3-08-09
So our newest Twitter is LAGVBlogs...follow us there. Introducing Kelly, our blog princess on twitter. She'll be blogging and commenting on food and wine as well as the state of the business community.
Back in the day your business was all about sales and fulfillment. Now, communications has become the largest time block in my day. And I don't just mean talking to a group in the break room. I mean, DIGG, Twitter, and Facebook...Linkdin, and Zoom. It takes hours a day to optimize all the listings and blogs to SEO a site or an idea. Amazing how much more we have to do with every new technology. Paperless? HA HA. Email...bluetooth, whatever.
So I have introduced mini-sites to go with my banners and my premium business listings. I think that my small businesses don't have time and energy to have a web presence and this allows for a low cost option to get noticed and be easily found via search. Hopefully a bunch of these can support the cost of the server and the gas for my business calls.
Now, I have to say though, that the whole thing with all this social media share love-in is that there seems to be a bunch of really negative complainers that just want a bitch forum on all these sites. It can actually give credibility to an opinion (even mine) as opposed to a well researched article about an actual issue or story. I see this as a downside in the longrun, but a solidifyer of freedom of speech on the other hand. My site is no better or worse, as people can express themselves regardless of opinion as long as they are not threatening or extremely ugly and racist. So where is the line? Do we just go with it? Will the cream rise to the top or will the system just get overloaded with bs? Hm. I am all for freedom, but like my fake 503c coffee mug mailed to me post 9/11 for a cash donation says "Freedom is Not Free".
3-4-09
Our Twitter is getting pretty populated and we have reached our max 2k of following, so you have to add us now. We are LAGrapeVine on Twitter.
I am adding a lot of information on wine over the next week that will include California wineries, suppliers, vendors, and tasting. California wines are a staple of our economy and our tables, so I think it is important to promote this critical industry during this time of economic turmoil.
How is your business doing during this crazy time? I would love to hear what I can do to help your business to be seen in LA.
ma
February 26, 2009
Ok, so yeah, it is a process…Thank you all for being so patient with the build. We are getting there though. So, if you have ideas or comments, please pipe up! I am all ears!
Concepts are easy, implementation is the hard part. I don't feel like this is hard so much as challenging. Sometimes I think I am just driving everyone crazy with advertising calls and marketing strategy. But the fact is the economy is nuts right now, and every small business needs as much help as possible.
I just hooked up our twitter (lagrapevine) and I am sure that I will be into the whole micro blog in no time. I like that Penn & Teller twitter…
So, like all of you, I am setting up facebook and activerain and all sorts of stuff. I know how time consuming this is for everyone, but again, it is the economy, and it is how we communicate today. I wonder what all this will look like in 100 years? Do you think our great grandkids will use MySpace?
Mary Alice
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