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February 2011

Social Media Strategy

Connect.

February 1, 2011
Brandon Sutton and Mikey at Vista Caballo, June 2010

We’ve gone through the process of Listening for opportunities and we have Imagined how we can provide solutions – now it’s time to Connect.

During the Imagine stage, we no doubt came up with several ideas for potential social intersections to be explored.  Now it’s time to connect.  Connecting is the tactical phase of social media engagement where we reach out to key people or even entire communities with our message.  We connect with people where they are, not where we think they should be. It’s a bonus if they are participating in communities or networks that we are already involved with, but that’s not always the way it works out.  Continue Reading…

Social Media Strategy

Inspire.

February 1, 2011
Inspire

If we’ve done our job, we have Listened to the existing conversations, imagined how we can become part of them by providing value to the community, and connected with the people that will benefit from our message.  Now for the payoff! We Inspire others to take action, to share our message, and hopefully both.

It is a rare occurrence to truly inspire people with communications.  Inspiration occurs when we strike deep emotional chords with others in such a way that they can’t help but share their experience with everyone they know. When this happens through digital media, the results can be staggering. Continue Reading…