Dayngrous Discourse

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Training Your Company for Social Media

Thinking about getting your business more involved in social networking and new media and looking for some resources? Well, you're already off to a great start. Planning how to you'll train your staff (or get up to speed yourself and build a social media strategy is important. Though you can just jump in and get started, there are some things that you'll want to know before you go public. There's no better time to get started!

You can read all the articles related to Training Your Company for Social Media throughout the month of May , on the Radian6 blog (Disclosure: I work for Radian6). You can specifically read the ones I've authored by visiting the links below.

Training Your Company for Social Media

Before You Go Public - Your company is ready to go! Everyone is on-board and excited to begin using social media. Your team is thinking what’s next? Perhaps the best place to start is by making sure that everyone’s on the same page.

Laying the Groundwork - Resources will help your team grow more knowledgeable about what’s going on across the social web, as well as give them a good foundation to build upon as they go forward. How do you go about finding resources? Where should you look?

The Magic Elixir - When it comes to social media success, everyone is looking for the magic elixir. The bad news is there is no magic elixir. However, there are some pretty good examples of what has and hasn’t worked across the social web. That’s right, we’re talking about case studies.-

Lost In Translation - It happens. Sometimes professionals forget that not everyone in their audience knows exactly what they know.

The Time is Now - Getting started with social media is a little like starting a family – except instead of taking care of a baby, you’re taking care of your brand.