Showing posts with label networking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label networking. Show all posts
Did You Hear? Live Political South Carolina Twitter Chat
At Brett, Inc., we are lucky to be acquainted with and follow on Twitter Jason Spencer, a political and general assignment reporter for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Like other select journalists, Spencer has wisely embraced social media as an important aspect of his job and spends a solid chunk of his time blogging and conversing with his followers and fellow media on Twitter.Recently, Spencer launched a series of live South Carolina political "Twitter chats", calling the first one an 'experiment'. We witnessed the first chat live, and our takeaway is that he has really hit on a powerful way to connect people across the state in South Carolina political conversation through social media. Many Twitter-users know how to follow a "live Twitter chat". Simply do a Twitter search for the official hashtag (#) associated with any particular chat and follow the conversation by continually updating the seach for the hashtag.
Spencer's first official live political Twitter chat took place on November 11 with Olivier Blanchard, a well-known Greenville-based social media and marketing expert with a strong interest in politics. That discussion proved so successful and interactive he followed it a week later with another chat with Trey Pennington, another Upstate social media and marketing entrepreneur with a political background. Just this week, Spencer hosted Wesley Donehue, the South Carolina Senate Republican Caucus’ political and communications director who is also the technology director for the state GOP, for a third live chat.
Spencer's political chats are well worth an hour of your time and truly have the capacity to heighten the political conversation in our state. When he can, Spencer posts follow-up recaps of the chats on his blog Crazyworld. To become a part of his political chats, follow the official hashtag #scpol.
Some Great Social Media Links...
Whether you're in business, politics, public relations, media or any other field, chances are (more than quite high!) by now you have heard the term "social media", or social interaction via technology. We won't go into a complex explanation of this networking phenomenon, as there exists quite a plethora on the web of valuable information and social media resources.
This past Monday, however, we were fortunate to be able to attend the Social Fresh social media conference in Charlotte - essentially a powerhouse gathering of some of the most reputable, knowledgable social media pros from around the country. From what they had to say, it seems like social media will eventually become the norm; its use just as prevalent and widespread in society as email is today. The dynamism and potential that "SM" holds seems to be unlimited, whether you want to use for political purposes, PR or marketing for your business or event, or just to connect to others.
Take a look at the links below to some great social media information from some of the best out there. Nearly all of the information can be adapted to a variety of professional fields.
Social Business Design - includes other great info and feedback from keynote speaker David Armano
Basics of Social Media ROI - Greenville, S.C. Marketing pro Olivier Blanchard's slideshow
Videos of Social Fresh Speakers - on Charlotte Observer columnist Jeff Elder's blog (search for "social fresh")
This past Monday, however, we were fortunate to be able to attend the Social Fresh social media conference in Charlotte - essentially a powerhouse gathering of some of the most reputable, knowledgable social media pros from around the country. From what they had to say, it seems like social media will eventually become the norm; its use just as prevalent and widespread in society as email is today. The dynamism and potential that "SM" holds seems to be unlimited, whether you want to use for political purposes, PR or marketing for your business or event, or just to connect to others.
Take a look at the links below to some great social media information from some of the best out there. Nearly all of the information can be adapted to a variety of professional fields.
Social Business Design - includes other great info and feedback from keynote speaker David Armano
Basics of Social Media ROI - Greenville, S.C. Marketing pro Olivier Blanchard's slideshow
Videos of Social Fresh Speakers - on Charlotte Observer columnist Jeff Elder's blog (search for "social fresh")
Feed Reading and PR Blogging
As we continue to build our Brett Banter blog, we're discovering more and more just how much great... and free... reading information the World Wide Web has to offer. Although, when you really think about it, we love public relations, politics and communications, so it's only logical that we like to talk and to read and to spread our ideas!
Blogging is a surefire and powerful way to deliver your message to a wide audience while also developing an online presence. The internet essentially can serve as your extra networking arm. Through our blog connections, plus our Twitter and Facebook pages, we are meeting and reading in depth about lots of interesting people not just in the Upstate and South Carolina, but across the country.
Some of the blogs we have discovered so far that we particularly like include:
- A PR Guy's Musings on business, PR, social media and politics
- Pop! PR Jots' Jeremy Pepper out of San Francisco
- Off K Street offers great info and analysis on national, state, regional politics and issues
- Fits News - always good for a SC political laugh
- Lindsay Olson offers great advice and insights in the job market, PR and technology realm
- Sure, he's in Charlotte, but we love Charlotte Observer columnist Jeff Elder's social media blog. He spent a year in Silicon Valley studying social networking at Stanford University, and visiting Twitter and Facebook headquarters and company leaders.
But back to that oh-so-essential skill that your parents surely instilled in you from the time you were young: learning to read. If you have lots of sites and/or blogs you like to visit, did you know you can
keep track of all of them in one RSS feed, or news aggregator? With a click you can view all your favorites on one page. Here at Brett, we've been using Google Reader, but we are always open to suggestions as to others' favorites. Find some info about selecting an RSS feeder here. And by the way, do you have a great blog we should be following? Drop us a line by leaving a comment or emailing lstewart@brett-inc.com.
keep track of all of them in one RSS feed, or news aggregator? With a click you can view all your favorites on one page. Here at Brett, we've been using Google Reader, but we are always open to suggestions as to others' favorites. Find some info about selecting an RSS feeder here. And by the way, do you have a great blog we should be following? Drop us a line by leaving a comment or emailing lstewart@brett-inc.com.
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