SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU

SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU

SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU Guest Blog Post By Sally Hughes     In order to achieve your ideal health, fitness, and weight loss goals, building a support team to keep you on track is extremely helpful. While this team often consists of family, friends, a workout buddy, and/or a fitness trainer or nutritionist, solid support, fitness tips and inspiration can also be found online. Yet, with sooooo many web sites and social media portals out there that are focused on health, fitness, and losing weight, where do you find the best fit for your specific goals? And is it really true that social media, itself, can help you shed pounds plus get more fit and healthy? Engaging in social media is a already a highly time-consuming sedentary task and joining more social communities means you’ll be sitting even more (vs. moving your body!) while you do your research. Then again, if you need extra support, social media might just be what you’re looking for!  My thoughts behind this theory stem largely from the fact that social media is about connecting with like-minded individuals as well as finding and following experts in any given field. Plus, since you can literally plug into ANY topic of interest including all things health-related, it makes sense that it might help you lose weight, get fit, and become more healthy in general. And while I’m a trainer not a doctor, I have zero doubt certain social media platforms + a few highly respectable web sites - all of which I use - can help you sculpt your body the right way,...
Using Twitter To Share Your Message (Highlights)

Using Twitter To Share Your Message (Highlights)

#Twitter 4 #SocialGood bit.ly/wOndGV #MotivationMarathon (MP3) “USING TWITTER TO SHARE YOUR MESSAGE” (Highlights) — Keith Keller(@KeithKeller) February 13, 2012    Here are some highlights from the “Motivation Marathon” event in January with Deb Scott & Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino.  Find out more about “MOTIVATION MARATHON”  http://bit.ly/Motivation2012  Using Twitter To Share Your Message (Part 1)  On this call I shared lots of great ways to use Twitter to share your message with the world - here are a few of my favourites.  Be a resource not a salesperson  Twitter is about sharing information and resources NOT selling ‘stuff’. This may sound counter-intuitive but it is the essence of Social Media marketing. Write a strong bio that will inspire potential clients and joint venture partners to follow you  Add a photo or company graphic There is significant evidence to prove that people who do this get more followers and retweets  Remember the 80/20 Rule – It’s not all about you  4 out of 5 tweets should be of value to your followers and not sales related. Only 1 out of every 5 tweets (minimum) should be a sales related message. 1 out of 10 however is a far better ratio if you can manage it.  SHARE - SHARE –SHARE (This is Twitter101)  Share great articles and interact with your followers…this is the essence of how Twitter works.   TWITTER IS THE INFORMATION NETWORK (2 minutes) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhS00kRFQWs[/youtube]...