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Today’s meeting was held at Panera Bread Company.  About 12 of us braved the weather to talk about our topic of the month “All about Twitter”.  Our Twitter hash tag is #wacosmb

Caryn Berger Brown facilitated the discussion to answer questions posed by the group.

Why do I need Twitter to promote my local brand?

It helps let people know about your current projects, the type of work you’re doing and with whom you are working.  It even allows you to “name drop”.

Tips to find local businesses to follow in the Waco area:
* Check out The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce @WacoChamber on Twitter to find local businesses.
* Visit the Twitter sites of other local businesses and see who they connect with.
* Begin paying attention to the location of Twitter members.

How do I prevent information overload?

The most common answer to this was to “skim or fast scan” the list of tweets and mark the ones you want to read as favorites, then go back and read only those favorite tweets.

Use Lists to sort tweets.  Filter your Lists to just what you want to follow.

You can also subscribe to Lists by other Twitter members.  If you are subscribed to another member’s List, you do not get all of their tweets on your home page.  You just have to access their List to read new tweets.

What’s the best Twitter App?

The favorites listed are not in order of preference, as the favorite app depended on the topic being discussed at the time.

PeopleBrowsr – Social Network Dashboard Tool that allows you to set extensive search parameters.

Seesmic – Dashboard tool to manage your Twitter.

MarketMeTweet – Brand your tweets, schedule your tweets to post up to one year later, Twitter management, and advanced search.

TwiDroid – Droid phone Twitter client app.  It even keeps your place while reading posts, so you don’t miss any tweets.

Echofon – iPhone Twitter client app to manage your Twitter on the go.

PockeTwit – Windows Mobile Professional (PocketPC) platform Twitter client app.

Other Interesting Info from our meeting:
You can use apps to link your Twitter and Facebook pages, with posts going both ways or just from one to the other.   Use the Twitter app on Facebook.  Facebook Fan Page Posts can also be added to Twitter.

GoogleChrome now offers a Mac version, and a version for web developers is in development.

The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce is working on putting together a class “How to Get Started On FaceBook and Twitter”.

Join the Waco Social Media Facebook Group

Starting at 8:00am Central Time tomorrow morning, we’ll be (fingers crossed) video live streaming, through UStream, a presentation from Tim Walker at Waco’s Social Media Breakfast 7.

We’ll also be testing out the Live Stream Box that Facebook released to publishers and developers last week.

I’ve wrangled together a page that will display the UStream feed and Facebook chat box side by side. To participate in the chat, you’ll need to use Facebook Connect.

To follow the stream and participate in the cat, start by clicking here:  UStream/Facebook Live Stream at Waco Social Media Breakfast 7.

(Cross-posted to BryanPerson.com)

at this month’s waco social media breakfast,Jay Ehret, talked about how to choose a social medial channel for business. we had a great turnout with 26 people there. here are my notes from jay’s very informative presentation:

the cluetrain manefesto is the “old testatment” of social media discussing the age of conversations and how markets are conversations. groundswell is the “new testament” of social media

because social media is low cost to free, many companies are tempted to “do it all to make sure we are doing the right thing” but, there is a time cost involved to do social media correctly. once you choose a social media channel you are now engaged with that channel.

so, how do you choose a social media channel? choose it based on your challenge

you can read the rest on my blog post:@themarketingguy speaks at #wacosmb

twitter search for all the tweet from #wacosmb

for more information check out our waco social media website or our facebook page

our next waco social media breakfast is on tuesday, may 26^th at 7:30 am at olive branch, sign up here

Our next Waco Social Media Breakfast will be on Tuesday, April 28th, starting at 7:30 am

At our April Social Media Breakfast,Jay Ehret will talk about how to choose a social medial channel for business. Hosted by CJ Jackson and Caryn Brown.

This is a free event, but you must register to attend. There are a limited number of tickets available. Breakfast will be available to purchase.

http://wacosmb05.eventbrite.com/

7:30-8:00 – Networking and Socializing
8:00-9:00 – Presentation by Jay Ehret, questions and answers
9:00-9:30 – Networking and Socializing

Hosted by Caryn Brown and CJ Jackson

we had a great turn out for this month’s waco social media breakfast on tuesday 31 march 2009 with 19 people attending. it was my turn to speak and I spoke on social media and twitter. I asked for some feedback when people signed up for the breakfast and I also had some other questions that I wanted to address or that came up during the breakfast.

you can read my full blog post on what I talked about: you want to hear from me? — talking at the #wacosmb

for those of you who missed the breakfast, mike uploaded a video of it to the waco social media page on facebook.

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2. wthashtag.com

staying connected:

• if you have not joined the social media group on facebook yet, please join it at waco social media
• I will also be updating the social media breakfast blog with upcoming breakfasts and blog posts on breakfasts
• you can also check out the waco social media website

Every once in a while you get to hear an interesting application of social media in non-profit or education. Tuesday morning, January 28th, we’re going to get two such examples at the Waco Social Media Breakfast. Two local education institutions will share some innovative uses of social media in research, recruiting, and student engagement.

Our speakers are Autumn Outlaw (@autumnann), New Student Orientation Coordinator at Texas State Technical College, and CJ Jackson (@jacksoncj1) Director, Communications & Marketing for Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. You can get more details at wacosmb.eventbrite.com

This is the second Waco breakfast, and the first since Social Media Breakfast founder Bryan Person spoke in November.