Q. What does one do, if they are a social media junkie, and experiences an important life event?
A. Well, duh! They Twitter about it.
I arrived at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pa. last Thursday to be with my family– my little sister was having a baby. After hugs of course, the first thing I did was send out a message on Twitter, or a ‘tweet.’
Is at Lehigh Valley Hospital with my family - little sis just had her baby
4:31 PM Mar 19th from twitterrific
A little while later, I was going through Twitteriffic on my iphone and saw a reply.
At first I wasn’t sure who sent that– thought it was a new follower. Then, I looked again. Wow! That’s the hospital logo! The hospital marketing team was up to speed, even updating from their own mobile phone. I replied to them that it was cool they were on Twitter, and they replied to me once again, welcoming the new member of our family. They must be using a service like TweetBeep (like a Google Alert for tweets) to be pinged when someone mentions the hospital, which again, is a great tool to see who is talking about you on Twitter.
Thought that was pretty darn cool that the hospital was into Twittering, and in tune with their hospital patients and visitors. When I got home, I looked up the hospital website, and prominently displayed on their homepage is their invitation for people to follow them on Twitter. They pledge that they will send updates (tweets) about healthcare news, etc.
I had heard in the news of surgeons Twittering during surgery and such, but for a whole medical organization to be in tune with the latest in social media is just awesome. This proves that Twitter is not just a tool to tell people what you are doing at any given moment- but it can be used successfully, too for engaging people, for communication, for promotions, for inspiration and so much more.
Posted by Donna Talarico on Feb 4, 2009
I was sure it was only one year since I went to the eye doctor. But Dr. S. asked why I was still in my contacts– my YEAR supply of contacts- after about two years. Oops.
It’s no wonder I couldn’t see. I’ve been having trouble driving. My eyes are perpetually dry. My eyes get red [...]
Posted by Donna Talarico on Jan 20, 2009
Thanks to an update from someone I follow on Twitter (and oh, boy is there a GREAT Twitter story coming out in the next issue of the eBiz Insider… just wait!), I found out the White House has a new website, and along with it, a new blog and a new director of new media!
Regardless [...]
Posted by Donna Talarico on Jan 2, 2009
Happy new year! I just turned in my article for the next edition of the eBiz Insider– be on the look-out for the upcoming issue, where I write about Redesign for 2009. I don’t want to give away the contents of the article early, but figured a blog post would also be in order. The [...]
Posted by Lou Pagnotti on Dec 16, 2008
Ah….. For E-Commerce Merchants, it truly is the most wonderful time of the year!! So now for a little takeoff on some popular Holiday tunes that have been playing in the office and a shameless sales plug!!
#1
- It’s the most wonderful time of the year,
- Our prices are low and,
- We’ll help your sales grow,
- [...]
Posted by Lou Pagnotti on Dec 15, 2008
Hi All,
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Savvy business owners who are marketing their sites, using shipping promotions and adding conversion rich [...]
Posted by Donna Talarico on Dec 10, 2008
Yesterday at the Solid Cactus World Headquarters an employee in my department, as part of an internal contest, earned the opportunity to choose the satellite radio station of the day. What did he choose? #42, Liquid Metal. It was loud, and he was proud.
During the day, as the sounds of Metallica, Pantera, Lamb of God, [...]
Posted by Donna Talarico on Dec 3, 2008
I was perusing a client’s blog today (Happy Green Baby) and when I moused over an image on one of their blog posts, I was greeted with a window that gave a peek into her e-commerce site’s item page to purchase that item. While the window is open, I was given, well, a window of [...]
Posted by Donna Talarico on Nov 26, 2008
When I’m not at Solid Cactus, I do some freelance writing. One of my long-term resources for freelance work, informational articles, publishing industry news, etc. has been MediaBistro.com. The media site also offers on-location and on-line classes for various genres of writing. I subscribe to their newsletter and received an e-mail last night about a [...]
Posted by Donna Talarico on Nov 25, 2008
I am working on a presentation with a co-worker about local small businesses getting online. I ran across a great statistic from Enterprenuer Magazine:
A websites’ role in small business: 53% of small businesses with websites say their sites are primarily to provide company credibility; 49% use it to generate sales; 38% brand awareness; 33% generate [...]