Social Media and the Enterprise Day to be Held at Upcoming Blog Business Summit

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 15, 2007

Businesses shopping for a Web 2.0-style platform to facilitate internal and external communications will need to look no further than the first day of September’s Blog Business Summit conference.

This year’s conference, which begins on September 17th, will feature a one-day workshop titled “Social Media in the Enterprise: Blogs, Wikis and Beyond.” Representatives from many of the major companies that produce platforms that leverage blogs, wikis and social networking tools to foster employee collaboration and creativity will be in attendance.

Companies signed on to demonstrate their tools and technologies for enterprise collaboration include: IBM Lotus, Blogtronix, WordPress, and Near-Time Systems.

“The idea is to expose our attendees to enterprise-relevant tools and platforms,” said conference organizer Steve Broback. “The day will give them a thorough understanding of what’s available and the best ways to use these tools to improve communications and manage knowledge.”

“CIOs and CTOs are now focusing on collaboration based on services-oriented architectures,” said Ed Brill, Business Unit Executive, Worldwide Lotus Notes/Domino Sales, IBM Software Group. “It’s clear that Web 2.0 technologies are taking us far beyond what Email and calendaring provide. We’re excited to have the opportunity to show how enterprise-based social networks can create truly integrated collaboration environments.”

“We’re thrilled to be included in the day,” said Vasil Mladjov, CEO of up-and-coming enterprise blogging platform Blogtronix. “This is an opportunity for us to showcase what makes Blogtronix unique while sharing our general expertise in the field of enterprise blogging.”

Companies that use internal collaboration software have seen their intra-office e-mail traffic reduced by as much as 30%. The result has been more time spent actually innovating and less time sorting through stacks of backlogged e-mail.

“We are excited to join the Summit,” said Reid Conrad, CEO of hosted wiki and weblog platform Near-Time. “This is a timely event to help businesses learn how to transform how they work with their customers, partners and markets by leveraging the new read-write Web.”

“I recently read that EMC is using our WordPress Multi-User offering to facilitate an internal communications system,” said Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of the popular open-source WordPress blogging software. “One of the great things about open-source software is that it can be customized for just about any purpose. EMC’s internal effort is a great example.”

Mullenweg will demonstrate WordPress MU at the enterprise day, and will deliver a keynote about open source blogging software at the main conference.

About the conference:

The Blog Business Summit is a conference series focused on the use of blogs and other social media in business. It is a leading authority on the development and implementation of successful business blogs. Its mission is to bring together expert bloggers and thought leaders with entrepreneurial and corporate executives for the purpose of developing and leveraging blogging platforms for profit, collaborative and public relations benefits.

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Long Island Businesses "Get Social" Networking for Fun and Profit

Melville, NY (PRWEB) November 3, 2008

Long Island-based businesses want to learn more about leveraging social networking in their marketing efforts. How can businesses incorporate blogging, microblogging and sharing tools and sites like WordPress, twitter, Facebook and more into their marketing activities? To help area businesses better assess, select and integrate social networking tools in their marketing efforts, LISTnet, the Long Island Software & Technology Network, will host a primer on social marketing and Web 2.0 for business owners, sales, marketing and information technology teams. Top Tips for Leveraging Social Networking in Business Marketing is sponsored by the Farmingdale Small Business Development Center and will be held Thursday, November 13, at 5:30 p.m. on the Farmingdale College campus. The presentation panel comprises area experts from Mitra Creative, Communication Strategy Group, CIOZone and the Long Island Association who will provide insight, guidance and real-world experience to attendees. Seating is limited, so attendees are encouraged to register at http://www.listnet.org/eventDetails.cfm?eventid=1186 .

“We hear from marketers and business owners with increasing frequency how they are looking for ways to integrate social marketing tools into their current marketing mix,” said Jim Garvey, co-chair of the LISTnet eBusiness Special Interest Group (SIG).

“Social networking is a very useful tool, especially in today’s market. LISTnet is excited to bring together this talented and experienced group to speak to area businesses about the impact social networking can have for their businesses,” said Peter Goldsmith, LISTnet president.

Meeting Agenda

1. Introduction to Social Marketing and Web 2.0

Long Island Businesses "Get Social" Networking for Fun and Profit

Voike Launches Voice-to-Web Social Networking Technology

Miami, FL (PRWEB) January 5, 2009

These would include Voike web site and links to WordPress, Facebook, MySpace, and other social platforms.

This technology also enhances the impact of e-mails and conference calls, with the ability to e-mail, forward, redistribute, re-play, reply, comment, and relay interactive voice messages.

Voike Launches Voice-to-Web Social Networking Technology

Overflight Service Adds Google Social Media Blog to Monitoring List

Harrod’s Creek, KY (PRWEB) February 17, 2009

ArnoldIT.com recently expanded and updated its Google Web log news stream service, Overflight, with Google’s Social Media blog and more.

Overflight is an very useful news monitoring tool developed by ArnoldIT.com to track certain content from Google’s more than 74 “official” blogs. Overflight is available for use at http://www.arnoldit.com/overflight/ at no charge. The splash page for this free service includes directions on how to test it.

“Most of the people with whom I speak are familiar with one or two of these publications,” ArnoldIt.com Managing Partner Stephen E. Arnold said of Google’s blogs. “However, when monitoring Google’s innovations, it is important to be able to get a quick view of what’s new on each of these publications.”

The Overflight service allows users to review news from Google’s own group of topic areas such as companywide news and announcements, product and developer information, social media roundups and much more. Combined with ArnoldIT’s new Google Patent search service at http://arnoldit.perfectsearchcorp.com/, Overflight can be used to triangulate Google activity.

ArnoldIT.com can develop an Oversight service tailored to client needs. To discuss a customized intelligence service, contact Arnold at sa [at] arnoldit.com.

About ArnoldIT.com

Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go “beyond search”. Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. For more information about Arnold IT, contact Stuart Schram, chief technology officer, at (502) 228-1966. The company’s Web site is http://arnoldit.com, and the Beyond Search blog is at http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/.

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VillageWorks Focuses on Social Media Marketing with a New Space and New Services

Frederick, MD (Vocus) April 3, 2009

VillageWorks, a consistent leader in modern marketing techniques, has made another bold move. The company is dedicating its focus to social media marketing with new services and a new location.

VillageWorks has moved downtown to 50 Citizens Way, Suite 402 in Frederick, MD. The move puts the company right in the midst of Fredericks vibrant downtown scene, a fitting symbol for the way the company puts their clients in the midst of conversations about their products and services, too.

We had a great opportunity to move to a space downtown where we can be right in the action, explains President Beth Schillaci. This is the perfect physical symbol of what we do for our clients, too we put them right in the middle of the action when it comes to conversations about their products and services and what their customers need.

VillageWorks is focusing on real-time market research and reputation management using the latest social media tools. VillageWorks monitors buzz about you, your company, your industry or even your competition across the Internet, from mainstream news to social media sites, to give you a real look at your target audience, what theyre saying and where theyre saying it.

Armed with this real-time research, VillageWorks will then develop a strategic plan to use the most appropriate new media tools from social networks to blogs and more to engage your audience where they already are. VillageWorks can implement that plan, or teach you how to do so in-house.

The reality is that today, marketing isnt about telling your story, its about having a conversation about what your customers want and need, says Schillaci. Conversational Marketing is not just social media tools like Facebook and Twitter; its a way of engaging with a target audience to have different conversations where they already are, instead of trying to pull them to where you are. Thats the reason why I call what we do conversational marketing because its about talking with, not just to, your entire audience. Conversations can occur at different points in an organization with partners, customer service or about new products. We help clients learn when, where and what people are saying about them, and then help them develop a way to respond.

To provide clients with everything they need to navigate the new media marketing landscape, VillageWorks has also added services, including:

Real-time market research for reputation management
Response management protocols and alerts
Strategic planning for conversational marketing
Implementation of conversational marketing plans
Training and support for implementation in-house or DIY

VillageWorks will also soon be offering workshops on topics that will include:

Strategic Social Media

What social media is, what it isnt, and how to do it right; market research; audience tailoring; resources to get it done.

Can you hear them talking?

What people are saying and how to find out; talking to people vs. talking about things; when to respond and how to do it

Social media platform specifics

Learn how to use some of the most popular social media tools including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and WordPress.

Every day there are new tools that companies can and possibly should be using to manage their reputations and market themselves, explains Schillaci. VillageWorks takes care of finding those tools and figuring out whats best for each company. Our goal is to create the strategic framework for success across all media and markets. Whether that means training clients to handle things in-house or taking care of everything here, our strategic conversational marketing consulting can help companies thrive in todays economy.

To learn more about VillageWorks or to sign up for Beth Schillacis blog on new media marketing, visit http://www.villageworks.net or call 240-529-3000.

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Comcast Business Class and BizTechDay Put Small Businesses with a Social Mission in the Spotlight

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 20, 2009

The Big Success Contest, the nation’s first video business pitch contest on Facebook, is giving small business owners a chance to be noticed by the entrepreneurial community while also winning an exclusive TV appearance and a trip to Miami.

Inventors, entrepreneurs and small business owners can enter the competition by submitting their 90-second video pitch on Facebook to be voted on by the entrepreneurial community. The competition consists of three quarterly rounds and leads up to the Big Success Grand Finale where the winners will present in front of a live audience and a panel of judges for a chance to win a 30-minute exclusive interview on CBS5 and a trip to Miami.

The finale will be presented as part of BizTechDay, the annual technology conference for small businesses held in San Francisco on Oct. 22-23, 2009.

The winner of the first round, which finished this spring, was the inventor of GymyGym, the world’s first ergonomically designed home/office chair combined with a full body fitness system. The judging event was attended by 150 people and the panel of judges included CEO of Eventbrite, former Google investor and Regional Vice President of Comcast Business Class.

The contest is currently in its second round, which emphasizes businesses with a social mission.

“During this economic downturn, entrepreneurs are looking for creative and economical ways to market their business,” said Edith Yeung, founder of BizTechDay and San Francisco Entrepreneur Meetup. “This contest is where the business community can broadcast their ideas to the world for free. The only rule is that your business should have a social mission that you believe everyone in the world should know about.”

During last year’s contest, held as a live event in San Francisco, even the runner up received national attention, which helped grow her business.

“After the contest last year, I was interviewed by the San Francisco Business Times and two other local publications that led to national interviews with my industry trade publications,” said Lucy Needham, President of LabelCalc. “My company’s revenue in the past quarter tripled, making the revenue close to the amount generated from the previous full year. The contest was one of my best experiences!”

About The Big Success Contest

The Big Success Contest (http://www.bigsuccess.tv or http://apps.facebook.com/bigsuccess), the nation’s first video business pitch contest on Facebook, provides opportunities for entrepreneurs to broadcast their businesses on the internet and in person.

About BizTechDay

BizTechDay (http://www.biztechday.com), the nation’s first annual technology day for small businesses, will be held Oct. 22-23 in South San Francisco. Last year’s conference featured Tim Ferriss, NY Times best-selling author of “The 4-Hour Workweek.” This year’s BizTechDay plans to attract 1200 small business owners and feature founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, popular non-fiction author Michael Gerber and other well-known business leaders.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com) is the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 24.4 million cable customers, 14.7 million high-speed Internet customers, and 6.1 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast’s content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten Comcast SportsNet networks and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast’s Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (http://www.comcast.net). Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

For more information:

Website: http://www.bigsuccess.tv

Facebook contest: http://apps.facebook.com/bigsuccess

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How to Keep From Falling off the Face of the Internet: New Handbook Provides Guide, Access to the Social Web

Austin (Vocus) July 22, 2009

Deltina Hay, an expert in open source programming and founder of SocialMediaPower.com, has produced a first-in-class technical handbook to mastering the application and integration of Web 2.0 tools. Written for entrepreneurs, small to medium size business owners, SEO firms, PR/marketing companies and students, this social media textbook provides valuable instruction for the novice user to the advanced developer.

My goal was to create a readable text that would help entrepreneurs and companies gain access to the millions of potential clients in the Social Web states Deltina Hay, author of A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization. My book does not just teach theory or how to blog, it empowers you with a sustainable, optimized Social Web presence for interacting with your target audiences.

Readers will enjoy over 400 pages of training, easy-to-follow screen shots and a companion CD to learn the fundamentals of Web 2.0from creating an impressive Facebook page to developing an optimization strategy for RSS feeds and employing widgets, building a WordPress site and podcasting/vidcasting/webcasting.

Table of Contents includes:

How to Keep From Falling off the Face of the Internet: New Handbook Provides Guide, Access to the Social Web

IntelBuilder 2.0 Social Media Platform - Software Release

West Palm Beach, FL (Vocus) October 27, 2009

Vesta Digital is proud to announce new release of IntelBuilder Social Media Platform 2.0, a viable web application framework offering both Content Management System and Social Media Marketing. IntelBuilder is proprietary Web 2.0 software application, W3C compliant and globally recognized and used by publicly traded companies such as Ruth Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc (NASDAQ: RUTH), MagneGas Corporation (OTCBB:MNGA) and Bio-Clean International (PINKSHEETS:BCLE). IntelBuilder software is continuously upgraded to offer the most advanced technology tools being available on the web today.

Platform Publishing and Website Builder Tools

When it comes to Content Management Systems (CMS), being competitive is the key. IntelBuilder offers a variety of standard and feature rich tools such as Text Editor, Contact Us form, Photo Gallery, Download Manager, RSS News and Google Maps. Web text, images and even flash elements can be easily edited and maintained. CMS also comes with ability to create unlimited pages and multiple sites in many foreign languages.

Blog software is part of the platform and is completely branded for each site created. Unlike WordPress, IntelBuilder users have ability to create posts without leaving their site and also automatically submit them to all registered social networking and bookmarking websites. Furthermore, it supports unique features such as social bookmarks, comments, tiny URLs, PDF generation and syndication feeds. Full Twitter conversation generator in to the back end of Blog module is the latest deployment with IntelBuilder 2.0. According to Artem Gassan, founder and CEO of Vesta Digital, it is only a beginning of our social media strategy and integration.

Social Media Marketing

Social media and social networking are seen as ways to build meaningful user-generated content, interaction and to help businesses better communicate with their customers. Social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and Linked In are all proving to be an inexpensive yet profitable way to reach new audience, promote and strengthen brands and improve customer relationships. IntelBuilder is developed for marketers looking to effectively leverage the power of social media to achieve online marketing success.

Social Media Platform Benefits

IntelBuilder solutions are both easy to use and robust to meet the needs of any business. The platform is offered at a very competitive price, flexible and scalable to offer additional functionality. Other benefits include automatic SEO optimization based on the content of the website and blog posts, extensive website reporting of web traffic and subscriber statistics, and automatic RSS distribution to Google, Yahoo, Bing and other major providers such as Ping-O-Matic dissemination and Technorati.

About Vesta Digital

Vesta Digital is a South Florida software and web development company, creating, developing and implementing web-based software solutions to help businesses of all sizes to enhance productivity by increasing efficiency and overall profitability.

Sofia Sapojnikova, Online Marketing

1-866-855-0966, ext. 302

http://www.vestadigital.com

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Integration of Social Media with Mainline Marketing Programs is Key to Success in 2010

Corvallis, OR (PRWEB) January 6, 2010

A social media strategy cannot stand alone to fully promote a brand, said Hope-Johnstone, to reach full marketing impact, you must integrate social media into a complete marketing approach. You must develop a marketing strategy that reaches as many of the ‘touch points’ as possible with your consumers.

Based on the popularity of his social media blog, http://www.buzzmaster.wordpress.com and his marketing book, How to Market Tourism in the 21st Century, http://www.johnhopejohnstone.com, John Hope-Johnstone has opened a new Public Relations and Social Media coaching organization “HPR Social Media”. HPR assists organizations and individuals to integrate their social media campaigns within their full marketing program.

“We heard clients say too often,” continued Hope-Johnstone, “that they were cutting back on other marketing tools and adding more social media because they believe that it’s inexpensive. Well, social media is labor intensive and, if done properly, it is not cheap.”

Social media is another tool in the markekting arsenal, it is not a stand alone product, as it is being used by so many organizations today.

We have, in the past, continued Hope-Johnstone, tried stand alone social media strategies. While they provided adequate public relations returns, they did not reach their full potential until they were combined into a unified program that utilized as many of the tools of marketing as possible. In 2009, Corvallis Tourism under my direction won the Governors Tourism Award for New Marketing Programs by integrating a social media strategy with other marketing tools, we would not have had the amazing results we achieved in that promotion, had we not used social media combined with other marketing tools to create a complete marketing approach.

HPR Social Media has developed a suite of scenarios that combine excellent social media strategies that complement and support the full brand marketing program. They are part of the gestalt of marketing and not separate.

In November 2009, HPR began coaching diverse clients in social media integration including; Tourism regions such as Sunset Country in Ontario Canada, Real Estate companies, Trade Associations, Community Colleges and non-profit organizations.

The response to our social media integration technique has been overwhelming, stated John Hope-Johnstone, We offer Social Media integration. We also offer social media seminars and one-on-one coaching. We are not bound geographically and use WebEx to reach organizations and individuals through live Webinars when in-person is not a possibility. This allows us to offer our services nationally and internationally.

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Retirement Media Inc. Embraces Social Media

Alpharetta, GA (PRWEB) January 7, 2010

Boomers are a fast growing segment of the users of social media content like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and blogs and are using this content to learn about retirement options, according to Robert Fowler, President of Retirement Media Inc.. According in the fourth quarter of last year, Retirement Media Inc. fully embraced Social Media and are using their existing websites for some of their social media content.

Retirement Media Inc. has web sites that focus on retirement communities, Boomer interests and even assisted living facilities with domains 55CommunityGuide.com, SmallTownRetirement.com, BoomerPlaces.com, SeniorCommunityGuide.com and AssistedLivingGuide.com.

Mr. Fowler says developing the social media has been a fun part of his job, much more so than developing web sites. I like the quickness of adding content and the interactivity that you get with social media. From my experiences with social media, I think Facebook is getting very popular with boomers but I have been most surprised with the usefulness and connectivity of Twitter.

Here are some of Retirement Media Inc. social media endeavors.

Facebook: is used by a lot of Boomers. Retirement Media has these Facebook pages:

Retirement Media

http://www.facebook.com/RetirementMedia provides information about retirement communities and the best small towns and cities to retire to as well as various issues for Baby Boomers.

Retirement Media Inc. Embraces Social Media

SOKULE Provides a Powerful Social Media Platform for Serious Business Exposure

New York City (PRWEB) April 18, 2010

SOKULE.com, a new social media network, offers small businesses a forum that allows them to save time while marketing their brands using the popularity of social media marketing. Business owners who are committed to utilizing a smart, profitable, and streamlined social media platform are now turning to SOKULE to help them quickly meet their online marketing needs.

SOKULE is a uniquely designed social media platform that operates in a similar fashion to Twitter, but includes additional features that streamline the process of social media marketing for small businesses.

Members of Sokule.com have the opportunity to “squeek” messages of up to 500 characters through Sokule.com, while simultaneously posting the same message to 38 additional social media profiles as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter, while also pinging blog sites like WordPress and Blogger with just 1 click.

This multi posting and pinging process ultimately provides better marketing exposure, because the messages will get indexed by search engines much more quickly than if a business owner were to update each site individually.

The primary goal of SOKULE founder Jane Mark and developer Phil Basten was to create a profile for small business owners that worked in the same way as other popular social media platforms.

Part of what can make running an e-commerce website difficult is the task of getting the message seen and heard by others online, especially in the beginning stages.

SOKULE makes this process simple and easy by alerting various blogs and social media sites in a manner that causes search engines to take notice of posts that originate from SOKULE.

This, in turn, offers fast and widespread exposure and faster search engine indexing for those who need traffic to their websites in order to get their businesses up and running.

SOKULE has also pioneered a mobile platform that allows members to post updates and send out messages while they are on the go and away from the office.

However, the main difference between SOKULE and traditional social media sites is that business owners can profit from using SOKULE to promote their own individual brands and products.

Though a base membership at SOKULE is free, another factor that makes SOKULE special is the ability for SOKULE upgraded members to earn commissions each time they refer a new upgraded member to the service.

Developer Phil Basten says that “This is the perfect membership for a business or individual who is really serious about using social networking to dominate their industry.”

For further information, please visit http://www.SOKULE.com

Media Contact:

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SOKULE

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New York, NY 10003

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SMOPAL, Social Media Optimization Software Released for Public Beta

Fresno, CA (PRWEB) June 14, 2010

SMOPal is proud to announce the beta launch of our new social media dashboard. Short for ‘social media optimization pal’, SMOPal streamlines the process of running a social media marketing campaign. Post content including updates, photo galleries, videos, blog posts and more to your favorite social networking sites and blogging platforms then monitor results on your SMOPal dashboard.

With service to Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, LinkedIn, Friendfeed, Youtube, Flickr, Blip.tv, Picasa, Twitpic, WordPress, LiveJournal and Blogger and more being added regularly, SMOPal lets users set up, manage and monitor social marketing campaigns for their business, client or multiple clients. A ‘private label’ offering is currently in development with release forthcoming shortly.

From your SMOPal dashboard, track such things as views, followers, inbound links, traffic sources and more for all of your social marketing campaigns. Initial users have reported productivity gains and time savings by having all of their information aggregated in one place instead of spread out through several different social networking platforms.

Starting today, we are inviting interested parties, clients, partners, and friends to set up, test, and use SMOPAL free of charge. We are requesting that beta testers provide feedback so that we can incorporate suggestions into the site.

Beta testing will continue until the software can be stabilized and is bug-free. At that time, beta testers will be able to purchase a subscription to continue to use SMOPAL at a reduced rate.

Please click here to the SMOPAL website.

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QNets Partnership with the Asian Bloggers and Social Media Conference 2010

New York, NY (Vocus) August 5, 2010

QNet, an international e-commerce and direct selling company, has recently partnered with the Asian Bloggers and Social Media Conference 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as part of its efforts to promote a better understanding of social media as an important communication and engagement platform.

In todays world of information overload and instant access to news and views from around the world, geographical boundaries and time zones seem to have little relevance. A recent report by Morgan Stanley on internet trends shows that people today are communicating more through social networking sites than through emails. This phenomenon also applies tobusiness and marketing strategies as the power that social media offers to consumers is significant. With blogs and online forums gaining more and more prominence as credible sources of information, it becomes important for businesses to listen in and participate in discussions about their brands and products.

Recently, the city of Kuala Lumpur hosted the Asian Bloggers and Social Media conference at the Berjaya Times Square hotel, which saw nearly 500 bloggers and social media enthusiasts gather for two days for a great lineup of speakers from various digital media.

QNet, as a prominent e-commerce company, has always strived to find innovative methods to communicate and engage with its customers. As a result, it was associated with this conference as the official e-commerce partner, and a delegation from QNets communication and marketing teams attended the two-day conference. Some of the key topics discussed included law and ethics in cyberspace; managing a brands online reputation; profit-making on the world’s leading blogging platform, WordPress; the differences between a journalist and a blogger; and the importance of developing social media strategies and objectives for one’s brand before jumping into the social media scene.

QNet Executive Chairperson Ms Donna Imson was one of the speakers at this event, on the topic Social Media Conversations: How to Gain Trust and Form Relationships with Your Community. She pointed out that an important aspect of QNets business model depended on the relationships people are able to form within their community. With QNet actively engaging with its customers through various social media channels, it has helped create a community within a community.

The keynote address at the conference was delivered by the 4th prime minister of Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir, himself a prominent blogger. He gave some thought-provoking ideas on how to stay relevant by using the medium as an engagement tool to develop a relationship with the audience. His message was simple and to the point: ‘Be responsible and always tell the truth.’ Other prominent speakers included Dato Seri Tony Fernandes of Air Asia, prominent Indian blogger and novelist Amit Varma of India Uncut, popular Malaysian Blogger and Journalist Niki Cheong, and social media specialist Rob Angeles from the Philippines.

ABOUT QNET

QNet is an international direct selling company established in 1998. Operating a global sales force, QNet offers a high-quality product portfolio consisting of innovative lifestyle products, including consumable and everyday items, personal care and wellness products, luxury and collectible items, vacation packages, and telecommunications.

QNet also provides business opportunities to millions of people around the world by offering entrepreneurial aspirants the opportunity to run their own business through an e-commerce platform, to promote the company and its products. QNet provides its representatives with the requisite training and business tools to succeed, and champions professional business and marketing practices at both corporate and network levels. Driven by the mission of RYTHM (Raise Yourself To Help Mankind), QNet is an active contributor to the support and sustainability of the communities in which it operates.

To learn more about QNet, visit http://www.qnet.net.

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Club Develops Social Media Network

(PRWeb UK) August 18, 2010

The Camping and Caravanning Club has expanded its social media network by adding a Facebook account and a WordPress blog to its online range of services.

The Club already has an account with micro-blogging site, Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/campandcaravan) but has since strengthened its online resources to help increase engagement with members and non-members whilst driving traffic through to its own website.

The additional social media channels will provide campers and caravanners with key opportunities to learn about The Clubs latest news, events and offers whilst also providing an outlet for people to express their opinions and discuss all aspects of the great outdoors.

The Clubs Marketing and Communications Director, Matthew Eastlake, is enthusiastic about the progression.

He said: As the social medium continues to grow, it has become increasingly important for The Club to connect with its members and non-members through a variety of interactive platforms.

Our Facebook, Twitter and WordPress blog pages offer an outlet for campers to increase their knowledge of The Club and share their views.

These sites will provide us with an additional resource to further understand peoples needs.

You can become a fan of The Camping and Caravanning Club by visiting and clicking the like button at: http://www.facebook.com/thefriendlyclub. The Clubs blog can also be viewed at: http://www.thefriendlyclub.wordpress.com

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Jon Dale, 024 7647 5204 jon.dale(at)thefriendlyclub.co(dot)uk

Kim Blythe, 024 7647 5224 kim.blythe(at)thefriendlyclub.co(dot)uk

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#Tweet4Toys Taps Twitter in Social Media for Social Good Campaign

Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) December 2, 2010

Every year The Salvation Army helps thousands of families during the holidays. Thanks to the generosity of so many Tulsans, most of the angels are adopted from the Angel Trees each year, but there are always some that do not get their holiday wishes fulfilled.

In 2009, The Tulsa Salvation Army had over 3,000 forgotten angels, said Lindsay Sparks, E-Marketing Director for the Salvation Army in Tulsa. When its time to give out gifts the forgotten angels are the ones still left on the trees. This year, Social Media Tulsas #Tweet4Toys will collect toys that will be used to insure every forgotten angel receives something special this Christmas.

The website, designed by Tulsas GuRuStu Group, was launched on Twitter via a press conference style chat. Tweet4toys.orgs features are as cutting edge as the campaign itself. People who include #Tweet4toys in their Tweets will see their profile photo appear on the site. A live counter will show how many times #tweet4toys has been tweeted, and if the tweet includes a photo, it will be included on the home page as well.

We believe even the smallest gesture of kindness toward a child will in turn benefit the world. This is why the GuRuStu Group felt compelled to donate its creative services to the Tweet4Toys campaign. We wanted to provide a website to serve as a central location for everyone to see all activity taking place with the toy drive. The Tweet4Toys website uses custom code to integrate the Twitter API and popular image hosting services within a WordPress powered site. — Stuart McDaniel, Founder and Managing Partner, The GuRuStu Group

Local businesses, families, and individuals can use the hashtag #Tweet4Toys to show their support in this toy drive. By sending out a tweet about participating, recruiting, or dropping off toys for #Tweet4Toys, Twitter users are helping spread the message about this fun opportunity.

Tulsa has a strong social media and blogging presence. It is unique, tight,and city focused. According to Twellow, an online Twitter directory, there are over 9,000 Tulsa related Twitter profiles. Social Media Tulsa and The Salvation Army believe it is time to take that passion and apply it to do great work for those in the community. Find out how to spread the word and where to drop off your toys.

If you are not in Tulsa and you still want to support #Tweet4toys, you can still participate via mobile giving. To make a $ 10 one-time gift, text the words Joy Toy to 85944. (Include the space)

The popular Twitter tips and tools account, @TweetSmarter posted this tweet to their 220,337 followers: Tweet4Toys helps the Salvation Army help kids: http://j.mp/fMUvtu “

“Tap11 partnered with Social Media Tulsa and The Salvation Army Tulsa to track all tweets containing the #Tweet4Toys hashtag. With Tap11′s Buzz Monitoring feature, we are able to see how many times the hashtag is mentioned, who the key influencers are, and which tweets containing the hashtag are most impactful. This will provide the Tweet4Toys program with invaluable insight around their campaign.” — Adam Zbar, CEO Tap11

“Using Twitter for Social good is a great way to contribute to the community.” — Ruben Orozco, Founder Tweetfind

During the December Social Media Tulsa meetup, attendees will fill the baskets for the forgotten angels, said Cheryl Lawson, founder and organizer of Social Media Tulsa. Dont get caught up in the stress of Christmas, stop for second and give back you will be glad you did. #Tweet4Toys is social media for social good.

One lucky attendee of the December meetup will win a Zi8 digital camera provided by Kodak, added Lawson. Join us as we make sure there are no forgotten angels in Tulsa this Christmas.

About Social Media Tulsa

It all began with Social Media Day Tulsa at Fat Guys Burger Bar in the historic Greenwood district. Social Media Tulsa is a community that allows its members to get together and talk about the impact of Social Media on business, news, entertainment, sports, non profit, and any other topics that need to be discussed. You don’t have to be an expert to join. Social Media and social networking is new and growing and no one can claim to know it all. Collectively, we can share knowledge. To Learn More visit SocialMediaTulsa.org

Follow Social Media Tulsa on Twitter @SocMediaTulsa.

About Tulsa Salvation Army

The Salvation Army operates year-round programs throughout the Tulsa community with the goal of meeting human needs whenever and wherever possible, using proven methods. The Salvation Army ministers to the mental, spiritual, moral, and physical needs of individuals at the point of need, and at the time of need. Each program is developed to deliver special assistance to a population that otherwise has no resources. To learn more visit salarmytulsa.blogspot.com.

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SocialGO Version 2 Looks To Take Social Networking Sites To The Next Level

(Vocus/PRWEB) April 12, 2011

SocialGO is releasing the second version of their incredibly popular social networking platform. The team at SocialGO have been working diligently to improve their already impressive social networking software to fit the needs of their customers and to advance their customers ability to build the next generation of social website.

The term social website is used by SocialGO to explain their Version 2 platform, suitably titled V2. They are moving away from the term social networking website to simply social website because they believe it signifies the growth and maturity of the social web with the majority of websites now being social. A social website should inhabit the next movement in social network development, allowing the user to increase their websites potential and further themselves in the growing market of social media.

One of the areas that SocialGO has improved is the container of the site. The container includes the look and feel of the website as well as the privacy settings, domain name and navigation. The V2 container is touted as being extremely advanced and offering unparalleled flexibility.

Another advancement that SocialGO has made is to make adding content easier for the user to post online. Text, photos and video, under V2, is made to be as simple and flexible as possible for anyone to create a website, add content to it and distribute that content widely to Facebook and Twitter.

To help make the sites look fantastic, SocialGO has teamed up with WooThemes, WordPresss largest and most popular theme developer. Some of WooThemess most popular themes are going to be available on the SocialGO V2 platform, starting with the theme Canvas, in the beta program.

The highly anticipated version 2 platform from SocialGO has been reported on multiple social network blogs as one of the most anxiously awaited releases of 2011. With version one creating waves in the social networking universe, the second version, with the focus on making a social website, should prove just as exciting.

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PrayerGroup Christian Social Network Announces Christian Blog Forum

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 16, 2011

PrayerGroup, a social media company, announced today that it has developed an international Christian blog forum, allowing people from all over the world a place to share their faith through blogging. The forum, which is integrated into PrayerGroups online Christian social network; provides bloggers with the opportunity to either post blogs within the forum or link back to their external Christian blog.

We have worked hard to provide our members with the ability to simply integrate their already existing blogs into PrayerGroup so our worldwide community can enjoy them, said Vince Jensen, founder. Besides links, we also offer RSS feeds and an integrated WordPress application so members can post their thoughts on faith in one single place, he said.

The Christian blog feature was added to compliment the Christian chat and prayer request forums within its Christian social network. The online Christian community continues to develop features to enable people to collaborate as they share pictures, christian videos, christian music and other faith-based content.

There are very few Christian blogs on the web that are integrated into a full social network. said Mr. Jensen. This allows Christians to easily share ideas, meet each other and enjoy their faith together, he added.

At the heart of PrayerGroups Christian blog section is its robust search engine optimization. This allows Christian blogs to quickly spread through search engines worldwide.

For more information please visit PrayerGroup at http://www.prayergroup.org

About PrayerGroup

PrayerGroup is dedicated to providing faith-based content through a social media platform. Building on the need for a worldwide Christian Social Network. PrayerGroup.org offers Christians around the world a place to share their faith online. Its Christian social network is noticeably rich in faith-based media content such as Christian music, videos and Christian blogs but remains equally focused on worship. PrayerGroup offers an international prayer request exchange online, online bible and other faith-based forums to members across the globe. Its mission is to unite the world by expanding human compassion and the gift of collective prayer.

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Atomic Training Announces Social Media Training Tutorials

(PRWEB) September 21, 2011

Atomic Training, a leading provider of on-demand software training, has announced the availability of its social media training tutorials. These tutorials, available for all learning levels from novice to expert, are broken down into easy to navigate 1-3 minute segments.

Tutorials are available for Twitter, Skype, Facebook

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Buddy Media Launches ReachBuddy to Bring Power of Social Content to Entire Web

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 19, 2011

Buddy Media, the social enterprise software of choice for eight of the worlds top ten global advertisers, today announced the launch of ReachBuddy, a new product in the Buddy Media social marketing suite. ReachBuddy gives brands, retailers, publishers and their agencies powerful tools to create, manage and track social content anywhere on the web.

As the only company to be named a charter preferred developer partner by both Facebook and LinkedIn, Buddy Media is now also the only social enterprise company to power connections across all major social networks as well as the open web. Buddy Media ReachBuddy Beta partners include PepsiCo, Hearst Magazines Digital Media, Carnival Cruise Lines and Refinery29.

ReachBuddy is the fourth product in the Buddy Media social marketing suite and comes one month after the launch of ConversionBuddy, which allows brands to track consumer social interactions (shares, tweets) through to consumer actions (sales, conversions). ReachBuddy brings the social graphs of Facebook and Twitter to YouTube pages and blog platforms like Tumblr and WordPress, as well as to any website, landing page or microsite.

Social platforms like Facebook and Twitter are extremely important to our business, but we cannot overlook our web presence, said Shiv Singh, Global Head of Digital, PepsiCo Beverages. With ReachBuddy, we can now bring the social experiences we love from Facebook to our websites as well, all from one unified solution that was built from the ground up to power social. Its an incredible efficiency gain, and allows us to track how content deployed on the web is performing compared to content within social networks. Weve wanted to be able to do this for quite some time, and thanks to Buddy Media, its now possible.

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Cybasumo.com Launches E-Commerce Solution Created Specifically for Artists on Social Networks

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 4, 2008

CybaSumo.com today officially launched the first ecommerce solution for artists and other creators on social networks. Makers of photography, video, music, digital art, eBooks, and fashion can easily market and sell a wide variety products right on Facebook, MySpace, WordPress blogs and any HTML website.

Founded by Web entrepreneurs Dag Gogue and Francis Davidson, CybaSumo gives sellers a storefront and a portable widget they can take with them to their social networks so they can earn money from various types of creative and artistic products.

“CybaSumo gives social networkers a powerful new way to translate their online reputations and Internet contacts into a viable business model,” said Dag Gogue, co-founder of CybaSumo. “We are creating a new marketplace for a new generation of artists and other creators — a generation fed up with the hassles and fees of sites such as eBay that don’t address their unique needs.”

At http://www.cybasumo.com, sellers can sign up for their own personalized storefront. Anyone visiting CybaSumo.com can browse the hundreds of stores in different categories. CybaSumo takes the concept one step further with the ‘portable store’ — a Flash widget sellers can embed into their social network pages. The seller’s contacts can then click on the widget and have immediate access to the owner’s unique storefront without leaving the social networking site.

“CybaSumo is suited for digital and tangible creations,” said Francis Davidson, CybaSumo’s other co-founder. “Purchasers can download digital goods right away, or order tangible items for shipping. Sellers can list fashion items, and more goods are coming, such as t-shirts, caps, mugs. The possibilities are endless.”

Browsing, previews, and the shopping cart are handled within the widget, so the prospective shopper does not need to leave the widget until it’s time to check out. CybaSumo has been designed to be very easy to use and customize, unlike other complicated store management and catalog systems. The site handles everything from catalog management, previews, software updates, billing, to digital order fulfillment — leaving sellers to focus on creating new works.

“Social networks are one of the most powerful tools on the Internet, and creative individuals need tools to leverage social networks’ massive influence,” Davidson said. “It can be hard to stand out, but we’re here to help make business sense of it all in a profitable way – for sellers and for us.”

About CybaSumo

CybaSumo.com is a site for artists and other creatives to sell their work where their friends and fans congregate – social networks. Formed by combining the Latin words cyba for “merchant” and sumo for “to buy,” CybaSumo gives users an easy-to-use, cost-effective method to profit from Facebook, MySpace, blogs and any Web site.

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