Monthly Archives: September 2011

Sept. 28: QR Codes webinar

Our friends at SoCal BMA are back with a webinar on QR codes for B2B pros. Where are those QR codes being used within the B2B space? Why would you use them? How would you use them? Why were QR codes first developed? What are best practices?

SoCal BMA

Mark your calendars! The online webinar is scheduled for Wednesday September 28 at 2:00PM-3:00PM PST. All SMCLA members are invited to check out QR Codes: What’s the Buzz All About?, presented by Matthew Gallizzi of NotixTech.

RSVP via eventbrite: http://socalbma-2011-0928.eventbrite.com/

Looking forward to a great session!

 

Sept 27 Event: CrisisCamper Tour LA

The sky is falling! Aughhh!! The building’s on fire, and there’s an earthquake rumbling the Southland. What are you going to do? How are you going to disseminate information in a speedy manner to your constituents, fans, customers and colleagues? Are you prepared?

Are you digitally prepared for emergencies?

Our friends at Crisis Camp is having a meet-up on Tuesday evening, September 27 at Formosa Cafe in West Hollywood. You’re invited!

Come learn about the Crisis Commons, Social Media and Emergency Management. The Crisis Camper is coming through town, and will stop to meet-up with local disaster response volunteers, techs, programmers, social media and public affairs specialists, mappers, and emergency managers. Join in the collaboration to help our communities be better prepared.

There will be no formal agenda – bring your ideas, laptops, and open minds. This is an opportunity to brainstorm projects for the tour, discuss their recent local support during Carmageddon and nationally for Hurricane Irene, and opportunities to build community in SoCal! Newbies and veterans welcome – there will be a projector if you’d like to share a brief presentation or tools.

RSVP here: http://crisiscamperla.eventbrite.com/

 

See you there!

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Right Now: Social Media Week – Los Angeles

 

Social Media Week LA

Are you participating in Social Media Week LA (@SMWLA) this week? It’s happening right now, and there are a few more days left!

We’d love to hear from you on the sessions you’ve attended and what you’ve found most valuable. Post it here as a comment or tweet us or throw a post up on our Facebook Page.

One of the sessions I’m looking forward to is our Board President Natalie Petouhoff’s breakfast session tomorrow – Social Media Monitoring and Measurement at the Coupa Cafe. It is brought to you in part by the Social Media Breakfast LA folks – check them out when you have a chance.

Follow Natalie at @drnatalie!

I’ll be live-tweeting as Natalie speaks on the how, why, when, where to measure, and how social media affects business. Two of the big points being covered:

Monitoring: What to monitor and why. Who and what to monitor. Where to find the audiences to monitor. Understanding what your audiences want and care about. What free social media monitoring tools to use. What paid social media monitoring tools to use. How to set-up social media monitoring searches to make sure you get what you need.

Measure: Once you have the data, how to turn it into business value. Secrets to taking data and turning it into insights. What metrics, key performance indicators (KPIs) and measurements you need. How to connect metrics, formulas and calculations. Social media ROI calculations, models, and methodologies to show business value.

This looks to be beyond the Social Media 101 that we already know about. There is always something new right around the corner and perhaps something I haven’t reviewed yet for my clients. If you’re a social media professional, you know how important it is to work with your marketing and sales partners as well as your operations colleagues. The ability to look at your social media data is important to the bottom line. How are you going to show value or forward movement in the flywheel?

Tune in tomorrow.

Sept. 21: Career Search, Transition, All of the Above!

Our friends at SoCal BMA (Business Marketing Association) is hosting a Career Connections event in Newport Beach on September 28. You are all invited!

Whether you’ve been a marketer for 10 years or it’s your first job, this event may be for you. If you’re looking for a career change or even just to see what’s out there in this economy, you might want to check this out.

Fred E. Coon, CEO of executive search firm Stewart Cooper & Coon, will be on-hand to talk about his (free) book as well as provide tools for you to succeed in jobsearching and interviewing.

Details are below. Please be sure to take advantage of the free e-book download by Fred and let us know what you think!

Event: Resume Workshop and Job Search Tactics Presentation with Fred E. Coon, and Mixer

Where: Back Bay Bistro at Newport Dunes – 1131 Jamboree Road – Newport Beach, CA 92660

When: September 22, Thursday, 4p-8p

3:45p – Check In

4:00p – Program

6:30p – Mixer – delicious hot Hors d’œuvres will be served – no host bar

Register here via their eventbrite page! Special thanks to SCBMA for extending an invitation to our members.

SoCal BMA

Executive Power Breakfast with NICE Systems – 9/21 Newport Beach

Impact Every Customer Interaction In All Channels

As social media continues to grow in the corporate space , how can we truly evolve our social media strategies from mere corporate messaging to interactions?   I dare say its most important  to look back in time at the phone, email and web interactions that have driven customer interactions from our past. Not to mimic then. Not to replace them. But rather, to make the social experience with our customers a new and fresh outlet (and inlet) for providing the best experience possible.  Then, along with the traditional channels mentioned above, avoid the three main issues that plague our customer experience attempts so far.

 

First, often our social media interactions don’t provide a contextual link to the other channels. Did you know I called your call center first? Did you know I posted something next? Can you predict what channel I will use to get my issue resolved? These are all important questions to ask to insure customers aren’t repeating themselves as well as being forced to change channels (i.e. Thks for ur tweet, please call us @ our service center to resolve ur issue. Super)

Second, how can we make our short amount of text count? Be personal! Empower your employees with all of the same access to customer data hidden in CRM systems and back-room databases. Make your offers sticky. Make the reasons to respond relevant. Make the reasons to stay with your organization apparent. Generic tweets and auto-replies are not getting it done; just look around.

 

For number three, being holistic in all channels, I ask you to join me in Newport Beach for a free executive breakfast to learn more.  So join me, along with Brian Vellmure, on September 21st as we will be speaking in a short 2 hour format that will surely be the best breakfast you’ll enjoy all week. No product demos. No corporate decks. No sales pitch. It will be a great way to network and find out how you can make an impact in every customer interaction. Register at http://solutions.nice.com/breakfast

 

 

Matthew Storm
@stormhaus