovTwit a social media directory for government agencies and officials. JD Supra Really a great resource across several social media networks. Join with your Linkedin login.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 16, 2011

It was about an import tool called Facebook Exodus. It’s a common discussion with people who’ve been on social networks for a long time. I’m relishing that and the feeling of adventure as we all share new ways to use it and new tools to make it better. This is geek fun at it’s best.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

So here’s a thumbnail of just 4 “social networks&# and how community applies to them (in my opinion). This is very general, so don’t get your panties in a bunch if I say your favorite network is not what you think it is. Are ideas like that holding back the evolution of social media?

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 19, 2012

I speak a lot about Google+ as a tool for business. 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+. And there you’d be mistaken. Here’s the thing.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 19, 2012

So we moved some client sites to Feedblitz , others decided to use WordPress’s free built in RSS feed tool. use the tools provided by Feedblitz to migrate your feed and notify yout users first. Sometimes the feed would work, sometimes it would appear to be empty. Once Google took it over it just wasn’t reliable.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 6, 2013

The popularity of Instagram is clear, and if you are inclined to snap photos and share them with your friends and customers on social networks you can make your business more social and build a powerful sharing community on Instagram quickly. Measure the other networks too. Why does Instagram work so well?

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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

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Hubspot’s marketing tools help you create inbound marketing through blog posts and landing pages optimized for maximum effect and amazing analytics to give you real insight on who comes to your website. The new workflow tool really streamlines the process for you. Social media publishing. Know your contacts.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 14, 2010

This year flew by and the sheer number of new social networks and applications is simply stunning. 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?

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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. Set up those social listening tools.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Google+ is a great social network. People are constantly dissing this particular network even though it really has more intelligent conversation going on than many other networks. Frankly it’s not the most intuitive network and there aren’t a lot of tools that make the UI easier to manage.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 4, 2015

We all know video is wildly popular across the board and people love the experience of sharing their life experiences with others in real time.When Meerkat launched in March it got a huge bump from social media marketers who created live video in real time from the South by Southwest conference. Remember Qik (say “quick”)?

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Janet Fouts

MAY 4, 2015

We all know video is wildly popular across the board and people love the experience of sharing their life experiences with others in real time.When Meerkat launched in March it got a huge bump from social media marketers who created live video in real time from the South by Southwest conference. Remember Qik (say “quick”)?

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