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Welcome to

Social Media Coffee Talk™ . . .

I wanted an informal place to share what I’ve learned about social media, and for people to stop by and get information needed to stay current and be successful.

I figured, who doesn’t meet for coffee? Even if we want tea, “let’s meet for coffee”. Your choice of beverage is irrelevant here. It’s about the conversation. I’ve got my favorite, English Breakfast Tea – light and sweet. But the coffee pot is on. There’s hot cocoa. So grab your favorite drink, pull up a comfy chair, and jump in the conversation.

Introduce yourself. Ask questions. Share your experiences. Make comments. This is for you!

Can you relate to this?

Looking back on my early ventures into the social media world, I was apprehensive, uninformed . . . a fatal combination on the internet. A friend mentioned LinkedIn and I set up a profile, thinking it a big directory. My LinkedIn profile just sat there for a year. I did the same thing on Twitter and got exactly the same result. It just sat there.

By the time I heard about Facebook, it partly scared me, partly made me think, “Same thing, different packaging.”. Still I did and redid 5 pages before I felt satisfied, then I sat back and thought, “Now what?” There I was, all dressed up, and ready to go. But to where? Eventually I realized what I was missing:

A Vision – A Strategy – An Action Plan – BAM! – That was it!

There were KEY QUESTIONS I had never even tackled. . .
• WHY did I want to get into Social Media in the first place?
• WHO was my target audience?
• WHERE did my target audience hang out online? Do they even hang out online?
• HOW was I to get their attention?

And most vital of all…
• WHAT do I tell them once I get their attention?

Once I got that down, it all made sense.

This blog is under construction, so bear with me while I bring everything up to speed.

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