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Positive SEO: Giving Your Brand an Online Assist

mbc27 — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:48:00 +0000

Power Tip for Social Media Tragedies Discussion by Michelle Beckham-Corbin.

As more businesses and individuals begin to carve a presence for themselves online, the question about reputation management arises. “How do we manage our brand online? How do we control what people are saying about us, especially if it is negative?”

So how do we, as caretakers of the Brand (company, products, services, personal brand, etc.), manage this? There are many tools you can use to help manage your Brand. Today’s Power Tip focuses on using the service About.Me.

About.Me is a great place to build some positive SEO for your Brand. It is a custom profile and personal analytics dashboard that can be created for an individual profile or for a company. This puts the power to convey your Brand in the manner that you want it shared with the world. The site gives you the ability to:

Create a slick bio with images
Tell the World what you want them to know about you
Add in your social links (Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, YouTube, Reddit, etc.)
Add an Email link

Now people can find all of your online real-estate in one place and your image presented in the way that you would like it to be shared. The built-in analytics capability allows you to see who is looking at your site and how they are interacting with it.

Here’s a view of NMC March Speaker Daniel Lally’s profile:

Dan Lally's About.Me Profile

And another example from About.me co-founder Tony Conrad:

Tony Conrad's About.Me Profile

Other sites to use are Google Profiles and Flavors.Me

What are you waiting for? Get started creating the best version of your online Brand now!

Register NOW for the February Second Saturday Event!

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Image by whizchickenonabun via Flickr

Registration for this month’s Second Saturday event, “Build It And They Will Come!”, is now open.

This Saturday, Debba Haupert from Girlfriendology.com will be on hand to talk about how she’s built a thriving community, and we’ll learn what we can do to build communities of our own.

Just like last month, we’ll share a short power tip that you can use in your efforts, some social media news, and another book giveaway.

And, of course, there will be some great opportunities for us to (re)connect in-person! Please come up and say hi!

Go grab your spot before they all are taken … and remember to invite your friends!

15 Essential Articles for Online Community Managers #CMAD (futurelab.net)
A Basic Online Community Wireframe (feverbee.com)
Building Your Business Online Takes Time (cash-bandit.com)
Reflecting on Online Community Building (michelemmartin.com)
Engaging With Online Communities (marketingconversation.com)
Building My API Community with Elance (kinlane.com)
Two Different Community Skills (feverbee.com)
Six Reasons Firms Build B2B Customer Communities (customerthink.com)

YES!! A Cincinnati area networking events calendar!

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:30:00 +0000

via SocialPint

Over the years, many other networking groups have sprung up around the Greater Cincinnati area, but it’s been a challenge to find a single place that shows all of their events.

(By the way, if you have any announcements for the February Second Saturday event, please email them to news AT newmediacincinnati.com by Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 5 PM Cincinnati time.)

It looks like Steve, Joe, and the rest of our friends at the Social Pint Network are looking to meet this need. If you want to keep your personal and professional networking card full, check out the Networking Events Calendar at their website that’s being updated all the time. In fact, if you know of an event they do not have on their calendar, you can submit it yourself via their website!

By the way, as many of us in the New Media Cincinnati community can attest, the Social Pint Network events, which are held during the week in Northern Kentucky each month, are definitely worth attending! Check out their Picasa Web Album to see the activity from previous events.

Networkers hold dinner (news.cincinnati.com)
Brandery joins TechStars Network (news.cincinnati.com)
Chambers reach deal on dual-membership (news.cincinnati.com)
United Way takes over Workforce Network (news.cincinnati.com)

2011 Season kicks off this Saturday!

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:00:59 +0000

Get your e-mail invitation? Good. Then you know about what we’re doing this Saturday.

If not, get on over and register for Saturday’s event. You want to be there. Yes, definitely.

Want to get an email invitation next month? Add yourself to the list here.

Holiday Food Drive 2010

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:50:32 +0000

: Image via Wikipedia

Want to help spread some holiday cheer? Help New Media Cincinnati collect food for hungry families this week by registering to come to this month’s event!

Holiday Food Drive

Each year HOPE Worldwide in Cincinnati collects food for food boxes that are delivered to agencies that help feed the hungry during the holidays. Last year at this time New Media Cincinnati collected enough food to fill up two boxes of food (Breanna Gaddie took some pictures). That’s enough food for two families to live on for a week!

This year, we’re planning on donating three boxes. Food will be collected on at the event this coming Saturday, November 13th.

The easiest way you can help is by buying a donation ticket when you register for the event.

Some other ways you can help are by bringing items listed for each box below. If you want, you can also bring a Kroger gift card that can be used to purchase perishable items. Please check expiration dates before including items.

For each box of food:

Vegetables: 4 cans
Fruit: 2 cans
Cereal: 1 large or 2 small boxes
Crackers: 1 large or 2 small boxes
Soup: 2 large or 4 small cans
Peanut Butter: 1 large or 2 small jars
Jelly: 1 large or 2 small jars
Potatoes, dried: 1 box
Mac & Cheese: 2 boxes
Rice: 1 box or bag
Pasta: 1 box or bag
Pasta sauce: 1 large or 2 small jars
Tuna: 2 cans
Chicken: 2 cans
Complete Meal: 2 boxes

Register for this Saturday’s event: Online Video for Fun and Profit!

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:27:48 +0000

In addition to the great time of connecting in person with one another, our own Vickie Sceifers from VS Productions will be talking to the group about online video.

Vickie Sceifers from VS Productions

Upcoming Events in the Cincinnati Region

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:00:53 +0000

Below is a short list of upcoming and relevant events in the Cincinnati region. Special thanks to Mary Beth Dunn for compiling the list!

Navigating Privacy and Security in Social Media, Dave Hatter: 9/21
Digital Non-Conference: 9/23-9/24
How to Empower Your Organization with a Social Media Policy: 10/5
TEDx Cincinnati: 10/7
New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday: 10/9
SummitUp 2010: 10/19

Ten Things Businesses Should Know About Intellectual Property, Including New Media and the Law, copyrights and trademarks

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:33:44 +0000

New Media Cincinnati began in October 2007 as a simple meetup group of people in the Cincinnati, Dayton, and Northern Kentucky areas who were passionate about new and social media technologies like blogging, podcasting, Twitter, etc.

The group consists of people who are using new and social media for a living, but also includes people who are simply involved as a hobby. Anyone interested in learning more about these technologies and in connecting with others is welcome to attend. New Media Cincinnati has become, as one attendee remarked, “the premiere social networking event in the Greater Cincinnati area.” The group’s mission has grown to one of promoting digital literacy in our community.

People who come to New Media Cincinnati Second Saturdays

make and foster business and personal connections with at least one other person,
have face-to-face time with social media connections made online,
learn from one another about social media technologies as we share best practices and other tips
have the chance to talk about their own online presence
have opportunities to share something they know with the rest of the group
partake of food and drink and in general have a great time!

Connecting at New Media Cincinnati Second Saturdays has led to new business and employment for some.

This month we will be meeting again at Molly Malone’s in Covington from 3 PM to 6 PM.

Agenda

3:00-4:00 PM: Socializing/ice-breaker activity. A/V equipment setup (if needed)

4:00-4:15 PM: Steering Committee update and other announcements.

4:15-5:00 PM: Roger Bora, from Thompson-Hine, “Ten Things Businesses Should Know About Intellectual Property,Including New Media and the Law, copyrights and trademarks.”

5:00-6:00 PM: More socializing

What you can expect to learn

Federal Trade Commission’s Guidelines for advertising and endorsements, which include promoting products/services via blogging and “tweeting”;
Use of non-disclosure agreements to help grow your business and business partnerships while protecting your intellectual property and proprietary information;
Intellectual property infringement trends in social media and how to protect your IP rights;
Copyrights: What are they? How are they acquired? How to best protect those rights online and in social media networks;
Spam laws: What are they and how not to voilate them;
Virtual worlds and your intellectual property: Things you should know.

About Roger Bora

: Image by danieljohnsonjr via Flickr

Roger is a member of the Intellectual Property practice group at Thompson-Hine LLP. Roger concentrates his practice in trademark law. His practice includes the management of global trademark portfolios; counseling clients on the selection of trademarks; trademark clearance; trademark prosecution; trademark policing and enforcement strategies; trade dress law; conflict resolution; representing clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in trademark registration opposition and cancelation proceedings; federal trademark litigation; domain name registration, counseling and enforcement; preparation of trademark licenses and other agreements pertaining to intellectual property; copyright counseling and registration; internet issues.

Before joining Thompson Hine, Roger was a practicing trademark attorney in a major law firm in Northern New England. Prior to entering private practice, he was a practicing trademark attorney, and previous to that an intern, while in law school, at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in Arlington, Virginia. Roger also interned at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board under the direction of Judge Gerard Rogers, and worked on detail assignments with the Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks and Post Registration Division while employed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Roger is also one of the members of the New Media Cincinnati Steering Committee.

Event Details

Event Tags
- Twitter: #nmcincy
- Elsewhere: newmediacincy

Create and Share Content

The strength of this group comes from everyone’s participation. The more you share about the group online and in-person with others, the wider reach this group will have.

To that end, unless otherwise specified, New Media Cincinnati events and content therein are licensed under Creative Commons to promote the sharing and distribution of new media content.

In other words, you are welcome to

take pictures and add them to the Flickr group and elsewhere,
record audio and video,
blog,
tweet,
record audio and video,
live-stream, and
otherwise create and share content to document and promote this event on the internet

More about the New Media Cincinnati web presence can be found at the website.

Participating in the event means that you understand that your image and voice may be captured and used for non-commercial use.

Late-breaking news

Any late-breaking news will be communicated via the New Media Cincinnati Twitter feed (@newmediacincy). You can also follow updates via the #nmcincy hashtag.

See you on the Second Saturday!

Daniel Johnson, Jr.

Protecting “Built-In” Trade Secrets (constructionlawva.com)
Trademark, Copyright and Logos (plagiarismtoday.com)
Thompson Hine Partner Recognized on Lawdragon List (eon.businesswire.com)
Intellectual Property Rights Protection (socyberty.com)

A limited number of spots are still available for this Saturday’s event

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:04:17 +0000

This month’s Second Saturday event is about New Media Lessons Learned. What has worked? What hasn’t worked? Registration has been up for a little while, and the spots are going fast! A few more are available. RSVP here.

A time to talk, a time to listen

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:00:54 +0000

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It’s time for another New Media Cincinnati conference call!

Background

Putting together a New Media Cincinnati event each month takes up a lot of time. People come wanting to have a good time and meet people they’ve made connections with online. Those who attend often expect for there to be some sort of structured discussion – a topic or theme.

I decided some months ago that the New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday event will be a free (no admission), community-run event. In the beginning, I was able to plan, organize, run, and do the followup for the event. Not so anymore.

Conference calls

In May 2009 I started conducting these conference calls for anyone in the community who wanted to participate. These calls had two main purposes:

Provide feedback on the previous month’s event
Set expectations and discuss the upcoming event

As the group has matured, I find I’m relying more and more on help from the community to make this event happen each month.

Details

When: Thursday, June 24, 2010 8-9 PM EDT
http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/49025
TalkShoe has a web client and downloadable software to text chat with others who are also on the call. Note that the web client does not work well in Google Chrome.
Calling instructions:
1. Dial: (724) 444-7444
2. Enter: 49025 # (Call ID)
3. Enter: 1 # (unless you already have a TalkShoe account associated with your phone)
Possible items for discussion:
- New Media Cincinnati in Northern Kentucky at Lazer Kraze this past month (seen this video?)
- Podcamp Ohio/WordCamp Columbus (did you go?)
- Venue change (we’re meeting at Molly Malone’s in Covington)
- Steering Committee (ooh)

Catch you on Thursday night!

Follow Friday: People to Follow (whoisandywarner.com)
Building better relationships for fun and profit (danieljohnsonjr.com)
Talkcast tonight: chronicling the first shots in the Google/Apple Wars (tuaw.com)