Bare Feet Studios

MAY 14, 2008

Dan’s company gets it: the most recent blog post is featured on the home page. We hope the local business and tourism community will collaborate with us to showcase our beautiful state and akamai kama’aina. How many of our tourism, PR, communications, and advertising execs blog or podcast or twitter? Virtually none.

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

Now hear this: No one ever joined Facebook or Twitter so they could follow a brand or a company. What I AM suggesting is that you brands and companies give serious consideration to what they have to OFFER the community and what motivates their community to be part of social media at all. What makes your company interesting to them?

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 31, 2011

I’ve always advised my clients that its better to have people complain in an open forum where it can be addressed.

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Bare Feet Studios

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Home About What We Do PayPal Speaker Contact Subscribe Press / PR Bare Feet Network Internet Literacy for Business: Blogging, Podcasting, Online Video & Social Media Howto, Consulting, Training & Public Speaking Home > News , Productivity , Social Media , Tech Tools > Yammer asks: What’s Happening at Your Company?

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

The power of events, ESPECIALLY B2b events, is undeniable and people are still attracted to them, computers and phones not withstanding, most of us prefer the company of human beings. This will not kill the event or incentive industry. And yes, once in awhile, we even like to get together with them to “talk shop”.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It was something to the effect of “Would/should companies do this with big bloggers in their spaces?&# Alas, the issue is even stickier for bloggers than it is for companies. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. My opinion on this is nuanced. Simple, right?

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Sprout Social

JULY 6, 2022

Travel and Tourism. In the last year alone, tech companies – including SaaS, software and B2B – have seen growth in social media engagement on both Facebook and Twitter. Best Times to Post on Facebook for Travel and Tourism. Best times to post on Facebook for Travel & Tourism: Wednesdays at 9 a.m. Consumer Goods.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 13, 2022

Travel and Tourism. In the last year alone, tech companies – including SaaS, software and B2B – have seen growth in social media engagement on both Facebook and Twitter. However, it’s a perfect fit for tech companies and B2B brands to highlight creative visual content such as infographic and reports. Consumer Goods. Healthcare.

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

The EAT ME Conundrum: Occasionally, a company who is jumping into social media will get lucky and land in the viral vortex. Strategy: Simply following directions (EAT ME/DRINK ME) means you are employing tactics in Wonderland (Social Media), but you haven’t mapped out your plan. Strategies are created with tactical ingredients.

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Bare Feet Studios

JUNE 7, 2009

As I understand it, this blogger trip is not the first time Hawaii tourism has paid for blogger fam trips – though it is the first official blogger tour and significant campaign of which I am aware. I would encourage companies to realize that the conversational web is here to stay and it can be a very rewarding place to do business.

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Right now, video is hot and is standing out in the Facebook News Feed. Social media spend is stable (only 7% of companies are decreasing their social media marketing budgets) . In 2016, 42% of respondents saw an increase in spend compared to 2015, with only 7% of companies decreasing their social media marketing budgets.

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Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 1, 2008

We will have three guest speakers from the mainland, sharing case studies from companies like Dell, Southwest Airlines, and Cisco who are using social communities online for internal and external customers. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed.

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Bare Feet Studios

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

TechZulu “provide(s) interviews from CEO’s for startup companies, Tech Stars of Web 2.0 to spotting Under the Radar companies. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. Share/Bookmark Thanks for reading!

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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 29, 2010

In short, how do you know if you and your company should be considering this type of software ( Social Sentry ) purchase? UPDATE 21 April 2010: Local Hawaii company Altres (HR management firm) has prepared this free white paper on Social Media & the Workplace. See the hot red zone on the matrix.) See the purple zone.)

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Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 4, 2009

In today’s case, the team member who has been implementing the social web assets was also present, adding very relevant information that I did not have regarding the company’s current status. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 16, 2010

And visit the East Honolulu Clothing Company. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. For our event, awesome live music was provided by Yoza Allen. Please check her out around town and on her web site. Read this review of her at the Honolulu Weekly.

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Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 3, 2009

As people and companies are learning how to participate on social networks, deciding what sorts of content to create, or even how to set pricing for web-based services, they initially experience that nervous pit in the stomach that comes from a lack of knowledge in the space. It is very simple, though not always comfortable to implement.

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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 1, 2009

Hawaii tourism officials would do well to read the book. Compare this to the Queensland Department of Tourism, who created the World’s Greatest Job contest. I write this because I see tourism as an oportunity to improve relationships within our state and with our visitors. It is also available online for free.

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Bare Feet Studios

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

What are the secrets that “digital natives&# know for using the internet to build their personal and company brands? Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. Where and how can you manage your identity? Share/Bookmark Thanks for reading!

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 24, 2008

They have over 30,000 users, so we like being #26, slighty ahead of Mahalo Daily and just behind Sony Pictures and in the company of Rocketboom and Next New Networks. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed.

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Bare Feet Studios

APRIL 30, 2010

Companies who use social media are making more money. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. This presentation was given at the Next Level Social Media Hawaii Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii on April 30, 2010. View the entire presentation here.

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Bare Feet Studios

MAY 27, 2009

How would they feel if they knew it was an all expenses paid trip, courtesy of the tourism industry? If a big company did this – like Walmart did with its fake videoblogger/RV across America tour a few years back – they would (and did!) How many instances do you know of that happening? get nailed for it in public.

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Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. I also have less faith in a company if they don’t have a good website or an updated website. Yes, as a major part of a company’s brand image. Please add your vote and share your comments with us.

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Bare Feet Studios

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. We appreciate the connection and hope you will leave a comment or let us hear from you.

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Bare Feet Studios

JUNE 22, 2009

REPUTATION MANAGEMENT: Real Time Search – Social Mention Track what people are saying about you, your company, a new product, or any topic across the web’s social media landscape in real-time. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed.

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Bare Feet Studios

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. We appreciate the connection and hope you will leave a comment or let us hear from you.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2008

Adult Sites — Even though most companies have policies in place prohibiting viewing of sexually-explicit content at work. In that light, how can you as a company come to grips with this kind of data? Many companies would (and have) simply shut down access to many of these sites and even to internet in general.

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Bare Feet Studios

APRIL 29, 2009

I consider myself experienced, having seen a lot of trends come and go through Twitter over the past two years. FWIW we offer training in how to use Twitter and would be delighted to work with any individuals or companies who want to use it as a business tool. I am planning to listen in myself. Aloha, Share/Bookmark Thanks for reading!

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Bare Feet Studios

JUNE 1, 2009

If you are a larger company, you have tremendous assets at your fingertips, not to mention stories to be told, brands to be built, and customers to be educated and entertained. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. has several audio podcasts.

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Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 4, 2008

But our tourism and ad industries have been resting on their laurels and hiding behind fakey fake advertising strategies for decades. They are surprisingly accessible to both small companies and large enterprises. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter—and getting smarter faster than most companies.

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Hootsuite

AUGUST 19, 2020

What Hello BC did: The tourism industry is having a rough year, with air travel down 95% and nearly everyone cancelling their summer vacation plans. It’s hard to spin that into a destination-focused campaign, but provincial tourism authority Hello BC hit the mark with their #ExploreBCLater campaign. Hello BC’s #ExploreBCLater.

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Bare Feet Studios

JANUARY 16, 2008

This feature was released less than 24 hours ago; and I’m happy to brag that our tech guy, Shane Robinson, has already mastered the process and started branding our company web sites. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. { Mahalo nui nui!

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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 19, 2010

It is your most opportune time to influence opinion, to change internal processes that will make you a better company. There is an undeniable trend that people on planet earth are increasingly in support of these type of issues, whether you are or not. In theory a company has the right to set its own rules on its own properties.

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Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 20, 2008

If a company was successful at one podcamp, they will be very likely to want to sponsor the next event in the series. We are actually getting calls from companies who want to sponsor – without having approached them first! It generates and RSS feed of all events we create. Be sure to indicate on the link it is a PDF!

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

Sock Puppets are the paid marketers who pose as community members to create content on behalf of a client or their own company. By examining data including IP addresses, you can see if companies are the primary (self-interested?) Sock Puppets - See the discussion above re: aliases or personas. There’s an example here.

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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 10, 2009

Capsun can then embed the deck in his blog and actually help me spread not only the word, but my expertise and our company brand as well. (We The SlideShare service builds this player automatically, and helps me promote myself, our company, and their services. I actually try to remember to do this with our presentations.

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Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Back then we were building databases and trying to figure out the best way to connect them to websites, long before most companies even had websites. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed.

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