There’s nothing mind-blowingly brilliant about this, but if you are investing the time and funds to launch and maintain a social media communications platform, I hope you’re not forgetting one crucial element.
Asking your customers (and if you’re a home builder, your potential buyers and brokers) for their social networking contact information.
All of the contact forms [...]
Closing the Communication Gap
Memorable Meals
I was on KPBS radio’s These Days this morning with writer Maureen Clancy. Our topic was memorable meals and we really hit a nerve with the audience. It made us realize how much food–from cherished dishes made by parents and grandparents to street food, to a simple breakfast or extravagant five-course meal–can stay with you [...]
The Follower Conundrum for Twitter Newbies
A San Diego journalist, an acquaintance of many years, sent me a note last week explaining that she was newly minted on Twitter as a way to promote the stories she and colleagues were writing for a new online publication. Her dilemma? How to find followers to spread the word. She wanted my advice on [...]