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Transparency in Social Media Communications

March 27, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Warning this post is written to be Googlelicious and contains an above average content of sarcasm. (Hey, it's the weekend and I feel like having some fun.) I try not to obsess over my web stats (OK, that's a lie but I'm a blogger so cut me some slack). So after obsessing over my web-stats for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, new media, social media Tagged With: communication, fun, google, sarcasm, social information processing, social media, transparency

Industry Meeting Displays Power of Many

March 26, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Earlier this week I attended two days of meetings focused around graphic communications industry specifications, standards and best practices. There is nothing glamorous about this work. Almost 30 of us crammed into a small conference room. Not at a fancy hotel but graciously offered at no cost by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: education, GRACoL, guidelines, personal development, process capability, social media, specification Tagged With: display, graphic communication, industry, industry specifications, meeting, webex

Social Media 101 (by Chris Brogan) Book Review

March 20, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

I just finished reading Chris Borgan's Social Media 101. This is a must have book for anyone who has a blog, a web-site, a Twitter account or even just an email account on the internet. Chris covers it all. It's been a long time since I used this many post-it page markers and highlighter ink … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media, Twitter Tagged With: blog, book review, chris borgan, moleskine, online social networking, raffel, social information processing, social media, Twitter, web 2.0

Social Media Is Killing Traditional Sales

March 19, 2010 By Jim Raffel 30 Comments

The traditional sales prospecting model is becoming increasingly ineffective over time. Five times in less than two weeks I have been solicited by voice mail message or email. Wait, by the same person! This is downright annoying. Obviously I have the tools to filter this noise out of my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, personal development, sales, social media, sustainability, Twitter Tagged With: business, internet marketing, jim raffel, marketing, marketing strategies, sales, sales prospecting, social media, strategy, telemarketing, telemarketing scripts, traditional

Commitment Sets Priorities

March 15, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Commitment is turning my choice to deliver 31 blog posts in the month of March into reality. Delivering 31 blog posts in the month of March has required a commitment to new priorities. I made a commitment to myself that writing every day is a priority for me. Reality set in and I realized there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Choices, goals, motivation, personal development, priorities, social media Tagged With: choice, commitments, goal setting, goals, priorities, raffel, real life, setting priorities, Soclai Media

Social Media Has Changed My Business

March 13, 2010 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

Social media is not my business. Over the past six months, however, social media has radically changed how I do business. I've become a solid practitioner of this craft. No I don't have 10,000 followers on Twitter but if that's what I wanted, I could accomplish it within a month or less. Instead I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer, motivation, personal development, sales, social media Tagged With: blog, followers, online social networking, sales game, social information processing, social media, Twitter

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