How social media, web and mobile tell the story of the Nativity.
I know it is not Christmas ….But I couldn’t just not share this. …It is Christmas story told through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Wikipedia, Google Maps, GMail, Foursquare, Amazon…by Excentric. It is a great example of video marketing, viral marketing.
Social Media Workshop For Business with Giovanni Gallucci
I have all these new year resolutions…Not like the ones I know from get-go I will not be able to do, like “loosing weight”. But more realistic ones.One of these resolutions that made the list, is participating networking/ educational events.
When Yellow7 ( Texas-based internet media company) offered the Social Media Bootcap with Giovanni Gallucci, I signed up immediately. The best description that I have for Giovanni is actually the words he chooses to describe himself also: Internet journeyman. Although he is currently focusing on his professional photographer career, he had so much to share about his social media experience. Part of the presenation was informational, other part…little scary:) If interested, he hosts his slides on SlideShare.
My main expectation from this workshop was to get some takeways that I can add to the social media strategy at my current employment, SystemID Warehouse. SystemID Warehouse is in a B2B environment. We are a reseller for barcode scanners, barcode printers, barcode labels, barcoding solutions like inventory control, asset tracking….Not really so social-media friendly I might say 
So I needed ideas and examples of how companies where using social media for their marketing and customer services.
Although I was not really suprised, most of the workshop content applied to personal branding and B2C marketing. There were definely tips I can apply to our online marketing efforts, especially the video and image optimization suggestions. But how does B2B use social media? Take blog out of the equation…any business will benefit from blogging. The social media channels, like Facebook, Google+, Twitter are the ones I am curious about.
Hoping to get answers at BlogWell - sponsored by SocialMedia.org - an event about how big brands use social media.
It is not a big deal but you don’t see it that often….
“It’s time for organizations to be intentional about seeking creative ways to help promote inclusion, not exclusion. (It’s no accident that Target used a model with Down syndrome in this ad; it was an intentional decision. If want the world to be a place where everyone is treated equal we can’t just sit around and watch the days tick away. We have to be intentional. We have to do something.)”
This should not create any buzz on the web. But it does!. Because you don’t see it often. We don’t see organizations promoting and celebrating differences we have. I am not sure how many organizations out there who can and will follow this great example Target and Nordstrom set. On his blog, Noah’s Dad asked if this influences my decision to shop with them more. YES!
