• The Story
  • The Blog
  • Contact Me

jimraffel.com


  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Story Teller | CEO | Traveler

You are here: Home / Archives for social media

Customer Service Automation Should Help All Involved

August 10, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

A self service customer portal should enable both the customer and the service provider to have a better customer service experience. Recently I've written about Time Warner Cable's customer (dis)service (in my opinion) and Sprint's exceptional customer service. Today I want to share my experience … [Read more...]

Filed Under: customer service 101, Marketer, new media, sales, social media Tagged With: business, customer experience management, customer portal, customer service, customer service automation, customers, good customer service, live customer service, online portals, sprint

Blog Comments or Sharing via Twitter and Facebook?

August 9, 2010 By Jim Raffel 10 Comments

Blog comments aren't dead any more than newspapers are dead. Until Twitter and Facebook became so big, blog comments were the only way to express your pleasure with a post. Now, sharing the post via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or other social media channels is a snap. Justin Levy weighs in. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, links, new media, social media, Twitter, WordPress Tagged With: blog, blog comments, comments, Facebook, justin levy, online social networking, social information processing, social media, social media channels, Twitter, web 2.0

Planning Pays Big Dividends

August 5, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

I've managed to get to the point where I am writing my blog posts about a week ahead. All it took was a little planning and now that effort is beginning to pay big dividends. It's not just me. The quest to get ahead began when I read Chris Brogan's With Just A Little Planning. I'll still write … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, new media, personal development, social media, Writing Tagged With: analyzing, blog, Chris Brogan, content, dividends, get ahead, planning

Inner Circle of Friends

August 2, 2010 By Jim Raffel 9 Comments

I've got this friend named Twitter, she's pretty much awesome. Even awesome friends push you away sometimes. It's OK, she's in my inner circle of friends and in no time we'll be best buds, hanging out together again. While Twitter and I "take a break" I've got this other friend LinkedIn. Oh my gosh … [Read more...]

Filed Under: new media, personal development, social media, Stuff I Like, Twitter, Uncategorized Tagged With: Facebook, friend, friends, human interest, inner circle, linkedin, online social networking, personality, social media, success, tribes, Twitter, world wide web

Friends for Life?

August 1, 2010 By Jim Raffel 12 Comments

Note: This is a stream of consciousness post I wrote 7/26/2010. If you feel it speaks to or about you fantastic. Just know that it's not written about any single person or event. Friends. I've had many. More than my fair share, as I look back through my life. What frustrates me sometimes is how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Choices, personal development, social media, Twitter Tagged With: Facebook, friend, friends, human interest, life

Marketing 101: Make the Move Online

July 30, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

The idea to make the move online is such a basic strategy it begs to be a 101 topic. The quandary lies in the fact that moving a traditional offline business on-line turns out to be 201 and 301 subject matter. There will be hard work and pain involved, I promise. Moving online should work with and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketing 101, new media, social media, WordPress Tagged With: advantage, basic strategy, business, business models, gorilla marketing, management, marketing, small business, strategic management, technical support, the move

Loves vs. Hates with Amplicate

July 22, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

I ran across a fun website called Amplicate the other day. Amplicate tracks the opinions you express on Twitter. Today they are reporting those as Loves or Hates. A few days ago when I found the site they used the words Rocks and Sucks. It's an interesting way to get a feel for the overall positive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media, Stuff I Like, Twitter Tagged With: hate, hates, human interest, love, loves, opinion, social media, Twitter

Public Speaking 101: One Person At a Time

July 1, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Note from Jim: This week all my posts are themed around public speaking. That's because late last week and early this week my focus has been growing my public speaking presence. Why not write about something that is near and dear to my heart at the moment and that I am immersed in - right? There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, conferences, Marketer, personal development, social media Tagged With: audience, conversation, one person, presentation, public speaker, public speaking, speak more effectively, week

Small Business B2B Social Media Platform

June 23, 2010 By Jim Raffel 16 Comments

How should a small business leverage social media to sell to other businesses that are almost always much larger concerns? Stop selling to the business. Instead start introducing yourself and engaging with the people who make up that business. Social media allows you to connect to more people in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Marketer, new media, sales, social media, Twitter, WordPress Tagged With: b2b, blog, business platform, human interest, linkedin, online social networking, search engines, small business, social information processing, social media, social networking, Twitter

Choose Your Own Message and Share It

June 20, 2010 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

Stop letting others choose the messages you hear, read and see each day. Think about how little "good news" is reported on TV, radio or in the newspaper - almost none. Create your own stream. If you aren't already using an RSS newsreader like Google Reader I highly recommend you start. If you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Choices, new media, personal development, social media, Stuff I Like Tagged With: atom, generous, google reader, RSS, share it, web syndication

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • Next Page »

Get 30 years of business experience delivered to your inbox

Email Newsletter Signup

Each blog post will be delivered directly to your inbox, as well as unique content only for newsletter subscribers.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

About Me

Story Teller | CEO | Traveler
Click here to learn more

Search My Site

Copyright © 2025 James J. Raffel ยท jimraffel.com runs on the Genesis Framework