The Clubhouse app, a new audio-only social media platform, is still in its invite-only Beta testing, but has been steadily climbing the most downloaded apps chart (#29 as of today). It is attracting leaders from tech, arts and entertainment, influencers, and more. Bonnie Frank, who has been on the app for the past year, gives insight about how this app can be used for your business. What is Clubhouse? Clubhouse is all the buzz right now. It is a new and innovative take on social media by providing their users with an audio-only communication read more...
Twitter Chat Success Secrets with SMBHOU
Twitter is growing quickly, and with over 300 million active users it can be difficult to find a community you can connect with on the social media platform. This is where Twitter Chat comes in, a tool that makes it easy to connect with like-minded individuals over an array of subjects ranging from technology to fashion. Houston Social Media Breakfast invited three experts in the field of Twitter Chats to come speak about what they are, how to join one, and how to start one yourself. Great stuff being shared at read more...
Livestream Equipment Used to Produce the Social Media Breakfast of Houston
We have learned a lot by livesteaming our montly event, including what gear makes the most sense to use. We have been hosting the monthly Social Media Breakfast of Houston for eight years. We are still learning every day about what equipment we need to best produce our live events. For instance, a few years ago we started to livestream on Google+, with all of the videos going straight to YouTube. When that was discontinued in late 2016, we switched to livesteaming from Facebook. Currently we read more...
Five Lessons From Building an Online and Offline Community
Building a community is not an easy task, but it is one that many people are working to do every day, both online and off. No one person or organization can "own" a community, but they can be an important part of one and contribute to its success. The Houston Social Media Breakfast meets monthly and is completely free. People buy their own breakfast off of a special menu. There are about 100 people who attend each breakfast, which is capacity for the restaurant. Here are five lessons we have learned over the past four years as we have built a vibrant social media community in Houston, Texas.
- Don’t Be Afraid to Reach Out When I read more...
Seven Principles of Public Relations: But First Develop a Spine
Have Spine, Will Travel Originally uploaded by landruc. I was looking for a quote from Arthur W. Page for an awards program speech I was preparing. Page was a pioneer in corporate public relations who served as the first vice president PR at AT&T. I wanted a quote from him because his philosophy embodies my overall feelings of what excellence in public relations should entail. Page practiced seven principles of public relations:
- Tell the read more...