embraced blogging,  LinkedIn ,   Twitter , Facebook , Yelp and Foursquare fairly early. bookmark to: Tags: FaceBook My Creative Team Social Media Twitter I was having a discussion last night with a friend who doesn’t get social media. He says he feels like a voyeur when seeing things his friends post. can understand that to a point because some people do overshare their lives. But let me admit that I love social media. But perhaps not for the reasons you might think. To me, the promise of social media has always been about improving my real life. MORE >>

Should you be on FaceBook,   LinkedIn ,  Twitter  or all of the above? I joined an interesting Tweetchat July 11, moderated by Socialfresh. Each week a company will be selected and anyone who wants to can wade in to help develop a crowdsourced social media strategy  using the hastag #socialfresh. It was fun and there were some good ideas generated, but a lot of the ideas were way off-target. Here’s why: An event such as this is by its nature tactical. We’ve talked before here about how I believe strategy comes first. What do they need or want from you? MORE >>

Finally, Twitter is offering a lists function. you need more info on Twitter lists, Mashable is a good resource. We set up the My Creative Team Twittering Journalist wiki last year in order to develop a directory of journalists who were using Twitter. With the new Twitter list, we can move that wiki online. This makes it easier on everyone to follow twittering journalists. We have established a USA Twittering Journalist List and a Canada Twittering Journalist List. Next on our agenda, media outlets using Twitter. None too soon.If MORE >>

So, go to the cloud to research your Twitter tribe and then use the information to write engaging tweets. Content Marketing Marketing My Creative Team Online Research Twitter Writing communication copywriting twitter writingAre your tweets falling on deaf ears? Maybe you are not using the right words. I’ve been using some free tools to delve into what my followers tweet about most often. You’ll see some of the major themes in the word cloud above. SocialBro is one of the tools I have been using for this purpose. Sometimes these can be vastly different. MORE >>

However, with the advent of social networks like LinkedIn , Twitter and Facebook , you can have access to hundreds of contact to help you connect with others who may be able to help you. Just saw Suzanne Vara’s excellent piece on building social media relationships. Let’s listen to Ms. Vara for a moment: Social media has afforded us the opportunity to  meet a lot of people. We gain insight as to who they are through their profiles, blogs, with whom they associate and our interactions with them…we find an entirely new world and start building relationships. Most are not. MORE >>