Social media expert Paul Chaney of Bizzuka shares ideas for getting the most out of your social media experience. He discusses how to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more to build lasting relationships that will grow your business. Paul Chaney goes beyond the how's of social media to why it's important now and in your company's future.
Paul Chaney is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on Blog Talk Radio.
The show airs live on Thursday, February 5, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Social media expert Paul Chaney of Bizzuka shares ideas for getting the most out of your social media experience. He discusses how to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more to build lasting relationships that will grow your business. You will learn:
* Why social media is indispensable for building online relationships
* Why online relationships are important to long term business success
* Which social media tools are most valuable for your business
* The future of social media and what it holds for your business
Paul Chaney (photo left) joined Bizzuka in August 2007. In his role as Internet marketing director, Paul is charged with incorporating new media marketing strategies and techniques into the marketing mix. Having been an Internet media consultant for the past four years, he is well-suited to this role. He understands at a granular level how conversational media tools can be used for marketing purposes and has worked with a number of clients assisting them in deploying online marketing strategies.
Prior to joining Bizzuka, Paul was co-founder of Blogging Systems, a blog software company that significantly impacted the real estate industry by encouraging Realtors to adopt blogging as a marketing strategy. Along with former business partner Richard Nacht, he is the co-author of Realty Blogging: Build your Brand and Outsmart Your Competition, which similarly impacted the industry and which was the first blogging book to target a specific industry vertical.
Paul also serves as president of the International Blogging and New Media Association (IBNMA), an organization dedicated to advancing the growth of blogging, podcasting and social media as an industry. He also sits on the board of advisers for the Women's Wisdom Network and the Social Media Marketing Institute.
He is a feature writer for Practical Ecommerce magazine on the use of social media for marketing purposes and blogs for MarketingProfs Daily Fix blog. He has led numerous blog and social media workshops and seminars, including the first ever such seminar to be held in Asia. He has also blogged professionally with Weblogs, Inc., as well as with Allbusiness.com.
Paul has served as Technical Editor on a number of For Dummies series books related to blogs and Internet marketing, and was contributing writer on Buzz Marketing with Blogs For Dummies, published by Wiley.
His latest venture is as author of an upcoming book on social media marketing to be published by Wiley entitled The Digital Handshake: Seven Proven Strategies to Grow Your Business Using Social Media, set for release in September 2009.
Paul has been quoted in leading mainstream media publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Best's Review, as well as a number of leading trade magazines.
Paul is a native Mississippian who now proudly calls Acadiana, LA home.
Paul Chaney blogs at Conversational Media Marketing and at many other places all over the blogoshere.
Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.
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Let's talk with social media expert Paul Chaney of Bizzuka as he shares ideas for getting the most out of your social media experience. He discusses how to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more to build lasting relationships that will grow your business. Paul Chaney goes beyond the how's of social media to why it's important now and in your company's future on Blog Business Success Radio.
