Without a doubt, the best way to reach Charlotte area marketing professionals is through the Charlotte marketing community’s signature marketCHARLOTTE (mktCLT) event. With an average attendance of over 250 marketers, you really can’t afford NOT to support and be associated with mktCLT. We offer…

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In an effort to help you get the most out of Social Media Charlotte's events, we've put together a list of DOs and DON'Ts for getting some great networking done.  Here you go...

DOs:…

Those Facebook Ads still got you stumped? Not getting the results that make your boss happy? Jason Yarborough with …

Does the below mumbo jumbo mean anything to you? If you work in Social Media, are a marketer, or just have a Facebook Fan Page, this should mean A LOT to you.…

post by Stephanie Nelson

Working in social media, I'm asked almost daily: “What should I post?” or “How often should I post?”

In all honesty, the best answer I can give with no other information is, “Post what matters to you and your audience when they’re going to be online to read it.”  (And yes, every time I say it, it still sounds like a cop-out answer, even to me.)  But...

When you’re…

Organization plays a huge role in life management. A key element in organization is lists. Yeah, I know. Lists seem boring and no fun. I’m with ya. There are to-do lists, lists of goals, grocery lists, wish lists. But, here’s a list that I do love – Twitter lists! I wouldn’t ever touch Twitter if I didn’t have my lists. It’s the only way I can navigate the Twitter jungle.

Twitter lists allow you to group people you follow together. Say you have your core group of college buds…

Friends, I have a client with a Charlotte-area university that is seeking an e-marketing and social media professional. If you are interested in this type of opportunity, send me an email to adam.brooks@cpcc.edu. Adam Brooks 704.443.8255 @adambrooks

So it's not every day you get to quote OK Go in a blog title, but it seemed apropos here.  We, the Social Media Charlotte board, are committed to becoming a resource for social media folks in Charlotte, both in information and in networking.  And this post is launching the next piece in that puzzle, so here we go again!



With this post, we're relaunching our regular participation in the Social Media Charlotte blog.  We want this area to become a place where we all can…

Here's the new board of directors at the first event of the year...

(Nice picture, guys!)

Personally, I loved the comment today by Becca at the Social Media Breakfast.  She mentioned that she felt that Twitter is not what it used to be.  She felt it has lost a lot of its effectiveness.  She then caught me cheering in the back of the room and pointed me out.  <smile>

After that, there were groans.  There were also some people complaining on Twitter.

What do you think?  Twitter is obviously not dead.  But has it lost its effectiveness?

It's been about a year and a half since I did a little mini-rant on how we needed to resurrect this site.  I'm so glad it got a face-lift.

Congrats to all that worked so hard on it.  Who else thinks it looks pretty good?

Corey

SquadCast #24

The marketCHARLOTTE event is April 24. All of the premium PR, Marketing and Digital organizations will gather to hear case studies, lessons learned and woulda coulda shoulda’s. Bob Rose of the …

Social Media Charlotte board members NathanRichie, Brandon Uttley, and Scott Hepburn - gather around the…

I was so inspired by the last Social Media breakfast I went out and bought a book called Social Media Metrics by Jim Sterne. It's an eye opener for anybody looking to go beyond the number of followers or friends you have and really find out how to measure they social media efforts. 

I'm reading it right now to help determine how to measure success of some upcoming Twitter campaigns I'm launching for my company.

Nathan, Brandon and Scott welcome guest Adam Holden Bache from Mass Transmit, they discuss the “old faithful” quality of email; crowd-sourcing; are Twitter and Facebook fading? Also, listener email and the Tweet of the Week.

Follow the MARKETING Squad on Twitter: @NathanRichie  @brandonuttley @ScottHepburn

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I first read about Empire Avenue when Shel Isreal of Good Neighborhoods wrote about it, apologizing for encouraging his readership to participate in the new 'social media stock market' game. 

"I ... thought the game would develop. A marketplace of social capital would include, short sellers indicating betrayals between friends and colleagues; authentic and corrupt…

Nathan, Brandon and Scott dissect the Cloud; Shaq’s retirement via Twitter; Crowdsourcing; and Peter Shankman’s assertion that businesses don’t need social media experts; and they answer a listener email.

Follow the MARKETING Squad on Twitter: @NathanRichie @ScottHepburn @brandonuttley

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Three of the brightest minds in social media, marketing and PR;  Nathan Richie, Scott Hepburn and Brandon Uttley take aim at the latest news, views and trends…and shoot’em down.

Follow the MARKETING Squad on Twitter: @NathanRichie @ScottHepburn @brandonuttley

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