Social Media: The Conversation of Success -- presented as part of the Business Mechanics Seminar January 11, 2011.

1. Social Media: The Conversation of Success

2. Local Business is Relationships

4. What's this whole Social Media thing?

6. Definitions of Social Media: "Social media defines activities that integrate technology, telecommunications and social interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio." - www.creativemediafarm.com

7. Definitions of Social Media: “ Social media is the use of technology combined with social interaction to create or co-create value.” - www.no2pen.com

8. Social Media Is....

9. 146 Million active U.S. users - 50% log in every day 25 million active U.S. users - 8% of Americans 45 million active U.S. Users - one new member every second 2 billion videos viewed a day - 24 hours of video uploaded every minute

10. Rank: 23 Penetration: 42% Users: 1.9 Million Facebook Usage Alabama

12. Social Media: Personal Business

13. + = / Social Media Formula

15. Ask Yourself Questions

18. Where You Need To Be: - Personal Profile - Company Profile - Personal Profile - Company Profile - Personal Profile - Company Profile

19. Option: Link Your Profiles Personal: > > Company: > (Consider Services Such As Ping.FM To Link All Accounts)

22. Grand Bay Dental

30. I DON'T HAVE TIME!!

32. + = Social Media Formula +

33. Social Media Formula

34. Mark Roberts http://www.facebook.com/markrobertspr http://www.twitter.com/markrobertspr http://www.linkedin/in/markrobertspr http://www.viewmarkcommunciations.com