Social Media

Personal branding and social media marketing strategy are hot topics for today’s business owners. Because these topics are so essential to effectively promoting your business online, I frequently encourage my friends, fans and followers to post their personal branding and social media related questions on my facebook fan page (http://facebook.LethiaOwens.com).

I am excited to share that last month (Dec ’09) there were 49 questions and comments posted. The fan page was pretty active last month so thanks for taking time to stop by and engage with me. I would like to help even more people so please continue posting your comments and share the page with your friends.

Personal Branding and Social Media Marketing [Read More...]

You may have already heard how important Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is to promoting your brand online but maybe you haven’t yet learned to leverage the power of Social media optimization (SMO). In order to understand the power of SMO, we must first revisit the definition of social media.

Wikipedia describes social media as…

The online tools and platforms that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other. Social media can take many different forms, including text, images, audio, and video. Popular social mediums include blogs, message boards, podcasts, wikis, and vlogs.”

As you begin to leverage social media as part of your online marketing strategy, you will increase your ROI by [Read More...]

When working with clients I teach a four-step process for using the internet and social media to gain increased visibility for their brand. The first step is to “Create” content and add it to your hub (website) and other sites connected to your hub. The second step is to “Connect” all of the content you have created and create accounts on social networks so you can connect with “Fans”, “Friends” and “Followers.” The third step called “Promote” focuses on your promotion and marketing strategy. The fourth step is “Automation” and involves configuring social media tools in such a way as to put parts of your social media marketing [Read More...]

Twitter is a powerful personal branding tool that levels the playing field and provides an opportunity for you to connect with people you may have otherwise never met. Though the tool is powerful, getting the most out of it requires a strategy for increasing your followers within your niche market. Here are 5 simple strategies for increasing your Twitter followers:

1. Brand Your Profile – People will be more likely to follow you if you have a branded profile page. Taking just a few minutes to add a photo, bio and description will go a long way in helping visitors decide if they want to follow your updates. To make your profile even more powerful I suggest [Read More...]