This Will Make You Smile

One of the challenges that social media managers have at companies is being able to  prove that their channel is a valuable part of the business.  How do you start getting management to believe in you?  Are you not invited to the marketing meetings?  Those are common issues from my previous experience so you are not alone.  But no fear! You are doing the right thing and these 3 tips can help you succeed in being a better social media manager and getting more employee involvement.

3 Tips on Building a Socially Aware Culture

My thoughts on the recent announcement/improvements to Google+. Post your comments below. 

My Impressions on Google+ Hangouts & Photos Announcements

I chatted with Kevin Cain from Openview Venture Partners and Ramsey Ksar from Blyve on content marketing best practices.

Blyve Chat- Content Marketing Chat With Kevin Cain From OpenView Venture Partners

I chatted with Bill Reichert, managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, about his upcoming participation in  StartUP World 2014 sponsored by Global Upside. The conference is May 6 in Redwood City and helps startups get funding. In attendance will be VC's and angel investors sharing best practices on how to pitch a VC, be a successful CEO and manage your company. More details at http://bit.ly/startupworld14

StartUP World 14: Interview with Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures

Today's Landon Consulting Projects

Facebook has just started charging for messaging to non-friends. Have you seen this come up yet in your day-to-day influencer engagement or community outreach? This comes to be important when you are wanting to reach out to specific Facebook fans and you don’t have their email address. Facebook does provide a messaging functionality within your Facebook pages now but the communication needs to be initiated from the fan first. How do you think this is going to affect fan engagement and of course Facebook’s revenue? Is it a good model to follow similar to LinkedIn? Does it happen that often where you want to message someone you aren’t friends with? Post your comments below.

Facebook Charges for Emailing

Let's compare Turbo Tax vs. H&R Block Facebook insights. 

Randy Ksar