Kristy Bolsinger is currently employed as a Social Business Consultant with Ant’s Eye View in Seattle, WA. Previously she was with RealNetworks. Prior to her time at RealNetworks Kristy was working as a Social Media Marketing Consultant and completing her MBA at Willamette University. She maintains a social media blog and can also be found on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Please feel free to contact her regarding your needs, troubles, or just to say hello.
SEO and Social Media are like (completely legal, totally innocent) partners in crime. Two peas in a pod. Or...in the case of Google an old married couple. Which brings me to the point. Search and social are so closely related...
UPDATE: Approximately 7 hours after the auction went live WhosTalkin.com was sold off line to an undisclosed party for an undisclosed sum. A note from Founder Joe Hall: "We are extremely happy to move forward with this...
So you want a job in social media huh? Well, if you're reading this you're already doing some things right. Social media as an industry is still quite young, but some common job titles have started...
You might call it stalking or even stealing. I call it using the information publicly and readily available for your organizations benefit. Think customer acquisition and competitive intelligence. As more individuals get involved in social activities online, more...
Not that long ago Seattle Social Media Club was graced by the presence of David Armano, SVP at Edelman Digital. He talked a bit about the different tasks of community management. (Read the full recap...
There are a lot of areas and disciplines that share overlapping interests with social media. That is right, social media is not the only online marketing channel out there. One of the stronger ones is SEO. Social...
Some time ago I was talking with a friend on Twitter about how awesome Groupon's copy writing was (Seriously, it's worth subscribing to their emails JUST for that. The deals are also epic of course,...
In the consulting I do I see a lot of things. Some good, some that make you want to kick puppies. Some are huge problems and some are little problems. The little problems are easy, fast...
Twitter doesn't have to be limited to customer service and "engagement". Your business needs to make money, and it needs customers to do that. Customer acquisition on Twitter needs to be a part of your...
You never know when it’s going to hit you. Or b*tch slap you right in the face for that matter. You’re cruising along. Monitoring your channels, interacting and engaging with your customers, responding to service issues,...
