Paul Gillin

article thumbnail

Social Marketing Wisdom from the Insurance Industry – Really

Paul Gillin

Gregg Weiss ( @greggweiss ) of New York Life says the company’s social media content strategy is driven by constantly asking, “What can we do that isn’t about life insurance?” These four criteria provide a framework for making a rapid and relevant decision about new platforms and opportunities like Google Plus.

article thumbnail

15 Tips for Getting the Most From LinkedIn Groups

Paul Gillin

Only people can post content. For example, instead of saying, “This webinar on the benefits of platform as a service has particular relevance to business partners,” try “This webinar on the benefits of platform as a service looks interesting. It’s easy to measure the response to content you post. prior to posting them.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Social Media Marketers Should and Shouldn’t Do

Paul Gillin

Listen to your market and customers using tools like Twitter filters, Google Alerts and LinkedIn searches. A good rule of thumb is to make about 90% of your contributions relevant to your audience’s needs, regardless of whether they promote your products or company. Be helpful and sales will come. Don’t be silent.

article thumbnail

Live Blog: Lotusphere 2012 Opening Session

Paul Gillin

Fox’s brief speech isn’t very relevant to social business, but the audience receives him well. The user interface is a Facebook/Google+-like internal social network. “Do you ever wonder who are the most active members of your communities or what content is most popular? Looks just like Google Hangouts.

article thumbnail

B2B Blogging Gets Publishing Discipline

Paul Gillin

Another defined the blog’s mission as being “to provide actionable and thought-leadership content for customers and prospects on…topics the company’s product helps optimize.&#. Two of the four finalists had hired professional journalists to oversee content. What do these people think they are? Publishers?

BtoB 50
article thumbnail

How to Promote an Event with Social Media

Paul Gillin

This enables you to assemble photo galleries by stitching together tagged content from a variety of sources. Content from past events is your best promotion for future events. Be sure to provide an RSS feed so that potential attendees can subscribe to new content as it’s posted. Link to your landing page using a custom URL.

article thumbnail

The Value of Tweeting Events

Paul Gillin

I attended a nearby Social Media Breakfast on the subject of content marketing, featuring several respected speakers. Photograph, geotag and embed on a Google Map for ppl to see. Follow #SMB26 for “New Rules of Content Marketing” right now w @cc_chapman @jchernov @BrianBab21 @RachelJOConnell @RobertCollins.