Displaying all posts for April, 2009

The Social Media Team: Plug in and Participate

You’ve built a team. You’ve sorted out some roles and responsibilities. You’ve got a listening tool system in place, and you’ve got a sense of what you’re going to say. Now it’s time to start participating – in other words, talking to your customers online, in the places where they Read more »

The Social Media Team Toolkit: Listening

If you’re just tuning in, so far we’ve been talking about some of the aspects of building a social media team, including assembling the team, and outlining roles and responsibilities. At this point, it’s critical that you equip your team with the tools that will allow them to integrate social Read more »

The Social Media Team: Roles and Responsibilities

So you’ve assembled your social media team, and you’re starting to put the road beneath your feet. Time to start sorting out who does what, right? Here are some things to consider in regard to roles and responsibilities for your team and building an approach that will work for your Read more »

Assembling the Social Media Team

When you’re assembling a team of people to head social media efforts, it can be a daunting task.  What characteristics and skills do you look for? What departments/disciplines should be represented? And how do you prepare for the inevitable turnover? Let’s take these in turn. Nunchuck Skills, Bow Hunting Skills… Read more »

New Series: Equipping a Social Media Team

I started to write a post about Equipping your Team for Social Media. And it grew and grew and grew until it became clear to me that this was much more digestible as a series. So today’s the start of what’ll probably end up being 4 or 5 posts about Read more »

The Quicksand of Social Media Buzzwords

You’re trying to discuss and describe the movement that is social media. Imagine you’re not allowed to say any of the following: You need to join the conversation It’s about relationships (or people) It’s not about the tools You need to be listening Transparency Authenticity Can you come Read more »

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