Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Grooming Social Media-Ready Employees

Social Media is essential to helping spread company awareness, however it is vital that the company's employees that take part in Social Media are comfortable and responsible enough to represent the company. Below is an article found online with tips on how to prepare Social Media employees for their tasks ahead. These tips include helping the employees see the purpose of the Social Media initiative, How to engage via Social Media, making Social Media an everyday tool, allowing employees to fous on one network, and finally highlighting and rewarding successes of the employees. Folow the link to the page and enjoy the read!

http://smallbiztrends.com/2011/11/social-media-employees.html

Quotes from mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg was recently interviewed and adressed topics such as Apple, Steve Jobs, and Google+.
Below are a few interesting quotes i found:

Zuckerberg:

"I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress"

"Google is certainly trying to build there own little version of Facebook"

"Our goal is not to create a platform; it's to be across all of them"

"The question isn't 'What do we want to know about people?' It's 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'

"In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people's perspectives...I really try and live the mission of the company and...keep everything else in my life extremely simple"

socialmediatoday

I just happened to be looking around online tonight and stumbled upon the website: www.socialmediatoday.com . This website is really interesting and informative. I would definitely recommend this read to those who are followers of the latest Social Media trends. Not only does the site provide quality articles, but it also allows for anyone to post their own articles online for the rest of the socialmediatoday community to read and engage in. Simply sign up and contribute!

Mayhem is all around us!

Allstate's "Mayhem" character has been a real hit since its introduction during the Summer of 2010. As a requirement for my Social media class this semester, i had to research a viral video campaign and present it to the class. It did not take long for me to decide to look further into the hilarious commercials of Allstate Mayhem.

Actor Dean Winters plays the role of the character "Mayhem" which represents all of the dangers you may face if not covered by adequate insurance. Allstate decided to introduce "Mayhem" as a second front for the company along with actor Dennis Haysbert.

My favorite Allstate Mayhem commercial, enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thzUR_mq6OY

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Conference Champions

Its been a while since my last update, but a successful 3 weeks it has been. The WKU Men's Cross Country team competed well at the NCAA Pre-Nationals event, and then 2 weeks later went on to win the Sun belt Conference Cross Country Championship. On the 12th of November the team will be heading to Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville to compete in the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship in search of a spot to the National Championship. Follow WKU Cross Country on Twitter @wkuxc11.