A2SM Podcast #43 – Our Social Media New Years Resolutions for 2011

Social Media Resolutions for 2011:

Neal:

1. Better Social Media management
2. More interaction
3. More Fun

Seth:

1. Less concentration on Return On Investment and more on Return On Interaction
2. More interaction on the various Social Media platforms
3. More commitment to the Social Web as a tool to facilitate business and customer interaction

Jody:

1. More consistent
2. More interaction
3. Integrate channels better

Top Tools:

Neal:

iPad (Apple ordering 65 million iPad screens for 2011) – http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/29/report_apple_ordering_65_million_ipad_screens_for_2011.html

Seth

WordPress (Blogging software turned full-fledged CMS) – The base for any good Social Media plan/strategy (Great theme frameworks: Headway, Thesis or Genesis)

• http://wordpress.org – For self-hosted version of WordPress
• Thesis – http://diythemes.com/
• Genesis – http://studiopress.com
• Headway – http://headwaythemes.com/

What plug ins would you recommend?

• All In One SEO Pack – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
• Disqus Commenting System – http://disqus.com
• AfterTheDeadline – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/after-the-deadline/
• Digg Digg – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/digg-digg/
• Sexy Bookmarks – http://sexybookmarks.shareaholic.com/
• FD Feedburner Plugin – http://flagrantdisregard.com/feedburner/
• Ultimate Google Analytics – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ultimate-google-analytics/
• WordPress Backup (by BTE) – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-backup/
• WordPress Database Backup – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/
• YoURLS plugin http://yourls.org/

Also, can you suggest any way to coordinate with social media?

• Twitterfeed.com
• Facebook imports it to your Fan Page – via Notes
• YoURLS – Custom Branded URL Shortener – complete with stats, and social media sharing. Ours is A2SM.org. – http://yourls.org/
• You can always use Bit.ly Pro (the basic account) to have a branded URL shortener – http://bit.ly/pro/

Jody

So many channels, so little time -

• Tweetdeck http://www.tweetdeck.com
• Seesmic Desktop http://www.seesmic.com
• Agree with Seth  - love WordPress (Headway theme or Thesis or Genesis)
• EverNote -http://www.evernote.com
  • as a way to track ideas, websites, etc. (They have a Desktop App, Web App/Bookmarklets, Android and iPhone apps.)

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