Social Media Gear Up Kit by Truffle Media Networks

1. Social Media Gear Up Kit from Truffle Media Networks
These are just tools. Everyone has access
Finally: This is not really the end! to the same tool set. But milage will vary!
People still want to connect and there
will always be cool tools that surface.
Always: Keep connected, listen, learn,
Get Christopher S. Penn's Twitter Power Guide
and share. Rinse and repeat. ebook (included in this handout, Free!)
Chris Brogan says "Blogging
and social media and all these http://tinyurl.com/TwitterPowerGuide
whiz-bang tools don't sell Read The Clue Train Manifesto (Free online!).
things. People sell things. Chris also mentions "This social
People who know how to sell media stuff is great, but it's a set
of tools, so you've gotta pull out First! http://tinyurl.com/FreeClueTrainBook
things sell things."
of the "yippee! hooray!" cloud for
a bit and look at basic selling Get connected, for free, to Chris Brogan, social
mechanisms." and new media connector. You can pay for Chris'
time or, as he puts it, "You can get it all for free on
Social and New my blog."
Media Gear Up Kit
Why why why? Now what? Again social media platforms
like Twitter and Facebook are only tools. How you use http://ChrisBrogan.com/
them will determine outcomes. Ask these questions:
Setup a Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIN
What am I trying to do for my customers? account.
Listen, listen, listen.
Will these tools help me be more productive, make more money,
bring in more customers, or advance my cause? Second, dive in Start connecting and sharing.
Create some stories and express your
Ok, hopefully by now you have spent some time opinions. Take pictures and make a movie.
in the social media / new media environment
and met some really interesting people. Time Learn, learn, learn
for a peanut butter and jelly break:) Podcamps
Get to thinking how you, your company, your customers, http://PodCamp.org/
and your audience have conversations today and where Third, this is social so BarCamps
social media helps extend that connection => to get social; find a local
conversations. group to connect to and http://BarCamp.org/
learn from.
Social Media Club
http://SocialMediaClub.org/
Connect to John Blue - jlblue@TruffleMedia.com - 317.450.1958 - @TruffleMedia on Twitter. Find this document at http://bit.ly/SocialMediaGearUpKit