Posts Tagged ‘Good Peoples’

Flowtown Makes Connecting on Social Media as Easy as Email

Flowtown is one of my favorite new social media tools. It’s really a treat when you can connect with someone who let’s it all out and gives you the true inside scoop on the trials and tribulations of being a start-up technology entrepreneur.  In one of the most entertaining Skype Sessions I’ve done to date, I’m pleased to be joined today by technology entrepreneur, Ethan Bloch. Why I Heart Flowtown The time of email and social media convergence is upon us.  We’ve seen indications of this this in recent weeks with ExactTarget’s acquisition of CoTweet.  The truth is, this trend is only in the infant stages, and my prediction is that we will see more mergers like this.  I wouldn’t be at all surprised if in the next few months, we see ConstantContact follow suit and acquire some form of social media aggregation tool. (And, if it were me, I’d offer to buy Hootsuite…) Flowtown is yet another example of social media communication melding with email marketing.  This slick, little piece of web-based software has the potential to make a huge impact on how businesses are using social media and, more specifically, how they will engage with the movement towards Social CRM in the next five years. I’ve written about how a social media tool, like Flowtown, is applicable in trade show marketing.  Some of the best ideas follow the “KISS” theory.  If you’re not familiar, KISS lovingly stands for “Keep It Simple, Stupid”.  That’s exactly what Flowtown does.  The application makes it easier than ever to track down the social media profiles of the people you want to connect with, using human email addresses.  Once the addresses are uploaded, either manually or via comma-separated value spreadsheets, Flowtown quickly crawls the web and pulls back social media profile data, giving [...]

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Live Streaming Video from the Skyline Exhibitor Exchange – Using Social Media Tools for Trade Show Marketing

Today we have a special treat, largely brought to you by the digitally talented Eric Leslie of OnScene Media & Marketing. Starting at 11:00 a.m. EST, we will be presenting to a sold-out event at Skyline of Central Ohio’s Exhibitor Exchange Series on Strategies for Using Social Media Tools for Trade Show Marketing. The presenters include the following: Will Burrus – Technologist from 247 Interactive Nate Riggs – Strategist from Social Business Strategies (Hey, that’s me!) Tiffany Odutoye – Strategist from Virtual Partner Eric Leslie – Online Production & Event Specialist from OnScene Media & Marketing You’re welcome to tune into the content right here on NateRiggs.com.  Also, if would like to interact and ask questions, please follow the #SkylineEX on Twitter. (Update: If you are tuning in after the event, sorry you missed it.  Here’s one of the presenters, Eric Leslie, doing a job that’s way more important than social media – being a dad.)     Online TV Shows by Ustream nateriggsLike what you just read and want to get my posts delivered to your inbox? SUBSCRIBE HEREMore Posts Follow Me:

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Staying in Bed, Guilt & Linchpins

I don’t get sick much, but this morning it hit me like a semi-truck doing 70 mph. While meeting some smart folks at Skyline of Ohio for a final planning session, to get ready for a sold out Exhibitor Exchange event on Thursday morning, my stomach suddenly flipped. Jacob had been sick over the weekend.  Poor little guy.  His mom, and my partner in crime, Sarah, woke up this morning with that age-old look on her face.  She was infected.  I suppose it was only a matter of time before it got me, too. After the meeting, I came home to get ready to leave for the first session in a series of trainings at Incept Corp.  Right before leaving for Canton, the bug laid siege on me and I was down for the count. Guilty Like some of you, I’ve been reading Chris Brogan’s recent posts on the concept of Anywhen.  Chris is a robot with extended battery life, and yet people demand so much that sometimes, even with all of his efficiencies and twilight hours, even he can’t handle the demands. I stayed in bed all day today.  And now, I feel guilty.  I feel guilty that I’m off schedule with Incept.  I feel guilty that I have an inbox full of important messages from you, eagerly waiting for my response.  I feel guilty that my entire week now needs adjusted.  That alone is one more task I must begrudgingly add to my plate. (Please bare with me, I will get back to you!) I’m guilty that I still feel like roadkill and all I want to do is lay on the couch, staring aimlessly at box set episodes of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. (Really entertaining series from 2006, if you’ve not watched it.) In the back [...]

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