Friday, April 23, 2010
Find us on Facebook!
I added the link to click directly on our Facebook fan page from our class blog. Do so by simply clicking on the link which is located right underneath our followers on the right side of the page.
New privacy issue regarding Facebook!!!
Privacy advocate? As of today, there is a new privacy setting called "Instant Personalization" that shares data with non-facebook websites and it is automatically set to Allow. Go to 'Account' > 'Privacy Settings' > 'Applications and Websites' > 'Instant Personalization' and uncheck "Allow".
Saturday, April 10, 2010
THANK YOU!!!
I just wanted to send a "THANK YOU" to all you for attending our Social Media Soiree Seminar Series. You all, the members of Class #1, will always have a special place in my heart. I enjoyed meeting each & everyone of you and wish you all much success with your businesses. And....I won't just be dissappearing as we plan to follow up on your social media efforts and assist in any way that we can. Please contact me anytime with questions or concerns that you may have.
Stacey & I are attending a National Conference to report on the seminar series this week and we will give you all an update on how it goes upon our return. Have a great week!
Stacey & I are attending a National Conference to report on the seminar series this week and we will give you all an update on how it goes upon our return. Have a great week!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Thank you Kim, Stacey & Classmates!
The Social Media Seminar and Soiree is over and we all left with a smile on our faces after learning and enjoying for 4 evenings about these tools. Thanks to Kim and Stacey for preparing such an excellent seminar: the content, materials, internet, set up, yummie snacks and all the little details that made the course breezy :) ... Thank you classmates for sharing and making the seminar an enjoyable time ! Virginia Mo
Class video (edited) on YouTube
Check out our first class video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8JjTjDzmbI!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
The Second Class Photo
This is our most recent class photo. L_R Stacey, Sue, Kim, Carol M., Ana, Roylene, Virginia, Carol L., Bertha, Bozo. ;~))
Learning about Blogging!
These last 3 years social media has exploded and I needed some catching up! First of all the definition: Blog (contraction of weblog)!
Missing the Blog class last Thursday has led me to do some research and learning about Blogs on Wikipedia and Google. Now, I have a better idea now about what the purposes of Blogs are, and found out that some people have their own blog which might never even be visited, but just feel proud to have one.
I´ve now found out about a doubt that´s been lingering in my mind since I´ve tried to Google my dog´s blog, but learned Blogs don´t appear on normal search engines... and now I know there are Blog search engines, as well as the different kinds of blogs: collaborative blogs on specific topics, videoblogs, podcast blogs, link blogs, corporate internal or external blogs, personal blogs, and a list of pages with most used blogs. Even found out there are social elite´s blogs where you need an invitation.. ha!
My jewelry blog´s purpose will be used for branding and advertising so I can increase sales! Also for getting opinions on my jewelry designs and see if people like them or can be improved.
Virginia
Missing the Blog class last Thursday has led me to do some research and learning about Blogs on Wikipedia and Google. Now, I have a better idea now about what the purposes of Blogs are, and found out that some people have their own blog which might never even be visited, but just feel proud to have one.
I´ve now found out about a doubt that´s been lingering in my mind since I´ve tried to Google my dog´s blog, but learned Blogs don´t appear on normal search engines... and now I know there are Blog search engines, as well as the different kinds of blogs: collaborative blogs on specific topics, videoblogs, podcast blogs, link blogs, corporate internal or external blogs, personal blogs, and a list of pages with most used blogs. Even found out there are social elite´s blogs where you need an invitation.. ha!
My jewelry blog´s purpose will be used for branding and advertising so I can increase sales! Also for getting opinions on my jewelry designs and see if people like them or can be improved.
Virginia
Saturday, April 3, 2010
GOOD NEWS!!! Deleting reader comments
A NEW BLOGGER FEATURE:
You can delete any comment that you create on anyone else's blog, as long as you signed in to your Google Account when you left the comment. You can also delete any comments that are left on your own blog, or on another blog for which you have admin privileges.
To delete a comment, first make sure that you are logged in to the correct Blogger account. Then go to the blog and find the page where the comment is listed. Next to the comment, you should see a trash can icon.
Click the trash can and you will see a confirmation page.
Click "delete comment". This will remove the text of the comment from your page, but leave the author's name and a message saying "this comment has been removed.".
THE NEW PART....
Now, if you check the "Remove Forever" option, then no trace of the comment will remain on your blog. If you choose this option, it can't be undone.
I will bring a slide that outlines these instructions to class with me on Monday. Hope you all are having a terrific Easter Weekend!
You can delete any comment that you create on anyone else's blog, as long as you signed in to your Google Account when you left the comment. You can also delete any comments that are left on your own blog, or on another blog for which you have admin privileges.
To delete a comment, first make sure that you are logged in to the correct Blogger account. Then go to the blog and find the page where the comment is listed. Next to the comment, you should see a trash can icon.
Click the trash can and you will see a confirmation page.
Click "delete comment". This will remove the text of the comment from your page, but leave the author's name and a message saying "this comment has been removed.".
THE NEW PART....
Now, if you check the "Remove Forever" option, then no trace of the comment will remain on your blog. If you choose this option, it can't be undone.
I will bring a slide that outlines these instructions to class with me on Monday. Hope you all are having a terrific Easter Weekend!
Time to blog?
Have enjoyed the introduction to blogging. It seems to me it takes alot of time. Perhaps more than I am willing to invest right now. Fortunately, I have some ideas of some employees who would probably be better at it than I would. My family has questioned the idea of having a website for family communication, but it looks to me like what would work better would be a blog. Thanks Kim and Stacey for the information and instruction.
Happy Easter
Hope everyone has a happy and safe Easter weekend. Looking forward to seeing everyone Monday night.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Special Thank You
We'd like to send a special thank you to Ione, Blair, Susan, Jeanie & John at the Johnson County extension office for helping promote and make our social media class possible. You guys are the best!
RSS Newfeeds
RSS Newsfeeds seem confusing to small business owners. Therefore, business owners are slow to adopt RSS as one of their social media outlets. Hopefully, the following information will help demystify the topic of RSS.
RSS stands for REALLY SIMPLE SYNDICATION. It allows users to deliver articles, announcements or alerts to readers who subscribe to RSS Feeds. The feeds are delivered automatically to an e-mail inbox or a web browser.
You, as a business owner, would take the following action steps:
Determine the information you wish to syndicate
Create and publish your feed
Publicize/promote your feed
Validate your feed
Syndicate your feed
How it works: Your syndicated information will show up as an RSS feed to your customers who wish to subscribe to your RSS Feed. They would then be given a short blurb regarding your information and they could, then, choose whether to read further or not.
Information including: Possible RSS Content, Websites for accomplishing the above steps, Pro & Cons, Business use of RSS Feeds, etc. will be provided in your workbook materials during the next session and will be briefly mentioned during that session if time allows.
Here's a website that offers an RSS Tutorial and RSS Content Suggestions:
http://www.mnot.net/
RSS stands for REALLY SIMPLE SYNDICATION. It allows users to deliver articles, announcements or alerts to readers who subscribe to RSS Feeds. The feeds are delivered automatically to an e-mail inbox or a web browser.
You, as a business owner, would take the following action steps:
Determine the information you wish to syndicate
Create and publish your feed
Publicize/promote your feed
Validate your feed
Syndicate your feed
How it works: Your syndicated information will show up as an RSS feed to your customers who wish to subscribe to your RSS Feed. They would then be given a short blurb regarding your information and they could, then, choose whether to read further or not.
Information including: Possible RSS Content, Websites for accomplishing the above steps, Pro & Cons, Business use of RSS Feeds, etc. will be provided in your workbook materials during the next session and will be briefly mentioned during that session if time allows.
Here's a website that offers an RSS Tutorial and RSS Content Suggestions:
http://www.mnot.net/
Photos from session #2
Stacey helping with the internet
Carol won the door prize which was an Easter basketCheck out the photos from Session #2!!!!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Our Second Session
We met for the second session of our Social Media Soiree Seminar Series. Seven class members were in attendance. Kim served OVER BAKED cupcakes, but some people still ate them!!! They say the brownies were better last week :-) Max was dissappointed that there were no margaritas available....
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