Burlington Social Media Day

The analytics of #BTVSMD

deepdishcreates — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:35:18 +0000

Thoughtfaucet’s next Web Analytics Wednesday meet up is all about Burlington Social Media Day – at least the analytics and traffic aspect of it.

It’s hands-on. See how marketing and SEO on social media channels (and this quick n’ dirty website) generated a sizable chunk of traffic in a very short period of time. An audience-interactive session, we’ll take the data from Google analytics, Facebook Insights and things like Klout to dissect and analyze the effectiveness and reach of the campaign.

Details

When: July 20th, 6pm-8ishpm
Where: Office Squared on Main Street Burlington VT
Official WAW site

WAW usual format: Hang out starts at 6pm. Presentation starts right at 6:30pm and goes about a half hour or so. Then resume hanging out. Easy. Fun. Summer.

Learn more about the meet up and get on the Web Analytics Wednesdays mailing list here:

Come and get geeky with us!

Burlington loves its bloggers

deepdishcreates — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:35:48 +0000

Pulled from the write-in option on the Burlington Social Media Usage Survey, voters suggested dozens of local blogs they love to read. These blogs run the gamut from photography, tech, outdoors, food, travel, issues, kids and more. There are also many more bloggers in Vermont.

Dana Freeman* Findandgoseek.net
Joshua Becker** Becoming Minimalist

Gray Cargill solofriendly.com
Michael Martine remarkablogger.com
Cheryl Herrick crankycakes.com
Nathan Winters follownathan.org
Kris Surette skimaven.com

Andy Gimino Photoronin
Sarah Galbraith Green Mountain Lines
Bill Schubart Opinion & Fiction
Bradley Holt Bradley Holt
Colin Ryan A Stand Up Life

Robin Berger Hippo Flambé
Emily Spence Dear S
Lara Dickson Deep Dish Creative
Liza Cowan small equals
Mary Brodsky OINKtales

Mel Allen Your Audio Pro
Molly Hogdon Undead Molly
N Todd Pritsky Dohiyi Mir
Culture Cycles Culture Cycles
Molly McGlew Vixxxenblog

*Voted as best blogger
**Most write-in votes for best blogger

Don’t find your favorite local blogger or blog listed here? …should have submitted it. Keep them in mind for next year!

Why we attend Tweet Ups (or don’t)

deepdishcreates — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:47:03 +0000

We asked if Burlington social media users had ever attended a local Tweet Up. If so, what might make them better? If they had not, what’s holding them back?

Planning to organize a Tweet Up? Consider some of the ideas and concerns submitted from the Burlington Social Media Usage survey in June. Aside from assorted “i don’t know’s” and “I love tweet ups!” there were some good points made about what’s motivating people to head out to various venues and shake hands with their local Twitterati, in real life.

Have attended, but Tweet Ups could improve with…

Organization (this answer could go either way, not sure)
[scheduling] Very early morning and late afternoon
Better publicity
More themes
Themes are good – just being on twitter isn’t a strong enough social bonder
Nametags w/twitter icons
Before work or in the evenings
More often
Occasionally tweet ups are a bit unfocused, staff where the event happens aren’t aware of the event, or it fizzles quickly
More structure — and free stuff!
Broader cross section of participants
If I went more regularly or had a connection to the other people there in real life
I’d like to reach out beyond the usual circle of marketers. Feels like the same people show up to every Tweetup

Have not (yet!) attended a Tweet Up because:

Not a lot of tweet-ups in Barre!
I don’t tweet
Didn’t know about it until now…
I still don’t “get” twitter
I’ll make it one of these days
Timing simply hasn’t worked. Jammed calendar.
Not sure what happens there
Inconvenient times
Just have not had time to go
Never seem to see they are happening or i am at work when they are
I don’t see the point of twitter.
That’s just weird. Twitter is for computers not life
What the heck is a tweet up? ANSWER HERE »

In conclusion

In general it seems like people who are hesitant to tweet up need more of a defined agenda. A real reason to attend, other than schmoozing. Those that have participated in tweet ups find value in them, but there’s room for improvement on the organizational and agenda front.

Don’t forget about the venues that host tweet ups and meet ups. In exchange for a bit of publicity, these businesses usually offer their space free of charge, and most supply the crowd with complimentary goodies. Not to mention staff and time.

How we use social media

deepdishcreates — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:23:33 +0000

Results of the BTVSMD Social Media Usage Survey visualized.
Download the 2.1mb infographic in PDF here.

Infographic designed by Lara Dickson at Deepdishcreative.com

Compare national social media usage data from June 2011 by Pew Research Center.

BTVSMD winner badges for your website

deepdishcreates — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:50:52 +0000

Did you, your business or organization get awarded “Best ________” in the Burlington Social Media Day voting round? By popular demand we created these neat little badges for your website and blog.

Just download, add to your website, and link the badge to: http://bit.ly/j8V78X.

Download I’m a Winnah!

Download We Won!

Happy Social Media Day from Mashable

deepdishcreates — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:20:10 +0000

Thursday’s 2nd annual Social Media Day celebration was a huge success throughout the world. Events took place in at least 90 countries. Mashable’s founder Pete Cashmore sent out this video Thank You to everyone who participated. No, thank you, Pete!