Social Media & Tech

Blog Indiana TweetUp Panel

Tweetup? Yes, a tweetup. I know many many people on about any social media platform are still in the dark when it comes to a tweetup. In NWIndiana, we have a monthly meetup called #nwitweetup. It is a group of near like minded individuals, that range from teachers, coaches, business owners, and really a wide variety of attendees with a common theme. The use of some sort of social media platform (mainly twitter) and a desire to take the online – offline.

This idea of taking the online offline led me to head a panel at Blog Indiana this past weekend. It is a yearly event brining in speakers from Indiana and across the United States from the likes of a Jason Falls to Kyle Lacy to Doug Karr to me and my panel with Duke Long, Amy Stark, Cheryl Watterson, Dana M. Nelson and Will Hardison. Each one, hosting some sort of tweetup from a Social Media Club, Happy Hour or Meetup/Tweetup.

We discussed:

• how to set-up a Tweetup
• how to advertise
• our Tweetup successes and failures
• how to get everyone to engage and involved

Here is a quick video/audio of the event, where I speak of the power and ROI of a tweetup.

I want to thank all of those that were on the panel, attended the panel or watched it via blogindiana.tv live stream and asked some killer questions. I am working on step by step plan on how to set-up a tweetup and it will be available by Thursday this week.

Asking for HELP

Getting ReFocused

First, I will admit that I’ve been very bad. Well, no, not really, I’ve been very good. I hve neglected my main sites, this one and getUnoticed.com, and have been building some money sites. As many of you know I am an affiliate and network marketer. I’ve had some really great ideas that I will share with many of you in the weeks to come as my “experiments” flourish as I sure they will. But, I digress, I got way behind on a few of my serial blog posts that I simply need to get finished.

This is my get refocused to the business at hand post…

As this ecomnomy continues to take us down whatever road it dman well pleases. I cannot stress enough your need to be prepared for it. You need to plan for your online and your off-line marketing. May business owners are sticking their head in the ground waiting for the worst to blow over, hoping and praying as they ride out this economic storm.

You can look all around you not only are people and businesses surviving, but they are thriving.

What I am really trying to say here is…
Don’t sit around and complain about it…Do something about it!

Here’s How:
1. Take a Screen shot
Really, take a few days, look around your office, you job and your industry, and get a real sense where all 3 are going. Then ask yourself are you cool with that?

2. Get a Clue
If you can see where your industry is going…how is your competition handling it? What are they doing about it?

3. Goals – (did I really just say that?)
What are your numbers? How much do you want to make? Now, compare that to your goals. What are you going to have to do to make your numbers? Drill it down pass the yearly number to the quarterly to even the monthly and weekly. I know a guy that had down to the action. How much money he was losing by waiting on the fax machine. Silly, maybe, but when he eliminated those mundane actions he made more.

4. You can get there from here
Once you got your goals set. You’ve got to ask yourself, “what is it going to take to get there?”
How much do I need to make per client?
How many more clients do I need
Or do I need less clients and more from each client

Once, you got all that figured out, you may need to go back and work on your goals again, and ask yourself how are you going to get there.

5. Action
What old ways are still working for you? What new ways seem to be working not only for you, but for your competition? With just a little creativity both the old and new ways can work and you can easily see an increase with just a tad more effort. Combining “old” media with the “new” media such as social networking and blogging you can enjoy the benefits of increased sale and brand awareness.

6. Get Help
Seek out those that are doing it. You will be amazed at who will take your call for an opportunity to share some ideas. They will learn as much from you as you will them. Really, they will.

Do you or your company need help with your marketing or branding?
Feel Free to contact me today…

Dave

Your Slater Moment?

I am sure we all have heard of the flight attendant in New York, who in a moment of clarity decided that he was done. He pulled the escape hatch on the jet and jumped down to the tarmac with a few beers and headed home. He, simply, had enough. I know a few times in my sales and mortgage career I’ve had the Slater moment. Where dealing with clients, banks or other employees. I just knew that I needed to be self-employed. I had to be on my own.

The road may be a little rough, but I know when I get to the end it will all be worth it.

Dave

How to get more leads

As a Real Estate agent and Mortgage guy one of the hardest things to do sometimes is get leads, but when the opportunity is right in front of you and you ignore it. Well, that is just a crying shame.

Homes pop up for sale in neighborhoods like celebrity deaths. They rarely happen one time, but they come in a string of them. One celebrity dies and then before you know 2 or 3 more kick off. The same goes for listings, and I just saw happed here in my area. My neighbor listed his house and then the couple a block does it two weeks later, and then around the corner one pops and then down the next block all in rapid succession in about 5 week time period.
So, what are you doing to get that business?

Let’s talk “10-10-20 rule”

Like I said this is not a new concept but has been overlooked. Be an orignal and go out and do it on your next listing or the one you did last week. Heck, you can even go do it on the one you did last year.

Dave
No realtors were hurt or put in harm in any way while filming this video


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