by James Ball | Jan 9, 2010 | Advice, Community, Marketing, Networking, Social Media
I’m winding down a week of looking at some questions that I hear quite a bit: “Can I get by without social media?” “Is it really as easy as I’ve been led to believe?” “Can it save my business?” “Is it too late for my business to get involved?” “Can’t someone...
by James Ball | Jan 7, 2010 | Community, Listening, Marketing, Networking, Social Media
This week I’m looking at: “Can I get by without social media?” “Is it really as easy as I’ve been led to believe?” “Can it save my business?” “Is it too late for my business to get involved?” “Can’t someone else just do this for me?” “Can it save my...
by James Ball | Jan 6, 2010 | Advice, Community, Listening, Marketing, Networking, Social Media
Flashback to 9:30 last night (screen should be getting wavy….now) I’m looking over a whole bunch of words and some really good links for tomorrow’s post. I scrap the whole thing. The more I put into it, the more confusing it gets. Social media really can be confusing...
by James Ball | Jan 4, 2010 | Advice, Community, Facebook, Listening, Marketing, Networking, Social Media, Twitter
Check in over the next 5 days as I address some common concerns that small businesses have about participation and engagement in social media. “Can I get by without social media?” “Is it really as easy as I’ve been led to believe?” “Can it save my business?”...
by James Ball | Dec 28, 2009 | Case Studies, Community, Listening, Marketing, Networking, Resources, Social Media, Strategy
It all started yesterday with this tweet from my friend Carol Flammer: At this exact same moment, I overheard a LEGO® commercial that my daughter was watching say something about “social skills”. This started me thinking about ways to best explain certain aspects of...
by James Ball | Dec 15, 2009 | Blogging, Community, Marketing, Networking, Social Media
I’m wondering today, do you have a sentence or twelve that act as a sort of mandate, or a set of established values that help drive and define you? I mean… think about it, what is your purpose here? What propels you and keeps you grounded? You may have a great...