Google+ Mobile App: Party Mode

February 11, 2013 by 3 Comments

Guest post by SMC Dallas Google+ coordinator and champion, Scot Duke.

Google+ is rapidly becoming the social space of choice for many, and the G+ Mobile App is making it easier to keep in touch with everyone on G+.

One of the most popular and unique features of Google+, Party Mode ties the desktop and mobile apps together and is associated with Google+ Events.  Attendees can post photos and make comments that post to the G+ Event page.  Posts can be seen both on the smartphone app and desktop.

Scot Duke and Bob Hendershot, SMC Dallas Members using G+ party mode during the January 2013 meeting.

Streaming the Party Mode

More and more event organizers are placing the G+ Event Comment Stream on projectors so everyone attending an event can see the photos and comments that are posted in real time. Streaming the  G+ Party Mode for all to see makes the event far more entertaining than the Twitter streams which gets spammed so frequently.  Plus the G+ Event comment content is searchable making what was posted last long after the event is over.

How It Works

Here are some basics on how G+ Party Mode works:  Confirm you are going to a G+ Event, at the set event starting time Party Mode becomes available on your smartphone. It’s as simple as opening your G+ app at the time of the event and choosing to join the party. Then you can post photos, make comments and follow what others are posting. The photo and comments are immediately posted to the Event Stream and can be viewed by those who say they are going to attend.

Note that Google+ Events also allows people who cannot attend the ability to watch what is going on at the event by viewing the G+ Event Page.

Android vs iPhone

There are some differences in how the G+ Party Mode works on different smartphone operating systems.  The Android is a bit more user friendly than the iPhone app, but both work very well.  Recent updates to both OS have improved the use of the Party Mode feature.  Some of the older phones have difficulty in allowing the user to easily use all of the features of Party Mode.  Many times the difficulties are partly due to the latest update to the Mobile App has not been uploaded.

There are a few more tips on setting up the notifications here: Enable or Disable Party Mode

Now that you have the app set-up, here is a video on how simple it is to us Party Mode on your smartphone: About Party Mode

**See you next week at SMC Dallas’ February meeting, featuring The Most Pinteresting Panel in The World. Have your G+ app ready to go and be sure to seek out Scot Duke if you need any help with Google+ Party Mode!

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Rob Garner Led SMC Dallas January 2013 Meeting on Real-time Marketing

January 23, 2013 by 1 Comment

Real-time marketing was on everyone’s mind at the January meeting of Social Media Club of Dallas. Rob Garner, master of SEO and author of  Search & Social: The Definitive Guide to Real-time Content Marketing led the evening’s discussion with some excellent information and tactics for marketers.

Rob Garner, author of Search & Social: The Definitive Guide to Real-Time Content Marketing

For the full story of Rob’s presentation, please see the Storify of tweets from the event.

For event photographs, please visit the Social Media Club of Dallas Facebook page.

Stay tuned for information on February’s SMC Dallas meeting featuring some very ‘pinteresting’ people. Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook for all the latest updates.

See you in February!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Scott Stratten, Author of “The Book of Business Awesome,” Returns to Social Media Club of Dallas

September 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Scott Stratten

DALLAS, September 25, 2012 – Social Media Club of Dallas, a premier networking and education organization dedicated to marketing and new media, is proud to announce Scott Stratten, author of “The Book of Business Awesome,” will speak at the October 25th meeting.

“We look forward to hearing Scott’s unique perspective on business and enjoy a discussion about untraditional marketing tactics,” said Kendall Shiffler, SMC Dallas president. “Scott previously spoke at SMC Dallas and received great reviews so we’re excited to have him back with new insights that he wittingly delivers.”

Formerly a music industry marketer, national sales training manager and a professor at the Sheridan College School of Business, he ran his “UnAgency” for a nearly a decade before solely focusing on speaking at events for companies.  Stratten helped PepsiCo, Adobe, Red Cross, Cirque du Soleil, Saks Fifth Avenue and Fidelity Investments guide their way through the viral, social media and relationship marketing landscape.

Stratten will speak from his new book, which covers everything business related from branding, public relations, social media, marketing, customer service and human resources. Stratten’s book steers away from traditional business concepts and focuses more on achieving awesome results through engagement and technology. Stratten will include case studies and concepts that attendees can apply directly to their own businesses. Topics will include:

- Why things go viral when they follow the Third Circle rule.
- How companies look Awesome when they do something UnAwesome.
- Why Social Media isn’t the answer to everything.

Stratten will also discuss unsuccessful business by showcasing concepts that have failed in the past and major situations to avoid.

The event will take place at The Angelika Film Center at Mockingbird Station from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 25. A Tweetup will take place after the event at People’s Last Stand. Registration is $45. To register for the event, please visit: http://smcdallas-scottstratten.eventbrite.com.

Event sponsors include Chili’s, Allen Tsai Photography and Uber. SMC Dallas Annual Sponsors include Pocketstop.com and Synthesis. Sponsorships are still available for this event. To inquire about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Elysa Ellis at sponsorship@smcdallas.org.

 

About Social Media Club

Social Media Club hosts conversations that explore key issues facing our society as technologies transform the way we connect, communicate, collaborate and relate to each other. The Club’s primary mission is to promote media literacy, promote standard technologies, encourage ethical behavior and share best practices. We are active across the U.S. and Canada and expanding globally. Visit www.smcdallas.org for more information, or connect with SMC Dallas on Facebook orTwitter.

About Scott Stratten

Scott Stratten is the President of Un-Marketing. He is an expert in Viral, Social, and Authentic Marketing which he calls Un-Marketing. It’s all about positioning yourself as a trusted expert in front of your target market, so when they have the need, they choose you. http://www.unmarketing.com/

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Secret to Event Success: Collaboration! – SMC Dallas / DFW SEM / Copyblogger

April 20, 2012 by 1 Comment

Brian Clark, @Copyblogger, "Did I approve you asking me that?"

Let no interview come between two good friends and business associates, but if there should be just a little bit of discomfort in the live questions the audience benefits.

Sean Jackson, @SeanThinks, "Work with me boss."

We were a fortunate audience indeed at last week’s Social Media Club of Dallas and DFW SEM joint event where Sean Jackson, business mastermind and CFO at Copyblogger Media, interviewed his boss Brian Clark, the genius behind and founder of Copyblogger.

“The first three months of Copyblogger was a lonely stretch of obscurity,” said Brian. But he experimented quite a bit with his content and learned quickly what people wanted, what his audience wanted. An audience that would serve him well when he was ready to leverage his influence and make Copyblogger profitable.

Brian thinks of the Copyblogger audience as being in rings around a center that is made up of customers, or as Brian calls them, “family.”

The goal is to move people from the outer, less committed audience circles closer and closer to the inner circle.

His secret? Give things away. “If you feel like you are giving away too much then you’re on the right track,” said Brian.

For more great tips, see my archive of tweets from the event.

Many, many thanks need to go out for bringing this insightful interview to fruition, not least are the presidents of SMC Dallas and DFW SEM, Kendall Shiffler and Dan Sturdivant, who shared some of his thoughts after the event:

Dan Sturdivant, President DFW SEM 4 18 2012

We are also very grateful to our sponsors: Raven Tools, On The Border, Allen Tsai Photography, and Content Authority; with a very special thank you to our annual sponsors: Pocket Stop and Gardere.

If you attended, do let us know your thoughts and what kind of programming you would like to see in the future.

Find photos from the event here on our Facebook page.

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If I Grant You 3 Questions, What Would You Ask @Copyblogger ?

April 4, 2012 by 5 Comments

Copyblogger secrets revealed April 18!

I had lunch today with the affable business whiz Sean Jackson, CFO of Copyblogger Media. We chatted quite a bit about content marketing and the challenges and treasures that come with it, which of course led us to talk about the upcoming SMC Dallas and DFW SEM event featuring Copyblogger’s own genius of content marketing Brian Clark.

Sean is going to be interviewing Brian for our event and started telling me about the questions he intends to ask. Having just moderated a half day BDI/PR Newswire cotent marketing event in Dallas I shared some of the things that people asked at my event.

Being the naturally-born moderator that I am, I started to think of how ‘I’ would interview Brian Clark and then I started to think that perhaps we all have questions we’d like to ask him.

So I twisted Sean’s arm and he agreed that he would let us have a say in what kind of questions get asked.

HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY!: In the comments below, write one to three questions that you would ask Brian if you could. Sean will select the best questions and will mention who asked it on stage when he throws it at Brian.

Contest starts…NOW!

And by the way, if you haven’t yet registered for the Copyblogger event on April 18, hurry up and do it fast. We are nearing our limit.

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SXSW 2012 and The Tweetup That Set The Stage

March 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment

SXSW 2012 was incredible, educational, awe-inspiring, wet, exhausting, fun, and the most overwhelmingly informational (don’t bother to reference the AP Style manual on that, I didn’t) digital event in the history of digital events!

It was wonderful to see so many SMC Dallas members attending this year. Several of our friends were quoted in a Dallas Business Journal article: SXSW draws Dallas social media crowd, including Jessica Nunez, Chris Baccus, Alex Tan and Chris Yates.

Social Media Club of Dallas kicked off SXSW 2012 with a lively tweetup at the Warwick Melrose Hotel in Dallas on March 7th. Sponsored by Visit South Walton, there was fabulous food and drink and lots of gifts for the evening’s most prolific twitterers.

We here at Social Media Club of Dallas would like to say to our new friends at Visit South Walton, “Thank you for the good times and we’ll be visting soon so keep the light on for us!”

We would also like to thank Allen Tsai Photography for the wonderful pictures.

Our next SMC Dallas event will be on April 18. We’ll be combining digital efforts with DFWSEM to bring the one and only Brian Clark of Copyblogger Media out from behind his Mac to share some sage advice on social media and marketing. So be sure to follow @SMCdallas on Twitter for event updates. It’s going to be a packed house.

Hope to see all of you there!


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