Provided By YouTube
Emerging Technologies: Chris Smith at Mega Technology Camp
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Standout through your strengths
Provided By KW Blog
“Which do you think will help you be most successful? Strengths or Mistakes?” asked best-selling author and Mega Leadership Keynote Speaker, Marcus Buckingham.
With everyone in the audience holding a copy of his new book Standout, Buckingham explained that we spend more time fixing ours and others weaknesses than we do building strengths. Which is exactly why he wrote Standout, and created an assessment, similar to Strengths Finder, to help leaders find the personal edge that will help them win at work.
“The series of questions and the results that follow will help you identify where you’ll have an unfair advantage. The focus this time is on performance. We’re helping you ask and answer the question ‘How Do I Win?’”
Buckingham then described the nine leadership categories that people typically fall into, noting that, “you probably all have a lot of these, yet there are two that characterize your leadership style more strongly than the others.”
1. Adviser: This person asks “What is the best thing to do?” They are energized by other people’s problems and often feel excited and empowered by having an answer.
2. Connector: This person asks “Who/What can I connect?” They see the best in people and find others to connect them with to make everyone better.
3. Creator: This person asks “What do I understand?” Buckingham joked, “these people are in the audience thinking about how this book was written, what research they provided and are already noodling over how much their going to noodle over it!”
4. Equalizer: This person asks “What is the right thing to do?” These individuals want restitution, process and predictability. People like them because they are reliable and the relationship is predictable.
5. Influencer: “How can I move you to act?” This individual’s world is made up of momentum and in persuading someone to do something.
6. Pioneer: “What’s New?” These people think the world is a friendly place with opportunity, are very entrepreneurial and embrace ambiguity.
7. Provider: These people asks “Are you OK?” Emotionally they want to know where you are at.
8. Stimulator: These people ask “How Do I Raise the Energy?”
9. Teacher: These individuals ask “What can I/she/he learn?” They believe no one is ever completely developed and can always learn more.
“You may surprised at your results. This isn’t necessarily how you see yourself – this is how others see you,” Buckingham noted. And if you’re wondering whether there is a perfect profile? For salespeople an ideal profile is Influencer, Connector, Equalizer and Teacher.
“If there’s anything I want you to get out of this today is that if you know and play to your strengths maybe tomorrow will be a slightly stronger day. And then you’ll be able to make everyday after a better one than the day before.”
“Which do you think will help you be most successful? Strengths or Mistakes?” asked best-selling author and Mega Leadership Keynote Speaker, Marcus Buckingham.
With everyone in the audience holding a copy of his new book Standout, Buckingham explained that we spend more time fixing ours and others weaknesses than we do building strengths. Which is exactly why he wrote Standout, and created an assessment, similar to Strengths Finder, to help leaders find the personal edge that will help them win at work.
“The series of questions and the results that follow will help you identify where you’ll have an unfair advantage. The focus this time is on performance. We’re helping you ask and answer the question ‘How Do I Win?’”
Buckingham then described the nine leadership categories that people typically fall into, noting that, “you probably all have a lot of these, yet there are two that characterize your leadership style more strongly than the others.”
1. Adviser: This person asks “What is the best thing to do?” They are energized by other people’s problems and often feel excited and empowered by having an answer.
2. Connector: This person asks “Who/What can I connect?” They see the best in people and find others to connect them with to make everyone better.
3. Creator: This person asks “What do I understand?” Buckingham joked, “these people are in the audience thinking about how this book was written, what research they provided and are already noodling over how much their going to noodle over it!”
4. Equalizer: This person asks “What is the right thing to do?” These individuals want restitution, process and predictability. People like them because they are reliable and the relationship is predictable.
5. Influencer: “How can I move you to act?” This individual’s world is made up of momentum and in persuading someone to do something.
6. Pioneer: “What’s New?” These people think the world is a friendly place with opportunity, are very entrepreneurial and embrace ambiguity.
7. Provider: These people asks “Are you OK?” Emotionally they want to know where you are at.
8. Stimulator: These people ask “How Do I Raise the Energy?”
9. Teacher: These individuals ask “What can I/she/he learn?” They believe no one is ever completely developed and can always learn more.
“You may surprised at your results. This isn’t necessarily how you see yourself – this is how others see you,” Buckingham noted. And if you’re wondering whether there is a perfect profile? For salespeople an ideal profile is Influencer, Connector, Equalizer and Teacher.
“If there’s anything I want you to get out of this today is that if you know and play to your strengths maybe tomorrow will be a slightly stronger day. And then you’ll be able to make everyday after a better one than the day before.”
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
KW is Foodspotting Across Austin!
Provided By KW Blog
Coming to Austin for Mega Camp, another event or just to visit KW…and just not sure where or what to eat? Well, we are here to help! Austin is full of amazing restaurants and there are so many choices. To make it a little easier on our guests, we created a Food Guide on Foodspotting.
So, first things first, what is Foodspotting? Foodspotting is a unique local guide where you can find and visually see what people have “Spotted” at restaurants–to see what looks good to you or discover something new. Maybe you would never try the Pasta with Clams, but it looks so good that you can’t pass it up (that’s me)! It is a very fun way to visually see what looks tasty, instead of reading through reviews. Basically it is social media heaven for foodies!
There are two ways to participate on Foodspotting: as a foodseeker or as a foodspotter, or in my case, as both.
As a foodseeker, you can search by food type, neighborhood, city, or you can look up specific restaurants (see below).
Another fun option is to bookmark foods that look good to you that you might want to check out later (see left). You can do this by researching restaurants or by seeing what people you follow have spotted.
As a foodspotter, you take a photo of your food and share it by uploading your photo, you can become a dish expert by spotting the same types of foods (for example, I am a seafood and soup expert on Foodspotting), or by following people or guides that you find interesting.
Uploading food I have "Spotted"
And after you have completed uploading the photo and review (see left), it will show up in the streams of people following you on Foodspotting and connected to that specific restaurant. You also have the option to feed the review and photo through to Twitter and Facebook if you choose.
As I mentioned earlier we just created “Keller Williams Realty’s Guide to Austin” (see image below) to help you find and follow food we love. Guides work this way: you follow the guide and try to “spot” the dishes listed in the guide. So, if you follow our guide, go to the guide on your smart phone or online and click “Spot” for that dish, for example, the beef brisket at Franklin Barbecue or one of Mo’s favorite dishes, the Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf at Bess, you would then upload the photo and it would then show up that you uploaded to our guide. Make sure the name of the dish is consistent so you get credit!
The more food you spot on our guide, you will get the opportunity to get the “KW Foodspotting Badge” (the KW logo on the guide) for Austin and the chance to win a copy of Green Your Home!
So, how do you sign up? All you have to do is download the free application to your smart phone or sign up on http://www.foodspotting.com and create an account. Currently the application is available for Windows Phones, iPhone and Android. Click here to download the app.
To follow our guide go here: Keller Williams Realty’s Guide to Austin. Make sure to follow the guide and you are set!
Don’t wait until Mega Camp or until you are in Austin to start Foodspotting! Get started tonight out at dinner, while grabbing a Latte at your favorite coffee shop or maybe even get creative and put together a guide for your neighborhood and promote it to your clients. Most of all, have fun and happy Foodspotting!
Coming to Austin for Mega Camp, another event or just to visit KW…and just not sure where or what to eat? Well, we are here to help! Austin is full of amazing restaurants and there are so many choices. To make it a little easier on our guests, we created a Food Guide on Foodspotting.
So, first things first, what is Foodspotting? Foodspotting is a unique local guide where you can find and visually see what people have “Spotted” at restaurants–to see what looks good to you or discover something new. Maybe you would never try the Pasta with Clams, but it looks so good that you can’t pass it up (that’s me)! It is a very fun way to visually see what looks tasty, instead of reading through reviews. Basically it is social media heaven for foodies!
There are two ways to participate on Foodspotting: as a foodseeker or as a foodspotter, or in my case, as both.
As a foodseeker, you can search by food type, neighborhood, city, or you can look up specific restaurants (see below).
Another fun option is to bookmark foods that look good to you that you might want to check out later (see left). You can do this by researching restaurants or by seeing what people you follow have spotted.
As a foodspotter, you take a photo of your food and share it by uploading your photo, you can become a dish expert by spotting the same types of foods (for example, I am a seafood and soup expert on Foodspotting), or by following people or guides that you find interesting.
Uploading food I have "Spotted"
And after you have completed uploading the photo and review (see left), it will show up in the streams of people following you on Foodspotting and connected to that specific restaurant. You also have the option to feed the review and photo through to Twitter and Facebook if you choose.
As I mentioned earlier we just created “Keller Williams Realty’s Guide to Austin” (see image below) to help you find and follow food we love. Guides work this way: you follow the guide and try to “spot” the dishes listed in the guide. So, if you follow our guide, go to the guide on your smart phone or online and click “Spot” for that dish, for example, the beef brisket at Franklin Barbecue or one of Mo’s favorite dishes, the Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf at Bess, you would then upload the photo and it would then show up that you uploaded to our guide. Make sure the name of the dish is consistent so you get credit!
The more food you spot on our guide, you will get the opportunity to get the “KW Foodspotting Badge” (the KW logo on the guide) for Austin and the chance to win a copy of Green Your Home!
So, how do you sign up? All you have to do is download the free application to your smart phone or sign up on http://www.foodspotting.com and create an account. Currently the application is available for Windows Phones, iPhone and Android. Click here to download the app.
To follow our guide go here: Keller Williams Realty’s Guide to Austin. Make sure to follow the guide and you are set!
Don’t wait until Mega Camp or until you are in Austin to start Foodspotting! Get started tonight out at dinner, while grabbing a Latte at your favorite coffee shop or maybe even get creative and put together a guide for your neighborhood and promote it to your clients. Most of all, have fun and happy Foodspotting!
Monday, September 19, 2011
Who’s Ready for Mega Camp 2011?
Provided By KW Blog
The Keller Williams Realty International Support Center (KWRI) is abuzz with preparations for the real estate industry’s No. 1 event where real estate professionals gather to transform their careers with the latest insights, trends and skills straight from the BEST agents in the industry.
The panelists have been chosen.
The topics confirmed (well, almost!).
The speakers have prepared their speeches.
And Austin, Texas is preparing for its post-Austin City Limits influx of agents from across the United States, Canada and beyond!
There’s a lot to expect and experience at Mega Camp. Stellar panels, power-packed sessions. People, places, parties. New faces and friends. And enough tips and tricks to take your business to the next level!
Not to mention daily coverage via the KW Blog of the hottest, most-talked about moments happening throughout the day. You’ll hear from power house entrepreneur, REALTOR®, author, reigning “Queen of Systems and Scripts” and MAPS President, Dianna Kokoszka. You’ll hear from industry elite and Internet Marketing experts like Ben Kinney (@benkinney), Keller Williams Realty’s Executive Director of Technology Cary Sylvester, and Inman Next’s Chris Smith (@Chris_Smth).
You’ll read our Keller Williams University course-writer’s perspective on panels and presentations and hopefully experience Mega Camp through the eyes of fellow attendees like Chris Alston (@Chris_Alston) and Liz Landry (@Liz_Landry). We’ll also give you the full Mega Camp experience with highlights from Keller Williams Realty’s Chairman of the Board, Gary Keller when he speaks with co-author and Vice President of Publishing and Executive Editor Jay Papasan (@jaypapasan) on the Power of One – a topic that will be the focus of his new, soon-to-be-released book.
On the social media front, our Tweeps will be Tweeting up a storm (#KWMC) giving you minute-by-minute, or better yet, second-by-second updates straight from stage. Thanks to Liz for putting together a great list of people who will be Tweeting directly from the event including @kwri and yours truly @kwrinews!) She also gives you a great rundown on how to use Hootsuite Streams to simplify your Mega Camp following frenzy! Go Liz!
And our Facebook folks will be posting tons of pics and maybe even a few videos of their own. We hope you’ll be a part of the conversation and give us your first-hand experience of the event. (You can also post directly to the MAPS Coaching Facebook Page)
All-in-all this year is going to be incredible. With more than 10,000 registrants, three major sessions (Mega Tech, Mega Agent, Mega Leadership), nearly 100 panelists and speakers, and five days of content that’ll have you thinking and rethinking how your business is run, this really is going to be the BEST MEGA CAMP YET!
Ready, set, GO!
The Keller Williams Realty International Support Center (KWRI) is abuzz with preparations for the real estate industry’s No. 1 event where real estate professionals gather to transform their careers with the latest insights, trends and skills straight from the BEST agents in the industry.
The panelists have been chosen.
The topics confirmed (well, almost!).
The speakers have prepared their speeches.
And Austin, Texas is preparing for its post-Austin City Limits influx of agents from across the United States, Canada and beyond!
There’s a lot to expect and experience at Mega Camp. Stellar panels, power-packed sessions. People, places, parties. New faces and friends. And enough tips and tricks to take your business to the next level!
Not to mention daily coverage via the KW Blog of the hottest, most-talked about moments happening throughout the day. You’ll hear from power house entrepreneur, REALTOR®, author, reigning “Queen of Systems and Scripts” and MAPS President, Dianna Kokoszka. You’ll hear from industry elite and Internet Marketing experts like Ben Kinney (@benkinney), Keller Williams Realty’s Executive Director of Technology Cary Sylvester, and Inman Next’s Chris Smith (@Chris_Smth).
You’ll read our Keller Williams University course-writer’s perspective on panels and presentations and hopefully experience Mega Camp through the eyes of fellow attendees like Chris Alston (@Chris_Alston) and Liz Landry (@Liz_Landry). We’ll also give you the full Mega Camp experience with highlights from Keller Williams Realty’s Chairman of the Board, Gary Keller when he speaks with co-author and Vice President of Publishing and Executive Editor Jay Papasan (@jaypapasan) on the Power of One – a topic that will be the focus of his new, soon-to-be-released book.
On the social media front, our Tweeps will be Tweeting up a storm (#KWMC) giving you minute-by-minute, or better yet, second-by-second updates straight from stage. Thanks to Liz for putting together a great list of people who will be Tweeting directly from the event including @kwri and yours truly @kwrinews!) She also gives you a great rundown on how to use Hootsuite Streams to simplify your Mega Camp following frenzy! Go Liz!
And our Facebook folks will be posting tons of pics and maybe even a few videos of their own. We hope you’ll be a part of the conversation and give us your first-hand experience of the event. (You can also post directly to the MAPS Coaching Facebook Page)
All-in-all this year is going to be incredible. With more than 10,000 registrants, three major sessions (Mega Tech, Mega Agent, Mega Leadership), nearly 100 panelists and speakers, and five days of content that’ll have you thinking and rethinking how your business is run, this really is going to be the BEST MEGA CAMP YET!
Ready, set, GO!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Willing to Make the Sacrifice
Provided By Realty Times
A Champion is ready and willing to make the sacrifice that is necessary. The challenge for most people climbing the ladder of success to becoming a Champion is knowing when and how much sacrifice is necessary. The key is making the right sacrifice needed for the situation. Too often, Agents expect to give up too much. I was speaking with an Agent the other day who wanted to be one of the top Agents in his marketplace.
Based on his comments, I knew he thought the only path to real estate sales success was being a workaholic. As we spoke further, he began to understand there were other, better avenues of success other than a 70 hour work week; that he could achieve a large, successful sales practice by putting forth the effort of sacrifice plus a little bit more.
I don't believe people need to work 70 hour work weeks to achieve success. It only demonstrates how inefficient one is with the use of their time in activities. It also speaks to a lack of skills that create revenue. Conversely, I do not believe people achieve wealth and success by working a typical 40 hour work week as most workers do. I know that to achieve success and wealth and quality of life, you have to sacrifice by putting in a little more effort than the next guy.
Once you have increased your skill level to the Champion's level, you can go well below a 40 hour work week and still earn a large income. It's the climb up the success mountain that too many people either don't give enough or give too much to. In terms of work hours, if you are in a growth stage of your business, I believe around 50 hours a week is required.
Too many of us stop short of what is needed and required. Because we have allocated fewer resources than required, the results are guaranteed to fall short of expectations. Others sacrifice more than is needed, which is a waste of resources. You can kill a fly with a bomb, but it's really more sacrifice, resources, and power than is necessary. The question is, are you currently making the right amount of sacrifice to be a Champion Agent?
A Champion is ready and willing to make the sacrifice that is necessary. The challenge for most people climbing the ladder of success to becoming a Champion is knowing when and how much sacrifice is necessary. The key is making the right sacrifice needed for the situation. Too often, Agents expect to give up too much. I was speaking with an Agent the other day who wanted to be one of the top Agents in his marketplace.
Based on his comments, I knew he thought the only path to real estate sales success was being a workaholic. As we spoke further, he began to understand there were other, better avenues of success other than a 70 hour work week; that he could achieve a large, successful sales practice by putting forth the effort of sacrifice plus a little bit more.
I don't believe people need to work 70 hour work weeks to achieve success. It only demonstrates how inefficient one is with the use of their time in activities. It also speaks to a lack of skills that create revenue. Conversely, I do not believe people achieve wealth and success by working a typical 40 hour work week as most workers do. I know that to achieve success and wealth and quality of life, you have to sacrifice by putting in a little more effort than the next guy.
Once you have increased your skill level to the Champion's level, you can go well below a 40 hour work week and still earn a large income. It's the climb up the success mountain that too many people either don't give enough or give too much to. In terms of work hours, if you are in a growth stage of your business, I believe around 50 hours a week is required.
Too many of us stop short of what is needed and required. Because we have allocated fewer resources than required, the results are guaranteed to fall short of expectations. Others sacrifice more than is needed, which is a waste of resources. You can kill a fly with a bomb, but it's really more sacrifice, resources, and power than is necessary. The question is, are you currently making the right amount of sacrifice to be a Champion Agent?
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
KW is Foodspotting Across Austin!
Provided By KW Blog
Coming to Austin for Mega Camp, another event or just to visit KW…and just not sure where or what to eat? Well, we are here to help! Austin is full of amazing restaurants and there are so many choices. To make it a little easier on our guests, we created a Food Guide on Foodspotting.
So, first things first, what is Foodspotting? Foodspotting is a unique local guide where you can find and visually see what people have “Spotted” at restaurants–to see what looks good to you or discover something new. Maybe you would never try the Pasta with Clams, but it looks so good that you can’t pass it up (that’s me)! It is a very fun way to visually see what looks tasty, instead of reading through reviews. Basically it is social media heaven for foodies!
There are two ways to participate on Foodspotting: as a foodseeker or as a foodspotter, or in my case, as both.
As a foodseeker, you can search by food type, neighborhood, city, or you can look up specific restaurants.
Another fun option is to bookmark foods that look good to you that you might want to check out later (see left). You can do this by researching restaurants or by seeing what people you follow have spotted.
As a foodspotter, you take a photo of your food and share it by uploading your photo, you can become a dish expert by spotting the same types of foods (for example, I am a seafood and soup expert on Foodspotting), or by following people or guides that you find interesting.
Uploading food I have "Spotted"
And after you have completed uploading the photo and review (see left), it will show up in the streams of people following you on Foodspotting and connected to that specific restaurant. You also have the option to feed the review and photo through to Twitter and Facebook if you choose.
As I mentioned earlier we just created “Keller Williams Realty’s Guide to Austin” (see image below) to help you find and follow food we love. Guides work this way: you follow the guide and try to “spot” the dishes listed in the guide. So, if you follow our guide, go to the guide on your smart phone or online and click “Spot” for that dish, for example, the beef brisket at Franklin Barbecue or one of Mo’s favorite dishes, the Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf at Bess, you would then upload the photo and it would then show up that you uploaded to our guide. Make sure the name of the dish is consistent so you get credit!
The more food you spot on our guide, you will get the opportunity to get the “KW Foodspotting Badge” (the KW logo on the guide) for Austin and the chance to win a copy of Green Your Home!
So, how do you sign up? All you have to do is download the free application to your smart phone or sign up on http://www.foodspotting.com and create an account. Currently the application is available for Windows Phones, iPhone and Android. Click here to download the app.
To follow our guide go here: Keller Williams Realty’s Guide to Austin. Make sure to follow the guide and you are set!
Don’t wait until Mega Camp or until you are in Austin to start Foodspotting! Get started tonight out at dinner, while grabbing a Latte at your favorite coffee shop or maybe even get creative and put together a guide for your neighborhood and promote it to your clients. Most of all, have fun and happy Foodspotting!
Coming to Austin for Mega Camp, another event or just to visit KW…and just not sure where or what to eat? Well, we are here to help! Austin is full of amazing restaurants and there are so many choices. To make it a little easier on our guests, we created a Food Guide on Foodspotting.
So, first things first, what is Foodspotting? Foodspotting is a unique local guide where you can find and visually see what people have “Spotted” at restaurants–to see what looks good to you or discover something new. Maybe you would never try the Pasta with Clams, but it looks so good that you can’t pass it up (that’s me)! It is a very fun way to visually see what looks tasty, instead of reading through reviews. Basically it is social media heaven for foodies!
There are two ways to participate on Foodspotting: as a foodseeker or as a foodspotter, or in my case, as both.
As a foodseeker, you can search by food type, neighborhood, city, or you can look up specific restaurants.
Another fun option is to bookmark foods that look good to you that you might want to check out later (see left). You can do this by researching restaurants or by seeing what people you follow have spotted.
As a foodspotter, you take a photo of your food and share it by uploading your photo, you can become a dish expert by spotting the same types of foods (for example, I am a seafood and soup expert on Foodspotting), or by following people or guides that you find interesting.
Uploading food I have "Spotted"
And after you have completed uploading the photo and review (see left), it will show up in the streams of people following you on Foodspotting and connected to that specific restaurant. You also have the option to feed the review and photo through to Twitter and Facebook if you choose.
As I mentioned earlier we just created “Keller Williams Realty’s Guide to Austin” (see image below) to help you find and follow food we love. Guides work this way: you follow the guide and try to “spot” the dishes listed in the guide. So, if you follow our guide, go to the guide on your smart phone or online and click “Spot” for that dish, for example, the beef brisket at Franklin Barbecue or one of Mo’s favorite dishes, the Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf at Bess, you would then upload the photo and it would then show up that you uploaded to our guide. Make sure the name of the dish is consistent so you get credit!
The more food you spot on our guide, you will get the opportunity to get the “KW Foodspotting Badge” (the KW logo on the guide) for Austin and the chance to win a copy of Green Your Home!
So, how do you sign up? All you have to do is download the free application to your smart phone or sign up on http://www.foodspotting.com and create an account. Currently the application is available for Windows Phones, iPhone and Android. Click here to download the app.
To follow our guide go here: Keller Williams Realty’s Guide to Austin. Make sure to follow the guide and you are set!
Don’t wait until Mega Camp or until you are in Austin to start Foodspotting! Get started tonight out at dinner, while grabbing a Latte at your favorite coffee shop or maybe even get creative and put together a guide for your neighborhood and promote it to your clients. Most of all, have fun and happy Foodspotting!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Manage your social brand on a budget
Provided By KW Blog
5 tools to maximize your social influence.
Maximizing your social influence doesn’t have to take a lot of time or money. In fact, spending 20 minutes a day Tweeting, Facebooking and general stalking is all you need to keep the conversation going. Here’s a quick rundown of a few popular social media management tools that can help you build more buzz in minimal time and for less buck.
TweetDeck: TweetDeck allows users to monitor and manage what’s happening across multiple social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and foursquare all in one powerful and flexible custom-based dashboard. Free to use, the tool is (as the name indicates) best for viewing and managing multiple Twitter feeds, searches and mentions.
HootSuite: HootSuite is another social media dashboard for managing Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Wordpress and many of the other popular social networking sites. HootSuite’s feature to fame is its ability to schedule future posts and display statistics for your Tweets. For the agent on-the-go having your tweets go out at peak times of the day and being able to monitor analytics to tweak your strategy is an excellent asset to your overall Social Media plan. HootSuite also lets you manage multiple contributors and share data access without sharing passwords which is an added benefit for individuals who might have many team members posting.
SproutSocial: SproutSocial allows businesses to effieciently and effectively manage and grow their social presence across channels and turn social connections into loyal customers. The online application integrates well with Twitter, Facebook Pages, Yelp, LinkedIn, Foursquare and other networks where potential clients are engaging with your brand. While SproutSocial does come with a monthly fee (See Pricing Breakdown), its slick interface and integration features, including Google Analytics on one single dashboard make it a great option.
Actionly: Actionly’s claim is that it will help you with actionable insights from social media monitoring and Twitter analytics to help your grow your social media program. With Actionly you can monitor searches on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Google Buzz, Blogs and news. The social media management tool, like TweetDeck, HootSuite and SproutSocial, has a Dashboard that lets you manage multiple Twitter and Facebook accounts and you can invite users and assign posts to manage your workflow. As for ROI, Actionly measures social media campaigns, post-click conversions and is also integrated with Google Analytics. Actionly has a free plan, however, they limit you to One Search. Prices go up from there.
NutshelllMail: Nutshell Mail, which is from ConstantContact is a free service that helps busy professionals keep track of critical conversations about their company and the competition, and keeps them informed about what their customers are talking about — all from the place where they spend most of their online time: email. Users can customize the content they want to track, add search terms, and choose how frequently they want to receive email updates. Users can keep track of Likes, Posts, Comments and Insights on Facebook and see new mentions, new followers, quitters, search results and tweets from favorite lists on the Twitter summary. The best part is being able to Tweet, Reply and DM without leaving your email inbox.
Choosing the right social media management tool will be based on which tool has the most robust features for the Social Media site you rely on for staying in touch with potential business. Finding more success on Facebook, Actionly’s analytics might be a better option, than say TweetDeck or NutshellMail which are super social tools for Twitter.
What’s your take? Which of the above tools has worked for you? Are there any social media management tools that you could recommend for personal use? Business?
5 tools to maximize your social influence.
Maximizing your social influence doesn’t have to take a lot of time or money. In fact, spending 20 minutes a day Tweeting, Facebooking and general stalking is all you need to keep the conversation going. Here’s a quick rundown of a few popular social media management tools that can help you build more buzz in minimal time and for less buck.
TweetDeck: TweetDeck allows users to monitor and manage what’s happening across multiple social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and foursquare all in one powerful and flexible custom-based dashboard. Free to use, the tool is (as the name indicates) best for viewing and managing multiple Twitter feeds, searches and mentions.
HootSuite: HootSuite is another social media dashboard for managing Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Wordpress and many of the other popular social networking sites. HootSuite’s feature to fame is its ability to schedule future posts and display statistics for your Tweets. For the agent on-the-go having your tweets go out at peak times of the day and being able to monitor analytics to tweak your strategy is an excellent asset to your overall Social Media plan. HootSuite also lets you manage multiple contributors and share data access without sharing passwords which is an added benefit for individuals who might have many team members posting.
SproutSocial: SproutSocial allows businesses to effieciently and effectively manage and grow their social presence across channels and turn social connections into loyal customers. The online application integrates well with Twitter, Facebook Pages, Yelp, LinkedIn, Foursquare and other networks where potential clients are engaging with your brand. While SproutSocial does come with a monthly fee (See Pricing Breakdown), its slick interface and integration features, including Google Analytics on one single dashboard make it a great option.
Actionly: Actionly’s claim is that it will help you with actionable insights from social media monitoring and Twitter analytics to help your grow your social media program. With Actionly you can monitor searches on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Google Buzz, Blogs and news. The social media management tool, like TweetDeck, HootSuite and SproutSocial, has a Dashboard that lets you manage multiple Twitter and Facebook accounts and you can invite users and assign posts to manage your workflow. As for ROI, Actionly measures social media campaigns, post-click conversions and is also integrated with Google Analytics. Actionly has a free plan, however, they limit you to One Search. Prices go up from there.
NutshelllMail: Nutshell Mail, which is from ConstantContact is a free service that helps busy professionals keep track of critical conversations about their company and the competition, and keeps them informed about what their customers are talking about — all from the place where they spend most of their online time: email. Users can customize the content they want to track, add search terms, and choose how frequently they want to receive email updates. Users can keep track of Likes, Posts, Comments and Insights on Facebook and see new mentions, new followers, quitters, search results and tweets from favorite lists on the Twitter summary. The best part is being able to Tweet, Reply and DM without leaving your email inbox.
Choosing the right social media management tool will be based on which tool has the most robust features for the Social Media site you rely on for staying in touch with potential business. Finding more success on Facebook, Actionly’s analytics might be a better option, than say TweetDeck or NutshellMail which are super social tools for Twitter.
What’s your take? Which of the above tools has worked for you? Are there any social media management tools that you could recommend for personal use? Business?
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