October Newsletter
By Cheval John
Can you believe it is October already?
This is a time for a fresh start to finishing this year strong.
It is also a special time because today is the fifth anniversary of when I moved my company blog Vallano Media, LLC to a self-hosted site using WordPress.org.
It was still the best decision to move from wordpress.com to a self-hosted site because of the opportunities to grow this blog while simultaneously build the business.
Though I lost viewership when the site was moved, it has grown slowly over the years and is poised for a breakout.
To keep up with tradition, here are articles for this month’s newsletter
Key Takeaways From Content Marketing World 2017-Jessika Phillips of Now Marketing Group
From Twitter To Her Own Media Startup: How This Latina Creates Content For Multicultural Families-Vivian Nunez, Forbes Contributor
Creative strategic executions, sports and experiential storytelling: A weekend w/ adidas, Clemson, and College Gameday-Karen Freberg, Ph.D, Associate Professor at University of Louisville
Pancakes And Social Media: How One Small Bank Engages Its Community-Joanna Belby, Forbes Contributor
How to Build a Silo-Busting Integrated Communications Team-Miri Rodriguez of Microsoft Americas
How To Set Your Employees Up To Succeed-Diane Gottsman of The Protocol School of Texas
Emily Hayes, College Graduate from The University of Louisville
By Cheval John
Emily Hayes stopped by What’s The Word? to share about how she earned her internship after graduating from the University of Louisville.
She was part of the upper level college class which had a practicum based application taught by Dr. Karen Freberg.
Emily and her fellow practicum classmates had to not only create a social media marketing plan, they also had to implement it for the Louisville Bats, a Minor League Baseball Team.
The results of the implementation did wonders for the Louisville Bats.
Here are a few of the stats:
Instagram impressions increased by 202%
Twitter interaction increased by 353%
In this episode, you will hear:
-What led Emily to transfer from Xavier University to the University of Louisville
-Why millennials need to be more social media savvy even though they grew up with the digital age
-Lessons learned from doing the practicum project for the Louisville Bats
-The one person she would spent one day with past or present to learn from
Snippet on Vallano Media TV
Full episode on BlogTalkRadio
Website: https://eannehayes.wixsite.com/emercis
Twitter: @emercis
If you enjoyed this episode or have a suggestion of who you want to appear on the show, leave a comment below
Elena Rahrig: Author of Eleven Books and Entrepreneur
By Cheval John
Elena Rahrig stopped by What’s The Word? to share about how she became an author of eleven books.
She is an international speaker and also founded Otto Publishing New York, a company which publishes books and work books nationwide.
In this episode, you will hear:
What led her to write eleven books
Why potential authors should aim to write a full length book
How social media helped her to be very successful in her business
The importance of live streaming
This episode was recorded on Facebook Live via Blue Jeans Network
Snippet on Vallano Media TV
Full episode on BlogTalkRadio
Website: http://www.elenaspeaks.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ERTransform/
Upcoming Podcast Recording on Facebook Live:
Julia McCoy, Founder of Express Writers– October 3rd at 3 p.m. eastern, 2 p.m. central
Facebook Group Grows To Over 20,000 Members In Less Than A Week
By Cheval John
As the people of the Eastern Caribbean, United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Mexico, India, Houston and Florida recover from the weathers disasters, they need to know everyone cares for them.
With social media, people can keep track of what is happening in those affected areas from the United States mainland.
An example comes from a Facebook Group who grew to over 20,000 members in less than a week.
This group is called “St Croix Hurricane Maria Check In”
It was created after Hurricane Maria hit St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands on Tuesday before moving on to Puerto Rico the following day.
Their fellow United States Virgin Islands, St. Thomas and St. John, in addition to the British Virgin Islands and the Eastern Caribbean, were hit by Hurricane Irma two weeks prior.
St. Croix and Puerto Rico were used as base to sent rescue workers and supplies in the relief efforts to the devastated places until Hurricane Maria interrupted those plans
St. Croix Hurricane Maria Check became a resource for many to get in contact with family members and friends.
It also is a place where many can find out which relief organizations they can support to help those in the United States Virgin Islands to get back to normal.
This is the true power of social media: building communities.
Here are additional organizations which are helping to get supplies to each of the places who are currently recovering from the natural disasters:
Puerto Rico- City of New York Website
Mexico- UNICEF USA For Mexico
United States Virgin Islands- 21 U.S. Virgin Island Help
Houston- ABC13Houston.com
For anyone who knows of relief organizations for help to Mumbai, India and the U.S. state of Florida, please leave a comment below.
Janette Speyer Makes Guest Appearance on International Podcast Day
By Cheval John
This blog post is out spontaneously because today is International Podcast Day.
I actually forgot about this celebration and did not plan out accordingly.
In this article, you will hear the episode featuring Janette Speyer.
Janette made her second appearance on the show to chat about her recently launched Twitter Chat called #FlipBizChat.
She is an avid fan of FlipBoard which is a curating platform which puts together content like a magazine.
The first time Janette appeared on the show, she shared about co-founding Web Success Team and Hot Ice Media.
In this episode, you will hear:
What led Janette to co-found #FlipBizChat
What is internal learning
The process of starting a twitter chat
The episode was recorded on Facebook Live via Blue Jeans Network
Snippet on Vallano Media TV
Entire episode on BlogTalkRadio
What are your favorite podcasts to listen to? You can leave your comment below
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