“Authenticy in marketing is telling a story people want to hear.” – Seth Godin Lisa Barone’s session at BlogWorld LA 2011, “Creating Your Blogging Superhero,” covered the topic that seems to have become a buzzword in the new media world lately: authenticity. Authentic scares some people because they think it means airing their dirty laundry, … [Read more]
This year, BlogWorld attendees heard from an esteemed panel of online empire builders – host Mitch Joel from Six Pixels of Separation, BlogHer CEO Lisa Stone, Michael Stelzner from Social Media Examiner, and CEO of Federated Media Publishing Deanna Brown. If you want to check out the entire keynote, definitely pick up a virtual ticket. … [Read more]
“Tribes are united by passion.” – Sonia Simone One of the track keynotes at BlogWorld LA 2011 was given by Chris Garrett and Sonia Simone. The two partnered to talk about tribes, and whiles you can check out the entire presentation by purchasing the virtual ticket, here are some key take-away points: #1: Your tribe … [Read more]
If anyone knows a thing or two about community, it’s Liz Strauss. I got the opportunity to attend her track keynote at BlogWorld LA 2011; here are some take-away key points from her talk: “A leader is someone who wants to build something they can’t build alone.” We all believe we have to build things … [Read more]
Session: Successful Solutions for Building and Growing an Online Community Speaker: Debba Haupert Question: How do you build an online community? The short answer: two girlfriends were dealing with cancer and I felt helpless. I wanted to know how best to be there for them. I also found myself with a strange, overwhelming need to … [Read more]
Session: How to Maximize Engagement With Your Audience Speaker: Srinivas Rao If you hang out around the blogosphere long enough you’ll hear the words “engagement with your audience” thrown around quite a bit. If you’re wondering what it means or how to create it, you’re not alone. With the amount of tips and advice available … [Read more]
… by James Dabbagian #Blogchat #Socialchat #BWEchat #Likeablechat What do all these things have in commom? ….OK….Aside from the “chat” part? These are all hashtags for different Twitter chats. You’ve probably seen them from time to time as people in your stream participate in them. Maybe you scoffed at the idea, simply viewing them as … [Read more]
Session Title: Discover the Hidden Profits in Your Community Speaker: Michele Price Your Profits Like Puzzle Pieces Scattered In The Wind? Being able to discover, access and leverage your hidden assets within a community is one very powerful way to see the big picture and what makes it important – all in one visual. One … [Read more]
Session Title: So You think You Can Manage a Community? Speaker: Marcy Massura Recently I have come across articles that like to talk about successful techniques for Community Management, but rarely do they focus on the most important ingredient; the community manager themselves. I thought I would put a list together for MY essential five … [Read more]
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Commenting System Livefyre Introduces SocialSync
Commenting system Livefyre announced via their blog yesterday a new platform, with new features. It’s called SocialSync. If the comments on your blog are dead and you’ve been dying for some social interaction, SocialSync might be just what you’re looking for. It grabs related Twitter and Facebook comments automatically, as well as adds @ mentions … [Read more]