As, I’ve posted many times before, social media gives people a voice and their voice power. It allows good ideas to grow and spread, while it quickly disposes those which are poorly conceived.

Below is a video that was pointed out to me by Jonathan Burg and BL Ochman. It shows just how much John Lennon believed in the power of people for promoting anything, especially peace. It’s a good reminder that if we, as a network of people, want something to happen, then we can make it happen.

Social media allows like minded people to connect and collaborate at a rate and pace that has never been seen before. How are you using social media to help good ideas spread?

Here’s how John Lennon used traditional media to spread the message of “Peace on Earth.” How might he have taken the social media tools we now have access to and wielded their power?

“You know, anybody knows that the people have the power. All we have to do is awaken the power in the people. The people are unaware. It’s like they’re not educated to realize that they have power. …But we must try to make them aware of this.”

“If some housewife is against war, just put it in the window (”War Is Over” sign). You know, just to let her neighbors know, or her husband know. You’ve got to start on the home ground…convert your parents. (laughs)” -John Lennon

And that’s just it. We don’t have to get our message out to the masses to be heard. All we need to do is make sure that we tell our message to those close to us. If the message is worth hearing, it will grow to be larger than any of us. Social media is about taking your message and starting on the home ground. “Convert your parents” and go from there. I highly suggest watching this video in its entirety. Social media gives the power to the people. John Lennon knew that people were the best way to raise awareness 27 years ago.

And while we’re on the subject of Peace and giving the power to the people, read this post and remember that while social media can give us all more power, significantly increasing the reach our voice has, we need to thank those who allowed us to get to where we are now. None of us got here on our own. It’s important to always remember that.

How are you using your voice and the power you wield? Who are some people that are using social media tools to successfully raise awareness about their cause? What kinds of things are you doing to magnify the reach of your voice?

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There’s been a lot of talk lately about “transparency.” Apparently, every company and person out there should be an open book for the rest of us to read and misquote. But, when you really think about it, do we really want to know what every company is doing behind the scenes? Is that really what’s best for us as a community?

Was Bernard Ebbers really that bad a guy? All he was really trying to do was avoid a few margin calls so that he could save his timber and yachting companies. Is yachting a crime? I don’t think so! Who knows, maybe $3.8 billion in fraudulent accounting methods to mask WorldCom’s declining financial condition by painting a false picture of financial growth and profitability to prop up the price of WorldCom’s stock was the only way he could pay his debt with Strip Club Jets? Have you ever met an angry stripper? Prison is a better deal.

And while we’re on the subject, I think Enron gets a bad wrap. Were they hiding debt in an attempt to inflate profits and prop up stock prices? That’s one side of the story. But, Enron’s accounting was complex. Was it questionable? Perhaps. But, if we’re going to call that and the WoldCom scandal “questionable,” Then you’d think we’d hold everyone to that standard and I don’t see any pointing of fingers at other companies that are participating in “questionable” activities.

Anyhow, I’m not sold on the whole “transparency” thing. So, while the rest of you argue about whether companies should disclose certain information to the public, I’m going to do some Christmas shopping. You’ll never guess what I’m getting you this year.

The lesson here is that when we, as a community, come together and voice our opinion, we have more power than any corporation in the world. The new age of media that we are now experiencing holds people and corporations accountable for everything they are doing, as they do it. Social media has become a checks and balances system that governs over everyone. So, how transparent are you? If all the skeletons in you or your company’s closet were suddenly thrown out into the public eye, would your career survive? Would your company survive? Would you survive?

I’m going to attempt to be more transparent. And while, I don’t think opt-out transparency (Facebook Beacon’s initial concept) is right, I do think that opt-in transparency is a step in the right direction for companies everywhere. An honest business has nothing to hide. If we have nothing to hide, then the community will embrace us. If we’re smart enough to share in that embrace, then we’ll find we have a built in customer base. After all, you should only start a company if you plan to solve a problem and serve the customer better than your competition. Let’s all try and serve our customers better. They’re paying our salaries.

How can I serve you better? What would make your experience with me and my company, Suited Productions, more enjoyable? How is your company serving its customers? What frustrates you as a customer of other companies? Has Facebook’s Beacon affected you at all, or did you even know about it before this? Are you willing to give up personal information if it gives you a heightened user experience? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? Share your thoughts, concerns and rambling in the comments’ section.

And for the record, I LOVE my Facebook profile! I am confident that Zuckerberg and his loyal army of PR goons will show a softer side and smooth everything over with you nay-sayers. Don’t agree? Tell me why…

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Lately, I ‘ve been sounding like a broken record. Every time I meet with a new client, I find myself saying the same things over and over again. I hear the same questions, “What is Social Networking?, What is Social Media?, Why do I need to get involved? Can’t I just use regular advertising?” In an attempt to capture the answers to these and other questions regarding social networking and social media, I am putting together a video presentation that I can e.mail or message to prospects and clients looking for more information about some of the services my company offers.

Here is a working script that I have written for the video spot. Use your imagination, as the video will have a great deal of visuals to explain all of the things I talk about below. I’d love to hear your feedback. What parts do you like, what parts do you hate? Am I on the right track? Does it paint a clear picture of social networks and social media? What am I missing?

Your feedback is greatly appreciated! Also, if you haven’t already, check out Chris Brogan’s blog. He is writing 100 useful blog posts in a row about the tools, techniques, and strategies behind using social media for your business, your organization, or your own personal interests. Should be a page turner (I mean window scroller…I mean…what?).

The working script:

What is a Social Networking and Media Campaign?

Hello, internet! This is Jon Ray from whoisjonray.com and as you may or may not know, the way we produce and receive media is changing. No longer can companies blanket their message over the masses and expect people to respond favorably. There are just too many other brand messages to compete with and not enough people are listening to traditional forms of advertising and marketing. Society has been programmed to ignore traditional advertising and marketing and they’ve gotten pretty good at it. The question now becomes, “If my message isn’t being heard, how can I gain traction in a world teeming with competing brand messages?” And the answer is “People.” Start listening to people and you’ll be amazed at what they say.

For too long, advertising and marketing campaigns have been void of a personal touch. In the old world of media, brands could get away with avoiding personal contact with their customers. The best advertising won out and it wasn’t really necessary to reach out on a more intimate level. But, those days are over.

Today’s consumer looks for brands that are remarkable, but more importantly people that are remarkable. Today’s consumer wants to see the face of the company they are buying products or services from, they want their opinion heard. Whether your service or product is good or bad, your customers are talking and people are listening. Millions and Millions of people are listening. What are your customers saying about you? Are you listening? Have you joined the conversation?

We’re designing social networking and media campaigns that drive traffic to your business, while allowing you the opportunity to communicate with your current customers and future prospects. There’s a giant new community out there and we think you should be a part of it. Our social networking and media campaigns will put you front and center.

So, what is a social networking and media campaign and why is it a valuable tool in your marketing strategy?

Well, first off, let’s talk about what social networking is?

We all know what a network is. It’s any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, nodes or the like. A group of transmitting stations linked by wire or microwave relay to broadcast the same program simultaneously is a television network. Our transportation systems are a network of roads or railing. A network of veins and arteries is found in the human body. Networks are everywhere and play a critical role in determining the way problems are solved, organizations are run, and the degree to which individuals succeed in achieving their goals.

So, what is a social network? A social network is a network of people tied together by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as values, visions, ideas, financial exchange, friends, kinship, dislike, conflict, trade, web links, airline routes, etc., etc. The list goes on and on and on. Because many social networks are searchable and allow you access to this information, it’s never been easier to find the right conversation to join. You can even start your own. Social networks can help you target a specific demographic with your marketing, spread word-of-mouth praise for your company, raise public awareness about one or all of the projects you are working on, find new markets, design and develop your next product, streamline your workflow and most importantly get to know and understand your customers better.

Here’s how it works: I log into the social network of my choice or multiple social networks and setup a profile. Now, I search for people I know and see that Dusty has a profile too. I click ‘add as friend’ and now Dusty and I are e.Friends. Now I have a question about software development. In the real world, I might call Dusty and ask him if he knows anyone that can help. Dusty would refer me to Stacy, who might refer me to Zander, who would refer me to Larry and Larry would answer my software development question.

Now, let’s see how that formula is applied to social networks. Now that Dusty is my e.Friend, I can see who all of his friends are and who their friends are and so on and so on. I see that Larry is a software developer, so I send him a message directly, rather than being routed through two other people before Larry can answer my question. Thanks, Larry! Social networks streamline how I find people and information. But, we’re just getting started.

Let’s say that I want to share information on how my company can save you thousands of dollars a year off your electricity bill by installing features that make your house more energy efficient. I write something up, put together a video or make an audio recording and then upload it to my profile. Now, everyone that is one of my e.Friends can see that I’ve uploaded new media content and they go to watch it. They are excited about how much money they’re going to save and want to share it with their friends, so with the click of a button they add it to their profile and favorite it. Now, all of their friends can see that they have new content, so they go and take a look at it. As more and more people get excited about saving thousands of dollars every year off their energy bill, they get your video out to more and more people, who spread it along further and further. By utilizing these social networks, I’ve given my media content the potential audience of hundreds of millions of people.

Now let’s say that I have a company. I can create a fan page or profile for my company and then invite people who watch my video to become a fan. Not only does this boost my self-esteem, but it now allows me to communicate on a more intimate level with potential prospects and all of their e.Friends can see that they are now a fan of my company. My fans can even invite their friends to become a fan of my company too. And why wouldn’t they? My fan page has all kinds of useful information about green building, being energy efficient, saving money and the world! People can ask me questions about how my company operates, start an open forum about subject matter related to my company and even make suggestions as to services and products I should add. If my content is compelling and I have enough of it, I can keep prospects in front of my brand name for hours at a time and when they do finally call or message me about purchasing my product, I’ll already know who they are and they’ll be a much more qualified prospect than a random person off the street would be. I sure am grateful for all the business my e.Friends keep sending me!

I know what you’re saying, “But, Jon. I don’t have any friends and that makes me sad.” That’s okay. We’re here to help! Now that you’ve got a profile on one social network, we’re going to get you setup on all kinds of other social networking sites and make you popular. One way we’ll do that is by creating compelling content and distributing it all over the web. We’ll use that to drive traffic to your social network profile and get you some friends. But, don’t just sit there like a bump on a log and think that compelling content alone is going to make you the popular kid in school. Sure, compelling content is important, but compelling conversations are even more important. So, that’s what we’ll do next. We’ll get you set up with a blog that will allow your proverbial voice to be heard. Once your blog is kickin’ we’ll scour the web for other blogs or people that are talking about similar issues and subject matter. Once we find them, we’ll comment on some of BloggerA’s posts and add to the conversation. We might even link back to your own blog and continue that conversation there. Now that BloggerA has been conversing back and forth, we could invite him to become our e.Friend or even a Fan of your company. There are links to the social networks that you belong to on your blog, so BloggerA might add you as a friend before we even ask. Now that you and BloggerA are buds, we might mention him in a couple of the posts we write on your company’s blog. In return, BloggerA writes about your company in one of the posts on his blog. Thanks BloggerA! Fortunately for us, BloggerA has 500 subscribers to his blog and now, they all think your company is really cool. So, now they subscribe to your blog too. Some of them even become your e.Friend and now you have lots of Fans. As you get to know each e.Friend they begin talking about your company in their blogs and telling all of their friends how great your company is. Now you have a lot of subscribers to your blog, even more e.Friends, a lot of fans and they’re all talking about your company. Suddenly, you have more traffic going to your website and more business than you know what to do with! Well, that’s a good problem to have!

So, so far, so good. You’ve beefed up your staff to handle the influx of business you’re getting and everyone seems to like your company. You’ve even found that the conversations people are having with you has not only improved your customer service methods, but has made your entire workflow easier. With all the extra time you’re saving and money you’re making, you decide you want to reach out to even more people and figure out how your company can help them too. So, you decide you want to buy some advertising. WHAT!?! “Jon, you said advertising was dead, belly up, cold, defunct, extinct, inanimate…oh, sorry, am I rambling?” “Isn’t advertising against the rules?” No, being lame is against the rules. Advertising can be a good thing if it adds value to the community. So, how do we add value…with compelling content and a listening ear.

We can buy social ads that are targeted by age, gender, location, interests, and more. Those ads can even be paired with related actions from a user’s friends. So, if Jeff visits your company’s Fan Page and becomes a fan, we can assume that Jeff’s e.Friends might be interested in your company, as well. We can buy targeted ads that will now show up in the news feed of each of Jeff’s e.Friends. Let’s say we’re still looking for people that want to save the world one energy efficient house at a time, but they need to live in the Austin, TX or surrounding areas and be a college graduate. We query the social network for profiles mentioning the environment or green living that are in the Austin, TX area. Now, instead of buying a bunch of ads and blanketing every profile in Austin, we can purchase ads to show up only on this targeted demographic of earth lovers. Ideally, this targeted demographic is much more in alignment with your company’s cause and therefore will be a much easier sales conversion. Because you’re not wasting money on unqualified ads, you can now spend more on generating qualified prospects.

“But, it’s still an ad, Jon and people don’t like ads. I don’t like ads. What say you to that?” That’s true, many people don’t like advertising, but the reason for that is because most advertising tries to tell you to do something. And people don’t like being told what to do. That’s why we design your social ad campaign a little differently. We use your ads to start conversations and ask questions. Running an ad that says, “Buy a Green House!” isn’t going to generate many leads. But, an ad that asks the question, “How would you save the world AND put more money in your pocket each month?” is a softer sell and would generate more qualified leads. With informative video and other content on your website and fan page, you’ll find that people actually start to chime in and give their opinion. Starting a conversation is the first step to closing a sale.

Advertising and marketing is no longer about telling people what to buy, it’s about starting your own conversations and adding to others. When, instead of telling a person to do something, you discuss it and figure out where they’re coming from, you’ll find that they hold you in much higher regard. Social ads can help you be a part of more conversations and if you’re listening, those conversations can lead to a lot of positive opinions, a lot of raised awareness and a lot of sales.

“So, Jon, what’s next?” Wash, rinse and repeat. Great! You’ve built a successful network of e.Friends and are converting each one into sales. Those sales are turning into referrals faster than you ever thought possible and business is good. Let’s keep that momentum going! We’re going to go through your profile and give it a good wash and rinse. We’ll constantly make sure we get rid of any extraneous or outdated material and then we’ll add new media. The more often new media is updated, the more often your company is in front of your prospects eyes. We’ll make sure that your company is always in the spotlight. Our social networking and media campaigns are designed with your ideal customer in mind. We want to like people so that people will like you.

Monitoring and adding to millions and millions of conversations online every day is a big job, but it’s one of the most important jobs out there for your company. If you’re interested in learning more about how one of our social networking and media campaigns can add value to your company, feel free to video message me on Facebook, YouTube, Kyte or Seesmic, find me on LinkedIn, follow me on Twitter, message me on MySpace or Flickr, comment on my Wordpress blog, invite me to your event through Upcoming, e.mail me or just go old school and call me on the phone. Do people still use those?

Jon Ray
(512.785.9160)

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So, there you have it. What do you think? Your feedback is important to me, so I want to here your opinion, good or bad. Of course, if it’s bad, try not to be too mean. Constructive criticism is key! Thanks for reading and thanks for your help. We’re having a lot of success for our clients utilizing all of the tools available online these days. Now, we just need to figure out the best way to communicate that success without sounding too pompous. It’s quite the predicament!

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A lot of people ask me why I post my videos in so many places. They want to know why I belong to so many social networks. Many people I speak with just don’t understand why putting your media in multiple places online is important. If you’re not utilizing multiple social networks and online media outlets, perhaps you should reconsider? The way I interpret the cartoon above by Hugh MacLeod of GapingVoid.com is that the world is changing and you have to constantly learn from those smarter than you and help those that are falling behind. It’s more important than ever for your customers to trust you. Starting conversations is a great way to do that and all the various social networks and media outlets allow you to start those conversations where your prospects are most comfortable. Here is a list of the media outlets and social networks that I actively use and why:

MySpace:
First and foremost is MySpace. When my brother and I started our company, Suited Productions, three years ago, we built it from the 800-square foot apartment we were living into the production warehouse that we now occupy solely through our network of friends in the MySpace community. MySpace was my first real experience with how an online community can exponentially increase the number of people who see your work and the opportunities that come your way.

How I Use It:

• Discover music that I’m interested in
• Start conversations with local and regional bands
• Upload portfolio of videos and share with community
• Use bulletins to share quick thoughts, alerts or call attention to something (I try to do this often, to keep in the forefront of people’s minds and keep an online conversation going)
• Use blogs to share more in depth thoughts and make community aware of bands and projects that we are working with
• Comment on profiles that I find interesting. Try to say something that will garner a response from that profile or one of that profile’s friends
• Share music that I find interesting in hope that others will do the same
• Promote events and shows that I am sponsoring or hosting
• Link back to my main production website and blog to raise Google rankings
• Make new friends and contacts that have similar interests to me in music, film, etc.

Facebook:
I first started using Facebook around three years ago, long before it was the “it” social network. I began using Facebook as a student, when it was still a closed network, only available to university students. I first started using it because it was an elite community that was, at times, slightly more educated than the MySpace population. It also automatically guaranteed that the rest of your Facebook friends were currently enrolled in college too and therefore all going through similar situations. From the get go, I always felt that Facebook was a little more intimate. Now that Facebook is open to the public and has since added many great applications, I still feel that it is more intimate than other social networks. I feel that my Facebook friends are all people that I know on some kind of deeper level, whatever that might be.

How I Use It:

• To locate friends that are still in college and bloggers that I subscribe to
• See a quick portrait of what my friends are up to in the ‘News Feed’
• To update friends of my current status. (I use the TwitterSync application so that I can update even when I am away from a computer via my phone)
• I have newly added a Facebook fan page for Suited Productions to better communicate with those of my friends that want to know about my company, in addition to the personal information on my profile
• To send messages between coworkers, colleagues and friends without the hassle of email or spam filters
• To send video messages. I send a lot of video messages via Facebook’s video application because I find people respond to it enthusiastically seeing as it is a relatively new form of communication that not many utilize.
• Blog Friends is a great application that allows me to discover blogs that are of interest to my friends and helps promote my blog to others. I pull my blog’s RSS feed into Facebook through Blog Friends and Notes.
• For general messages that I’m sending out to more than one person, I will post on a profile’s Wall, which gives not only that profile access to the message, but all of their friends can view it, as well.
• To pull media from other sites (Flickr, MySpace, StumbleUpon, Twitter, YouTube, etc) and guest host it within my Facebook profile.

This Blog:
I’ll be the first to admit that I am still trying to find my voice here at WhoIsJonRay.com, but I’ve learned a lot and met some great people. I use this blog to share with my readers what projects I’m working on and the things that are on my mind as they relate to my job as a marketing consultant and HD video producer. I run ads on my blog, but don’t make any money from them. I’d remove them, but I like the template layout. So, for now, they’ll stay. The most valuable thing this blog offers to me is the chance to show the things I am doing and how I’m having success with them. I think there are a lot of people that are independent artists, small businesses or just trying to figure out where they should go next. From what I can tell, I’m reaching, at least, some of those people and giving them some direction. This blog allows me to put myself out their as a “thought leader” and that in turn has resulted in quite a few marketing consulting projects and raised awareness as to who I am. My hope is that it also gives readers a way to learn from my mistakes and use techniques that I’ve used to further their own careers.

Other Blogs:
I use a Feed Reader and monitor around 200 blogs a day. Of those 200 or so, I actually read around 50-60 posts a day. In doing this, I am constantly learning about the changes in technology and psychology of the web and then able to apply them to how I run my company and advice I give to other companies.

How I Use Them:

• To learn about new things in my industry
• To provide an ongoing education on whatever industry I am a consultant for
• To find people smarter than I am and learn from them
• To inspire me to think outside the box on a daily basis
• By commenting on other blogs, I hope to add to the conversation, build my network of contacts and drive traffic to my own blog

Twitter:
At first I could not see why Twitter was valuable. After my first week of trying to find anything useful about Twitter, I decided that it wasn’t for me. It wasn’t until I read Caroline Middlebrook’s Big Juicy Twitter Guide that I fully understood the applications and use of Twitter. So, I gave it another try and now Twitter.com is one of the top referring domains to my blog.

How I Use It:

• To get the behind-the-scenes, play-by-play of what my favorite bloggers are up to when they aren’t writing posts
• To ask questions to the Twitter community and find relevant answers. There are many experts hanging out on Twitter and when you ask a question you get answers from some or all of them. Chris Brogan has a thought provoking post on the future of routing information in this way.
• To drive traffic to new blog posts I’ve written, by asking questions and inviting people on Twitter to add to the conversation that I hope my post will start
• To find other interesting posts that people are talking about and to get a feel for the pulse of the internet on any given day
• To discover breaking news before traditional media forms get wind of it. I, especially, enjoy following people who live tweet various tech conferences
• To find people with similar interests and pick their brain
• To answer general questions that are asked and add to the conversation in near real-time

YouTube and other video-sharing sites:
YouTube, for obvious reasons, has provided a huge audience for our music videos and short films. While I’ll only be covering YouTube because that is the outlet that we first started using, these same techniques are applied by us to multiple video sharing websites. We’ve not only had success with personal projects, but with promoting videos for corporate projects, as well.

How I Use It:

• To showcase our portfolio of video products
• To drive traffic to our website and clients’ websites
• A familiar way to provide embed codes for others to post videos into their blogs, profiles, etc.
• A way to build a subscriber base for all of our videos and receive feedback on them
• To give our videos an accurate rating system and see what works and doesn’t work
• To interact with other filmmakers and video enthusiasts
• To open up our video product reach to the multiple demographics of each video sharing site

Flickr:
I’ve already posted extensively, here, on how I use Flickr to drive traffic to my blog. So, all I will say is that Flickr opens up our services to, yet another, new group of people.

The End Goal
What is important to remember is that not everyone is going to be members of every social network or media sharing website. UserA might love MySpace, while UserB is most familiar and comfortable with Facebook. Each website has a demographic that they cater to and while those demographics might show up in multiple spots, many will be in one or the other. By getting your information, media and conversation out to ALL of these venues, you are able to reach people where they are most comfortable receiving information.

The end goal for using any of these sites is to get your information in front of people where they already are. It is much easier for me to convert a Facebook subscriber into a “Facebook Fan,” than it is for me to convert a MySpace user without a Facebook account. It’s much easier to tell a Flickr user to check out my photos on Flickr, than try and get them to view them on MySpace. And on and on and on. Your media content is much better received if you bring it to the people, rather than making the people come to you.

I think a metaphor (not sure if it’s a good one) to compare all of the social networks out there is to think of the internet as a group of religions. Every religion has its own beliefs and a congregation, no matter how big or small, that all have similar beliefs. But, religious communities don’t just wait for people to start thinking like them. They go out to where the people are and give them their information. They find people in need of what they can offer and make it easy for them to convert. Religious communities bring religion to you wherever you are (think: missionaries) and whenever you need it. They continue to do this until you are comfortable enough to attend Sunday morning church. Eventually, you are comfortable going to Sunday morning church, so you begin attending Wednesday night discipleship. You make friends there and start leading a prayer group. Before you know it, you are an evangelist for your church/religion All because they came and brought you their message when and where you needed it. They didn’t wait for you to come to them. There’s an important lesson to learn there, I think.

A summary of my long-winded thought:

• Bring your message to people when and where they are now (aka Social Networks)
• Build trust and invite them to visit your blog (Start Conversations)
• After time, have them visit your website and demonstrate your product (Prospect Conversion)
• Now that you are both comfortable with one another, ask them to purchase that product (Sales Conversion)
• Once they love your product, teach them to be an evangelist for your company (Repeat Business, Referrals)

I realize this is a long post. But, I’ve gotten nearly 15 emails in the last week asking me about some or all of the things that I’ve covered here. Of course, there is no right or wrong when it comes to utilizing social networks and online tools. This is simply the way that I’ve found success with these various networks. Do you agree or disagree with what I’ve talked about here? How are you utilizing social networks and online media sharing sites to promote your company and products? Was this post helpful or too convoluted? What am I missing?

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