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Social Media Success - Key Principles for De-bugging your Program

Reality in the Social Media landscape has changed quickly and dramatically.  Just one year ago our pitches were mainly focused on convincing potential clients WHY they should even consider Social Media in their marketing arsenal.  Today, we cut right to the quick and talk about strategy and implementation.

We find that more people accept the fact they need it and most of them have even tried to start their own programs, without seeking the help of a professional.  Many of our new clients are cases where we are de-bugging their first attempts.  It turns out that most people make the same kinds of mistakes when embarking on their social journey.

Through some research and discovery we have found there are a few basic principles that, when omitted or overlooked, tend to stall most programs.   We are going to be sharing some of these key principles over the next few weeks.  We hope that it offers some assistance in keeping that SM program on track!

Please let us know if you have any questions or interesting stories about your own social media challenges.  We would love to hear from you!

The first one is The 3 C’s to Social Media Success.

A Few SXSW Panels Definitely Worth Checking Out

picture-351 A Few SXSW Panels Definitely Worth Checking Out

MarKyr is proud to have two proposals in the mix at South by Southwest (SXSW) this year - Kyra’s for Music, Marjorie’s for Interactive. We’ve compiled a list of worthy panels hosted by some of the brightest women in tech. Please take a moment to visit, vote, and comment on them.

Alexandra Mokh
Impact of Women in Technology

Amanda Congdon
Meet the 21st Century Mom and Pop Shops
Not just the Host: Web Video Divas Dish!

Amy Seidenwurm
Digital Marketing for Non-Profits

Ariel Waldman
Open Collaboration Between Scientists, Communities and the Unknown

Aubrey Sabala
From URL to IRL: Taking Your Community to the Streets

Carla Borsoi
The Community is Dead, Long Live the Community

Casey McKinnon
Hyperlocal Focus: Growing A Vibrant Community Media Ecosystem

Glenda Bautista
Asians: The Silent Minority

Jennifer Tran
Using Social Media to Find a New Gig

Kyra Reed
A Social Media Case Study of L.A.’s Sunset Strip

Leah Culver
Web Framework Battle Royale

Lynne d Johnson
Bumpin’ Up: Has The Glass Ceiling Ever Smacked You In The Butt?

Margarita Quihuis
Bringing Media to Life with Codes and Watermarks

Marjorie Kase and Nina Hartley
Nina Hartley: Porn Star, Sex Educator, Social Networker

Melissa Gira Grant
Professionally Naked: What Women Gain From Exposing Ourselves Online

Nicole Jordan
Can Marketing & PR Co-Exist Without Competing?

Tara Hunt
Don’t Stop Believin: Why Karaoke WILL Change the World

Willo O’Brien (WilloToons)
Snappy Strategies for Selling Art & Craft Online: Part Deux
SXSW SARS

The Roxy Theater featured in iProng Magazine talking Social Media

Nic Adler, owner of The Roxy Theatre, talks Social Media in this month’s issue of iProng Magazine.  It is an excellent article on how he has used the concepts and tools of the medium to keep his business thriving and rebuild the music community on the Sunset Strip.

Congratulations on another great article Nic.  And thank you for the mention.  I guess I will forever be “the blog lady.”

NicAdler576 The Roxy Theater featured in iProng Magazine talking Social Media

“After taking over the club, Nic’s first order of business was to redefine what The Roxy was supposed to be in the face of the rise of competing music scenes in other LA neighborhoods. At the same time he began finding his way into social media after his girlfriend chided him over the sorry state of not only his MySpace page, but The Roxy’s official website as well.

“In the next couple days I met this girl Kyra Reed, and she was introduced to me as Blog Woman, ‘this Blog Woman is going to come and talk to you.’ And I was in an open place where I was kind of looking for the next way for The Roxy to excel, and she comes in and sits down and says ‘Do you know about community?’ And I’m like yeah, I guess I know about community, where I live, my neighbors. Then she started explaining to me the importance of community and paying it forward and doing things to help your neighbors, but in an online networking space.”

To read the article in full go here.

MarKyr Presents Facebook Clinic at WITI Conference

4946_207645395034_689210034_7357446_68737_n-300x225 MarKyr Presents Facebook Clinic at WITI ConferenceKyra and I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Women in Technology International (WITI) Social Media Conference this weekend in San Jose. There, I did a standing room only presentation on Creating Facebook Pages for business. My sincere thanks to the folk at WITI, especially WITI President, David Leighton and WITI CEO, Caroline Leighton for making this happen.

MarKyr Media Presents at UCLA

classtrip1 MarKyr Media Presents at UCLA

MarKyr Co-Founders Marjorie Kase and Kyra Reed had the pleasure of presenting their Roxy Theatre case study with Roxy owner, Nic Adler at UCLA’s Social Media Marketing class last week. The team focused on the Roxy’s reputation transformation - both online and off - due entirely to their Social Media efforts. We had a terrific Q&A session afterwards where members of the class asked several throught-provoking questions regarding blog SEO, tools such as Twitter and Lijit, and time management skills. Special thanks to instructors Beverly Macy and Karl Kaska for making this happen.