Biznik’s Vancouver BC Ambassador hosts social media telesummit

By Dan McComb

Posted Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Tomorrow morning, I’ll be participating in Embrace Social Media, a “telesummit” hosted by Biznik’s Vancouver, BC Ambassador, Christa Wagner. What’s a telesummit? Here’s how Christa describes it:

What Is A TeleSummit?
A TeleSummit is similar to attending a multi-day conference, all from the comforts of your own home telephone. Our TeleSummit, Embrace Social Media, will include 8 social media experts who will be speaking over a two-day period for 75 minutes each.

What Will You Take Away?
We are going to kick off each call with a case study from each expert about their social media topic. We have a Facebook expert, a Twitter expert, a LinkedIn expert and an expert to talk about time management and social media. We want the goods; if you are a social media beginner or Tweeting several times of day, you will learn how to maximize your social media results through questions, examples, case studies and tools, you can start using immediately. No one needs one more thing to do; but everyone wants and needs new clients. By attending the Embrace Social Media, a TeleSummit, you will finally understand how this new marketing phenomenon can expand your clientele to a place you have not imagined.

I’ll be involved in an hourlong question and answer session about social media, in which I’ll answer the following questions:

1. Tell us a little about how you came to use social media and start a social networking website?
2. I have heard you talk many times before about the power of the weak connection; can you talk a little about that as I know many people don’t understand the benefit of marketing to people they may not know and knew once upon a time.
3. What is social media and what characterizes something as social media?
4. How is social media changing the face of marketing?
5. When did you realize SM wasn’t a fad?
6. What opportunities are available to business owners using SM?
7. What makes a success SM campaign?
8. How long does it take to see results?
9. What is the first step to getting starting with SM?
10. What suggestions do you have for someone who has been dabbling in SM and not getting much out of it?
11. Can you share 1 -2 companies that are using SM successfully. Perhaps who are using Biznik.com.
12. Can you use SM too much? Go overboard to speak?
13. Are there any risks associated with SM?
14. What common mistakes do you see on Biznik?
15. Where do you see SM in 1 year, 5 years and 10 years?
16. What is your best advice for a small business owner using SM?

You can learn more about the telesummit on Christa’s website.

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