My first impressions of what I assume I’d enjoy about social media is the fact that it’s so easy to make business connections. In reality though, I realize I’ve made quite a few friends, and got back in touch with old friends who I may never have seen again otherwise.
Besides, I feel that the best way to do good business is to make friends with the people you want to eventually do business with.
Facebook & Youtube have been the two big social media loves for me, and I’m especially fond of posting videos on both sites and then using Twitter to Tweet out the links to those videos.
Checking out Twitter
I can’t honestly say that I use Twitter as much as I should. I can’t feel the interaction there as nicely as I can with Facebook. What I do use it for in a big way is keeping an eye on what’s hot in the world.
Twitter is the pulse on what people are interested in right now. Since I do daily episodes on my site http://MovieStarEntrepreneur.com/, it’s helpful to know what people want to know about RIGHT NOW.
Not yesterday, or last week, but right now. Twitter is immensely powerful in doing that for me.
The tools that have made a difference
For me the big tools I use are Tubemogul.com and TrafficGeyser.com. They both allow me to upload my video each day and then the services submit that video to several video sharing sites all over the internet from Youtube to Viddler, to Vimeo, to Myspace.
It allows me to dramatically multiply my presence on the internet without going through the time consuming effort of loading huge files to each of those sites.
SocialWants to the rescue
I’m a big fan of what Kelsi is doing with SocialWants. It’s in my nature to want to know the people who are the top players in whatever market I’m in. Besides, what better people to associate with than the ones that think and do similar things to what I’m doing?
How can you get “Schnooked” up with me?
My main location is at http://MovieStarEntrepreneur.com/.
On that site I have daily episodes where I examine the tactics that movie stars use to make themselves rich and famous. I break down those tactics and turn them into 2-3 minute daily episodes that entrepreneurs can use to make themselves more interesting, charismatic, and better entrepreneurs.
In some episodes I use high tech special effect videos where I clone myself on camera, or have a holographic iPhone messaging system. I keep it fun and interesting.
I truly believe that the internet is leveling the playing field in allowing any of us to build large followings and become mini-celebrities in our markets.
Movie Star Entrepreneur Fan Page:http://www.facebook.com/moviestarentrepreneur
Twitter – http://twitter.com/MarshallWayne
