This presentation accompanies a webinar produced by Dave Courvoisier as the 3rd part in a series of webinars hosted by VoiceOverXtra.com. The Series was designed to help voice actors in their quest to better use social media in their freelance business marketing and job search. Part one on FaceBook was presented by Terry Daniel. Part two was presented by Trish Basanyi on Twitter. Dave did part 3 on "everything else"...which he limited to LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+, Skype, Blogging, and a few other mentions.
6. IN ONE HOUR…. ALSO… Cross-posting Skype Video conferences with up to 10 people Smartphones Newsletters Quora Podcasts, Scoop.It,Geo-locationServices,GroupOn,Engagement
10. 120-Million Members Business Network Free or Tiered pay plan Profile Intensive Recommendations Apps Integrated with other Social Media
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15. PROFILE Include a picture Complete your profile to 100% Choose your words carefully Seek recommendations Give recommendations Add apps Box.net Social Media cross-posts
17. THIS IS THE SINGLE-MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE THAT SETS LINKEDIN APART FROM IT’S COMPETITORS!!! PARAMETERS: Name Region Industry Relationship Connections SEARCH
18. USE GROUPS TO MEET PEOPLE NOT IN YOUR IMMEDIATE 1st-order CONNECTIONS 650,000 groups Join up to 50 Start your own group Visit, contribute, start discussions Form relationships GROUPS
20. PROMINENTVOICE-OVER GROUPS: Ed Victor’s “Working Voice Actor Group”(3000) Lee Gordon’sVoice Over Professionals(4800+) Dave Courvoisier’s “Setting Voice-Over Rates” GROUPS
21. CONNECTIONS What is a “LION”..??? LinkedIn Open Networker TopLinked.com Send invitations Accept invitations Seek “introductions” passed thru others Pull from current email contacts
22. LinkedIn Blog The Ultimate Cheat-Sheet for Mastering LinkedIn 29 Biggest Linkedin Mistakes 18 LinkedIn Apps, Tools, and Resources 10 LinkedIn Traffic Secrets Exposed All the Social Media sites offer their own company blog which usually features latest announcements, changes, features, and additions
23. Devices SmartPhone: iPhone, Android, BlackBerry (RIM) Tablet: iPad or Android (XOOM, Galaxy, Acer, etc) Virtually all the tools, methods, tips, ideas, and suggestion you hear today can be done on an iPhone or Android-phone!!!
25. YouTube 2nd most-used Search engine in the world(….and yes, Google owns this one, too!) Stats 20 hours of video uploaded every minute Create your own Channel http://www.oncamtips.com Bill DeWees Voiceovers
26. YouTube Compose a video presentation to go with your demo on YouTube link to it share it email it post on FaceBook post it on Twitter post it on LinkedIn link it to your Website load it on your blog
27. Google Plus (G+) FaceBook Challenger? Previous failures: Google Wave Google Buzz Helps to have: Chrome Browser Google Gmail account
28. Google Plus (G+) Google Plus is still in Beta Someone must invite you Overwhelmingly single, male, early-adopters of technology 20 million members in first 3 weeks Its allure lies in the potential for G+ to tie into a HUGE family of Google products: Docs, Calendar, Gmail, Search, Chrome, Reader, etc., ad-infinitum (not to mention the users of all those products)
29. Google Plus (G+) Circles Hangouts Huddles Sparks Timeline Instant Upload (Android device) Games (my fave: you can edit an entry, or choose whether you even want someone to comment on it)
31. Google Plus (G+) HANGOUTS Instantaneously video conference with up to 10 people at once. HUDDLES This is basically Google Chat. You get to invite, accept, join, and reject people for your chat as you please. SPARKS Focus on areas of your interest. Google suggests topics, but you can search for your favorites.
32. Google Plus (G+) CIRCLES YOUR NAME NO BUSINESS ACCOUNTS Add-ons, plug-ins, extensions galore New: Games (no Farmville!)
35. SKYPE Free calling Skype –to-Skype Inexpensive calling to land-lines Texting, large-file transfer, chatting, video calls Video conferencing
36. SKYPE At cost: video conferencing up to 10 people your own answer message your own phone number people can call from a land line ALL AVAILABLE ON iPHONE or ANDROID
37. SKYPE SKYPE MAY BE YOUR VERY BEST “PHONE PATCH” OPTION EVAR (with 3rd-party add-on software, you can record the complete call) PODCASTS / INTERVIEWS