Seth Godin has a fabulous short post on his blog today about the value of a $40,000 a year high profile education. Student debt in the U.S. is 5 times higher than it was 10 years ago. What is that debt getting you? Is the high profile education and numerous degrees doing a better [...]
via sfgate.com A big part of the Facebook experience is how friends and family share Web links to interesting news stories, photos, videos and Internet sites. This “friend-casting” of information has helped propel Facebook into a major force in directing traffic around the Web. One of the big activities on Facebook besides playing farm games [...]
Renew Summit 09 – NEW END from Mark Gehrke on Vimeo. Renew Summit 09 is a time for NEW North businesses to come and review key accomplishments throughout the year at the KI Center in Green Bay. Presented by New North and NEW END. Debra and Mark Gehrke where asked to video blog the event.
@mmangen – Twitter Goddess from Mark Gehrke on Vimeo. Debra Gehrke talks with Michelle Mangen about Twitter, the #newend hashtag and how to use Twitter to follow along with the NEW END event during the day and after the event.
Ross LaRocco Rocks Social Media from Mark Gehrke on Vimeo. Ross LaRocco, a video blogger at the NEW END event, shares how he uses an iPhone w/ an OWLE video add on device to capture quick videos and upload them almost instantly to the web. With Ross’s setup, his video blogs went live within minutes [...]
Getting More from Twitter Starts with Asking for Help from Mark Gehrke on Vimeo. Twitter is a great networking platform to connect with your audience. Twitter can be valuable to build stronger relationships with your customers and your brand. Twitter’s benefits really come through continued use and building a relevant network. When you first start [...]
Outagamie Co. Airport Uses Social Media from Mark Gehrke on Vimeo. Outagamie Co. Airport Uses Social Media from Mark Gehrke on Vimeo. Debra Gehrke talks with Kim Sippola, Outagamie Co. Airport Marketing Manager, about how the airport uses Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to connect with travelers and the community. Interview conducted at Renew Summit 2009 [...]
How can a small local hair salon spread the word about the great work they do and strengthen their relationships? Being a small business owner and having to spend advertising $’s wisely, we used Mandala Life Media to build our Social Media. In less than 6 months, we began to see a huge shift in [...]
When people are out there talking about your customer service on the web on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and various other interactive forums you now have the opportunity to listen, connect, engage and build more positive relationships. “Our immediacy and personal interaction with customers is part of the work we’re doing to make positive change for [...]
Even if you think your customers are not on Twitter there are still benefits to sharing your business story through the service. Laura Fitton ( @pistachio ) has some great additional off platform benefits from Twittering. These are great ideas and show that even if you’re in a business that doesn’t have a lot of [...]