Posts Tagged ‘guy kawasaki’
From #BWELA: Why Guy Kawasaki and Chris Brogan are betting big on Google+
This guest post is by Scott Caldwell of WorldVentures. Google announced in a blog post Monday that Google+ is now allowing organizations to create pages, after months of Google+ accounts being restricted to individual users. Since its beta launch in June, the social media world has been fixated on Google+. Stories have covered everything from [...]
Social-media experts’ No. 1 tips
At last year’s Buzz2009 Social Media for Association Leaders, we asked our panel of social-media experts for the No. 1, most powerful tip they would give about social media and developing a social strategy. Despite the many different approaches to social media, the experts came to one conclusion: Keep it simple. Here’s a quick roundup [...]
SMSS: Guy Kawasaki on making the most of Twitter
Guy Kawasaki kicked off the Social Media Success Summit last night, sharing some sound advice for Twitter users of all stripes. Whether you represent a business which has yet to establish a Twitter presence, or you’re a grizzled Twitter veteran, Kawasaki’s presentation was full of real-life examples to expand your brand’s reach. Among the key [...]
Are you harnessing the power of the re-tweet?
This post is by Ben Whitford, contributing editor of SmartBrief on Social Media. Korean researchers just published an important new analysis of the way people use Twitter, notes the lead story in this morning’s SmartBrief on Social Media. Boffins at Korea’s Advanced Institute of Science and Technology vacuumed up Twitter’s entire database to study the [...]
Review of Business Wire’s social media PR tool
During the planning of Buzz2009, we reached out to Business Wire, our partner in industry-specific press release listings, to try out their new EON (Enhanced Online News) service. We mostly employed free word-of-mouth techniques to generate interest in Buzz2009 and wanted to see how an enhanced version of the more traditional PR route measured up [...]
Today’s Buzz2009 & webcast
Buzz2009 is taking place in Washington, D.C., today, and it’s SOLD OUT. Missed the FREE webinar? You can still catch it online in the archives: Buzz2009. One session of this summit on social media for trade associations – on the magic of viral marketing, led by Guy Kawasaki and Andy Sernovitz — is free and [...]
Live at TWTRCON: Tips and a touch of controversy
This post is from SmartBrief on Social Media contributing editor Ambreen Ali, who is at TWTRCON, the first conference entirely focused on Twitter as a business platform. There’s been a buzz of activity (and controversy!) at TWTRCON in San Francisco today. First, the controversy: The audience grilled Alltop’s Guy Kawasaki after he admitted to using [...]
Live from SXSW: The closing keynote
The closing keynote at SXSWi ‘09 was a spirited interview of Wired Editor-in-Chief and “free” advocate Chris Anderson by “all about the investment” venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki. Guy led with the tough questions and saved the softballs for later. Here’s a paraphrased version of their back and forth, SmartBriefed for you: GUY: In terms of [...]
