Social Media Schools

Obama Set to ‘Hangout’ on Google Plus Tonight!

sal — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:11:35 +0000

Our President of “change” will certainly be changing the political-media landscape tonight with the first ever,

Presidential Google+ Hangout

This isn’t the first Social Media takeover from politics; last summer, Obama held a “Twitter Town Hall Meeting” that didn’t go so well since the questions were preselected.

This time, there will be a few preselected questions, but most will be directly from Google + users who were invited into the chat. Lucky…

The chat will be live today at 5:30 est on Barack Obama’s Google+ Page

Questions this arises:

We know that Obama is going to use Social Media in an unprecedented way for this 2012 election.

If you were a Social Media Manager in the Obama camp, what sort of strategies would you use going forward into the 2012 election?

How could you better integrate Facebook?

Other Fun Questions:

Some other fun questions this made me think about:

What other President in history would you most want to meet in a Google+ hangout?

If Social Media is changing the way we “interact” with our candidates, do you feel that rightfully so, the internet should also change the way we actually participate? By participate, I mean vote!

If you made it into the Google+ hangout tonight, what would you ask?

When Larry Met Sergey

Logan Lenz — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:14:35 +0000

Google has changed the Internet more than any other entity. Branching out from their search engine business over the years, they have created many successes and failures that piggyback on their outrageous market share and registered users.

Most recently, their pivot toward an even more “social” results page, is a change that will change the landscape of the web forever (if it sticks).

Now more than ever, Google can be considered relevant to the social media world. After the failures that were Google Wave and Google Buzz, I thought we’d never get the chance to write about Google as such.

Due to the recent changes, I wanted to shed some light on the history of Google with this illustrative infographic cleverly titled “When Larry Met Sergey.”

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What Makes Social Media POP!

sal — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:21:35 +0000

At Endagon Enterprise – our parent company – we started in the early 2000′s as a Social Media Agency who strives for originality in it’s campaigns.

In this crowded world of SM users today in 2012, being different to cut through the noise out there can really make or break your campaign.

It is exciting to hear what other companies are doing to stand out and make their Social Media efforts POP!

Last week I recorded this episode of Endacast with Jenn Krenn, the founder of POP Social Media

In the episode, we discuss:

Relationships between brands and consumers
Getting more NICHE with your Social Media efforts
POPSocialMedia’s process of developing a clients campaigns
Teaching a client to use Social Media themselves

After we discussed PopSocialMedia.com we segued into a discussion about their latest venture, Dream Champs; where they help people find a job they love because,

Life is too short to do what you hate!

Enjoy the episode!