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Re: Oprah Magazine Interview

Lisa Breedt — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:16:50 -0000

Thank you so much Karen, appreciate your comment! The O shoot and interview was great fun... a lifetime of experience and events have brought me to this point - very grateful for what I've learnt along the way!

Re: Oprah Magazine Interview

Karen Kelly — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:56:52 -0000

Well done Lisa, your consistence and persistence are the flagship of your success.

Re: Oprah Magazine Interview

Jeremy Preet — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:04:37 -0000

I can't wait to have my own oprah magazine interview. This so exciting! :)

Re: Six Degrees brings Social Media World Forum event to Cape Town

Peter du Toit — Fri, 20 May 2011 05:18:23 -0000

Going to be a great programme - will also be a good opportunity to see how mature business views are around social media and its use beyond campaigns!

Re: Six Degrees brings Social Media World Forum event to Cape Town

Nigel Cameron-Davies — Fri, 20 May 2011 05:06:01 -0000

Thanks for the heads up - see you there!

Re: Six Degrees brings Social Media World Forum event to Cape Town

Nigel Cameron-Davies — Fri, 20 May 2011 05:05:43 -0000

Thanks for the heads up - we will see you there!

Re: Facebook Page upgrade – eight changes you need to be aware of

Gavin Magid — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:52:42 -0000

Loving the changes.

Re: Facebook security tip – control apps that friends add

sms white label — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:12:15 -0000

Great post! I start my account 2 months ago and this is really helpful for me and I’m newbies on the road…. Thank you…

Re: Social media for business – avoid this mistake

Socialmedialogue — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:57:52 -0000

That's exactly what I always tell my clients who want to get social and grow their online network: Be a damn human! Let people know about you and why you are a valuable ‘friend’. Interact with people. Be a good source of information, help people, answer questions in the area of your expertise. Nobody will build a loyal community by spamming around and using the social web as just another tool to blast out annoying sales messages. It's important to treat social media as ‘social’. It’s not about just stock-piling connections as if they are missles. It’s about creating and cultivating relationships...

Re: Social media for business – avoid this mistake

Brian Rea — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:47:07 -0000

Great blog post! thanks

Re: Should you outsource your social media initiatives?

Peter Peiser — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:15:20 -0000

Chris Garret's article describes the pros and cons of outsourcing social media, what you shouldn't outsource and what is safe to do so. You seem to have concentrated on the cons, i.e. the "what you shouldn't outsource" part only. A bit prejudicial perhaps?

Re: What you can do with Google Maps for Mobile

Peter du Toit — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:08:33 -0000

Just saw this little piece on Mashable re Google Maps How To Manage Your Presence on Google Maps http://mashable.com/2010/10/11...

Re: Social Media and ROI

Nigel Cameron-Davies — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:27:01 -0000

Thanks Peter, great post. Couldn't agree more about Radian6 being the tool for Unilever and organisations of this size to use. As you said, these are a companies who like to measure so it will fit right in there with the ISO measurement tools etc. and give the number crunches the ROI they always look for. I would be interested to know what Unilever Europe are doing in this regard, any info as I don't see much even over on LinkedIn?

Re: Google executive clarifies their thinking on Google Buzz

Learntowintrading — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:24:40 -0000

Google Buzz has become an integral area of marketing, connecting, and overall operations for LTWT. We enjoy it! Particularly the ubiquity of your content going everywhere, Buzz, Profile, Search, Picasa, YouTube, etc. Sidewiki alone is one of the GREATEST features We've seen anywhere! WE LOVE IT! Please don't ever take it away! If everyone only understood what it actually does and how powerful a tool it really is.....yes, there are even features to expunge the spammers. When it's useful it's golden! A ready-made-self-linking-blog that is available to you on any webpage or website and you can comment about any article not just on site but also in the Sidewiki which then, ( if you have set everything up to work right...) will post all over the place, Buzz, Profile, Search, etc. We haven't used much else of Googles Social Network features, i.e., Orkut, Wave, etc. and we don't use the Geo Tagging features but we are eagerly awaiting the next layer of SNing from Google in the form of "Google Me". There are so many great features to many of Googles products if people would really look at the product and yes there is some reading between the lines but that's where you find the good stuff, it is a good thing they are so useful and resourceful. The first six years Google was in business they didn't even have a revenue stream, yes that means they didn't even make money for the first six years. It was just a company of engineers and we really enjoy the collective brain power of what they have produced. Maybe it's just because I handle the Mktg. for LTWT but once researched and organized and implemented ( Yes, it takes some time.) Google just seems one of the best choices for all the obvious and right reasons.

Re: Internal “social media” – a clever business move

Peter du Toit — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:37:47 -0000

Pleasure! :) It's a subject that I believe really needs more airtime. Seamless internal communication can have a dramatic impact. Interestingly many larger organizations we find are locked into Microsoft's SharePoint and are reluctant to get something new like Yammer or Salesforce. So I was really excited to see what the guys at Newsgator have done to turn SharePoint social. Check this out: http://www.newsgator.com/produ...
Let me know what you think.

Re: Internal “social media” – a clever business move

Melissa Attree  — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:25:00 -0000

Thanks for the link Peter, glad I could 'inspire' an interesting post :) I'm pretty passionate about ramping up internal communication tools, it's awesome that we have so many 'external' social media tools to explore that can be used effectively internally :)

Re: Social media lessons from @kulula

Peter du Toit — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:38:50 -0000

Thanks Brian. I honestly think that they really can't ignore this particular issue any longer. This from the Kulula team in response to a tweet from Lisa: "Thank you for understanding - and we will not rest till we get this right :)" http://twitter.com/kulula/stat...

Re: Social media lessons from @kulula

Brian Rea — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:46:30 -0000

HI Peter...I had massive problems on the Kulula server with my joburg booking a few weeks ago. User friendliness isn't a strong point either - their social response was strong but looks like booking could use an overhaul. Excellent Blog post. Thanks a lot

Re: Developing a Social Media Strategy For Your Business – 13 Oct ’10

Lisa Breedt — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:10:54 -0000

Hi Aliet,

Unfortunately we don't have anything scheduled for Cape Town in the near future. But we've had delegates fly in from Durban and Cape Town to join our programme in the past, maybe this is something you could consider too.

Re: Developing a Social Media Strategy For Your Business – 13 Oct ’10

Lisa Breedt — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:09:19 -0000

We're looking forward to presenting this programme in October!

Re: Developing a Social Media Strategy For Your Business – 13 Oct ’10

Aliet — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:04:12 -0000

Is there any possibility of holding this workshop in Cape Town too?
Aliet Pelt
The Office Assistant

Re: Understanding Facebook Places privacy settings

Peter du Toit — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:09:28 -0000

Related post from Mashable: A Field Guide to Using Facebook Places http://mashable.com/2010/08/19...

Re: Understanding Facebook Places privacy settings

Peter du Toit — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:08:17 -0000

Here are some really great insights from Robert Scoble "I hope my competition turns on all Facebook privacy settings. Here is why." http://www.cinchcast.com/scobl...

Re: Social media changing the way reporters work

Peter du Toit — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:01:37 -0000

The first thing I can think of is the need to develop a community around you. Developing community requires that you take the time to engage with those who are connected to you. It becomes a two-way interaction, which includes listening to what others have to say and then using that information to provide what is needed. A great example for businesses to follow.

Re: Things they don’t tell you about social media: there is no off button

Peter du Toit — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:56:38 -0000

Thanks David as you say this is all about relationships.... you may be interested in our view on outsourcing social media http://www.socialmediaiq.co.za... and the follow-up http://www.socialmediaiq.co.za...