A few weeks ago I attended Social Biz Atlanta, an annual conference put together by my good friend Brent Leary that focuses on integrating social and traditional cultures and strategies to better prepare businesses to meaningfully interact with today’s social customer.
At the conference, I had the privilege of moderating a discussion on Content, Curation, Community & Influence, with panel members Anita Campbell (@smallbiztrends) and Andrew Wexler (@TheWordPainter). The points we covered in the discussion were:
How can your business build community wide support?
What is the role of content in building a community?
What are the best practices in curating, stealing, plaguerizing and monetizing conent?
What are super fams? How do you find them and use them better in your business.
Watch the video below to see what these experts had to say about these topics or view the video here.
Join us, along with Symantec SMB security experts, on Twitter on Thursday, April 25, at 9 am Pacific (12 noon Eastern) for a discussion about how cyber criminals are targeting small businesses.
You’ll get a chance to discuss the findings in Symantec’s recently-released report on Internet Security Threats. The Report covers the major threat trends observed by Symantec in 2012. It reveals that cybercriminals view SMBs as a prime target. In fact, the largest growth area for targeted attacks in 2012 was businesses with fewer than 250 employees. Thirty-one percent (31%) of all attacks targeted them, almost tripling over 2011.
To know how to protect your business nad improve security, the first step is to get a clear understanding of the dangers. This year’s report is a wake-up call that SMBs are now being specifically targeted by cybercriminals.
Mark your calendars to join #SMBchat and learn how to protect your small business from attackers.
Topic: ISTR 18: SMB Wake-up Call – you’re a prime target for cybercriminals
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013
Time: Starts at 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 noon ET
Length: 1 hour
Where: On Twitter.com; follow the hashtag #SMBchat
We’re delighted to announce another Twitter chat this week. The topic is “working smarter, especially with your mobile devices.” Scroll down below for details.
Some of the topics we will cover include:
tips for how other entrepreneurs use mobile devices, including tablets
mobile etiquette, including do’s and dont’s
tips for holding conference calls outside the office
mobile productivity tips
Add to your calendar now, with the following details:
WHAT: Working Smarter With Your Mobile Devices
WHEN: Thursday, April 18, 2013. At 8 pm Eastern time (New York time zone). That’s 5 pm Pacific time
WHERE: It’s a one-hour chat that takes place on Twitter.
WHO: Judi Hembrough (@JudiHembrough), small business marketing director of Plantronics, is our special guest expert. Yours truly (Anita Campbell – @Smallbiztrends) will also be there. All are welcome to join in! Network with other members of the Small Business Trends community who I know also plan to be there – @TJMcCue, @Lyceum, @eggmarketing and @Sannwood have all said they will be joining us, and possibly some other “regulars.” It’s a great way to make connections.
HOW: Just search for the hashtag #SmarterWorking over at Twitter.com to see who is participating. When you participate, include that same hashtag in your tweets. That way, other participants will see your tweets and know you are part of the chat.
WHY: Because it’s informative and fun. And it’s a terrific icebreaker to meet other entrepreneurs. Oh, and we have a giveaway, too!
GIVEAWAY GOODIES: Thanks to @Plantronics, which is sponsoring this week’s chat, we’ll be giving away 3 of the awesome Plantronics Voyager Legend UC headsets. I will give them away to participants who share helpful tips during the one hour chat. Headsets provided by Plantronics. Details about the Voyager Legend UC Headset here.
Big thanks to Plantronics for sponsoring, to make this chat possible – and for providing promotional prizes.
It’s that time of year again. It’s time to spring clean your small business. This means cleaning your workspace and business, of course. But it also means getting more organized in genera and freshening things upl.
A recent Twitter chat looked at how to clean up, get organized and start running your business smarter. And it drew enough attention to make #SMBspringclean the #1 trending topic on Twitter for the evening.
Spring Clean Your Small Business
Below are just a few of the tweets from small business leaders about how to straighten up and organize your business from paper to digital files. But you will also read ideas for shaking things up and bringing in new ideas to make your business better.
Read excerpts from our spring cleaning Twitter chat below, presented by FedEx Office (@FedExOffice on Twitter). For the full chat transcript, please see the PDF here.
Q2:What is your best tip for organizing digital documents?#SMBSpringClean
Disclosure: FedEx Office compensated me to participate as a small business expert during the FedEx Office Tweet Chat program and write this post. The ideas in this blog post are mine and not ideas or advice from FedEx Office.
Just a peek out your window will let you know it’s that time of year again, time to do some spring cleaning at your business, both literally and figuratively. You should certainly get rid of some of the clutter that’s accumulated over the year, and cleaning up your work space is a great place to start.
But there’s so much more to be done, too. This can also be the time of year to shake things up and try something new, or grab those great ideas you had bubbling on the back-burner and bring them to the forefront.
Join The Twitter Chat: Follow #SMBSpringClean
Become a part of the conversation to find out what other small business owners just like you are doing this spring to renew their companies. Get more good ideas for spring cleaning by joining us Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 8 p.m. EST for a live Twitter chat presented by FedEx Office.
We hope you’ll take the time to participate and pose any questions you may have about revitalizing your business. If you have any tips to offer other small business owners about spring cleaning or how to bring in new ideas and innovation, we’d love for you to join us. Be sure to follow @FedExOffice too.
Twitter Chat Details
Be sure to join us for this live Twitter chat event:
TOPIC: Spring clean your SMB: Get organized, bring in fresh ideas, shake things up.
DATE: Thursday, April 11, 2013
TIME: 8 pm EST (New York time)
LOCATION: Twitter.com: Just follow the hashtag #SMBSpringClean to participate.
Disclosure: FedEx Office compensated me to participate as a small business expert during the FedEx Office Tweet Chat program and write this post. The ideas in this blog post are mine and not ideas or advice from FedEx Office.
A few weeks ago I attended Social Biz Atlanta, an annual conference put together by my good friend Brent Leary that focuses on integrating social and traditional cultures and strategies to better prepare businesses to meaningfully interact with today’s social customer.
