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Re: FriendFeed Makes It Easy for Twitters to Join, But Are Sales Up?

StevenMoore — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:46:30 -0000

I am now learning the FriendFeed tools and trying to figure out what is now duped with Twitter. I am all for filtering and streamlining this SM process because you either run it the way you want or drown. With CRM, RSS, E-mail, VM...etc. The key is balance, wish I had any major tips. Hopefully more folks will help here. I will check back. Thanks for starting the dialogue....

Re: Is This How to Market Your Product?

StevenMoore — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:37:30 -0000

This is becoming more evident in the Twitterstream. You will see that they do not even stagger their post with Tweetlater of whatever software they are using. I have seen in the public timeline up to 5 accounts hit with the same message, very easy to figure out what is happening here. I know that Twitter is starting to block same messages being retweeted from an account I was doing a twitpoll and ran it for a post every 3 hours for 2 days I wanted to get a certain number of responses and twitter blocked some of them. All so I was helping a smallbiz consulting company with a survery on tool development software and a couple of my posts were blocked.
Everyone is learning as we go on what works and doesn't your example is a fail all over. Shortcuts really don't work in the longterm and for a solid biz they need to look longterm not short.

Re: Sarah Palin Shuns Press: Talks to Twitter, Facebook Instead

StevenMoore — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:36:47 -0000

The chance to control your words and messages within the Social Media context will continue to grow, once they are out there, then others will put their take on them just like it is happening in this comment section. Social Media will continue to change until it becomes Social News the channel that most of us will get our news.

Palin is tired of the press and their take of her and her family, so she will use the tools that she feels will work for her agenda. My take -I like people that are focused on the things that are important to them and take action- I may or may not, take or like your position but too many folks are just sitting on the sideline. Hopefully as we move into this new arena we will be willing to listen more and learn the details before always siding so quickly with our preset filters on everything.

Oh heck... we can't change maybe our kids will.......

Re: It’s Time For Wicked To Grow…

StevenMoore — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:26:52 -0000

Mike,

Look forward to your posts. I am in a dealership and putting Social into its biz model. I just started and posted my welcome to my world of making things happen. www.smallbiztwit.info
The areas I am looking to expand is the intergation of my social areas into all their biz processes and the area I am most interested in will be the use of our existing CRM system with ADP and combining its effectiveness with the listening aspects of Social media.
Also the biggest area I will be dealing with is change- of mindsets, customer service thru opening the social area of the business, and the changes that can be driven by this openess, so any articles on driving change in a biz will be welcomed.
I thank you in advance and will be reading in my reader your blog daily. Best of luck.

Re: How to Make Your Tweets More Useful

StevenMoore — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:59:07 -0000

I love the Hootlet button for your tool bar- you can run all your twitter accounts there. So as your reading your RSS feeds and find interesting articles to send out you can set them up over the course of the whole day or even longer. I try to set up the tweets for a large portion of the day in just 20-30 mins in the morning. Also you get a top bar frame that goes with it that rebrands you as people are reading it.They can RT from there and also share it in a multitude of ways.
Have not used the last 2 you posted but will check them out - thanks for the great post.....

Re: Meet the new Chief Marketing Officer of United Airlines – Dave Carroll. He sings and plays a guitar!

StevenMoore — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:30:17 -0000

Love the post and have shared with several local biz that I work with and let them get thier heads around the fact that they do not own their "brand" and complete message.

If this keeps up which it will, Customer service should improve over the next few years. I wonder if anyone has thought of creating an award for the Brand that fixes the biggest snafu of the year via Social Media channels. Instead of the best outbound ads and commercials.

I have a story about Delta that I need to get out.... I will wait the airlines have enough going on right now...

Again thanks for great post

Re: Twitter Corrects Follower Counts: How Many Followers Did You Lose?

StevenMoore — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:08:34 -0000

Good riddance- If twitter dropped them you were not talking to them because they never listened to you... I will need to make sure my solid peeps are still on board but so far so good. Didn't realize it until I came across this article... rarely on the site or pay attention to the numbers...
What is the record for the largest drop what happen at @aplusk numbers..I don't follow him???

Re: Twitter Corrects Follower Counts: How Many Followers Did You Lose?

StevenMoore — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:08:57 -0000

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/07/video-demo-how-to-use-lazyfeed-for-real.html

StevenMoore — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:56:19 -0000

Great demo you are a pro... Would love to have access to LazyFeed, it would be so helpful and a chance to test it against my pipes setup with keywords that i use now. I saw the instructions below in the comments so I will follow them and look for the DM. Thanks for a great post.

Re: The Big RT - How I Benefited More On Twitter By Saying Nothing

StevenMoore — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:56:56 -0000

Brent Just give a heads up in advance and I won't work as hard on Tuesdays you will be my filter for the day.. when it works maybe we can create a hardcore group and have a day for each, and we just scaled Social media a little bit which as you know is so tough to do..so little time for everything... Great Post....

Re: louisgray.com: Hi Facebook, It's Me, FriendFeed. This Relationship? It's Complicated.

StevenMoore — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:06:58 -0000

When I got the news.. I felt ??? lost for a while. I like FF and liked that it was not a Twitter or Facebook. Good for them. Behind the walled garden they go...

Re: Cash for Clunkers Lives On...But For How Long?

StevenMoore — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:59:13 -0000

As a major dealer we will keep going. However some dealers are needing the cash from the Govt. to keep the new cars coming. With some dealers with 100's of them waiting to get paided it is making some of them nervous having that chunk of money out there.

The profit in the cars are sitting with Govt, if it was business as normal the banks fund the loans very quickly... So can be a cash flow problem...

Just thought.. Hurry if you have a car that qualifies...

Re: 3 trends that will shape the digital world over the next decade

StevenMoore — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:16:52 -0000

#3 is happening with me already and growing. If I am looking for a CRM product with Social in it, I go to my network and the thought leaders in that space, company doesn't come into it until later almost as afterthought.
Have companies approaching me thru SM to gain insight or feedback in the areas I am working in or mentions thru my social graph. Haven't had one ad for a business related product pull me in a long time.
Nice post.. nice to see you're in town here. I will hit your linkedin....

Hyperlocal Mobile Marketing coming because of confluence of your 3 points above...

Re: Twitter to roll out commercial accounts this year, co-founder Stone says

StevenMoore — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:59:17 -0000

The direction they are going is great. Location based tweets, real time info, analytics, all wonderful tools for us marketers... Add this with an integrated hyperlocal marketing approach and it is a formula for great smallbiz success. The uses of these tools keeps me awake at night.....

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/08/no-more-beta-codes-lazyfeed-is-open-for.html

StevenMoore — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:09:53 -0000

Louis,
Thanks for breaking Lazyfeed to me with your posts. I have found some interesting people that I think I would not have without it. I use my like a RSS on steroids and am on it a good bit daily. I might add some of my college football into my tech, marketing mix to enrich my life.....

Re: Definition: Equal Opportunity Tweeter

StevenMoore — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:10:04 -0000

Jeff,

Like the term- going to co-opt it. I follow some very small niche folks and my niche is big with a small in its name #smallbiz.... LOL

Re: Rebooting the American Dream

StevenMoore — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:30:43 -0000

The shifts and changes you are talking about is dead on. But is not 9 to 5, that is dead.. It is now 24/7 with a passion that blurs the line between work and life...that only happens when it is your passion. This old dog is finding that it is an exciting time right now. Also it will be more than just the young social types that will be sitting in the boardrooms.. it will be the connectors of new with experience of the old. Great Post - As the previous commenter's tend to see more negative, I see nothing but upside..

Re: The Social Media Team Ebook

StevenMoore — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:22:53 -0000

Amber, Thank you for a great e-book. So much value.. Again a big thanks.
My smallbiz folk will get great value out it and I will share it big time.
You are doing great work for Radian6 I hope they know that...

@smallbiztwit

Re: Twitter Tool: Easily Follow Multiple People in One Step

StevenMoore — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:03:27 -0000

Scott, Great tool.. I am involved with Social Media Breakfast Club in Atlanta founded by @thekencook and @lanebailey and with LinkedIn groups many..too many.

Nice to connect on LinkedIN and rss your blog look forward to more finds like this that can help somehow scale this SM stuff...

Steve

Re: Psychologist: Facebook Makes You Smarter, Twitter Makes You Dumber

StevenMoore — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:13:28 -0000

Title so misleading but it got me to stop scanning and hit the link... and then comment I need to get a life LOL...

Re: Driving to Sales

StevenMoore — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:50:08 -0000

Human at a distance... . build influence, improve reputation, and earn trust. Sounds simple enough... Then why is it so hard for a lot of companies to just do it?
Leadership is the answer..Buy-in..change agent turning into change agents...

Great Post.

Re: Smart Targeting: Influencers Or Fans?

StevenMoore — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:01:00 -0000

George,
your dead on.. I am in the Smallbiz community and the same thing happen to me with some software vendors that came to me. I was getting asked questions that led me to follow back with them and get to know their products. Social goes all directions and that is what makes it so darn interesting.

Re: Smart Targeting: Influencers Or Fans?

StevenMoore — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:03:27 -0000

Great post.. The power of social goes in all directions and sometimes from areas or communities that you are not even aware of. Because of this I have learned more about my areas of interest and how they relate to my customer base.

Re: Why Corporate Silos Are Strangling Social Media Efforts | Debbie Weil on Corporate Blogging and Social Media

StevenMoore — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:19:33 -0000

Great post- It really takes leaders to drive change doesn't it. So many companies are really concerned that they have the core values needed to change in this area and most of them that are getting engaged are doing so because they are being forced to by their competitors etc.Enjoyed your post

Re: 21 Must-Follow Tips For Optimizing Time Spent In Social Media

StevenMoore — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:57:41 -0000

Adam,
Great post anything that I can do to streamline and max out production of quailty content and work, I am constantly working on. Your tips are great and I passed them on.