Tim Miner’s Lifestream - Ramblings from home, the road and Vestor Logic

How to set up a "Listening Channel"

The "How To" series will guide you step-by-step through certain social media actions with a helpful screencast.  The most recent post wil show you how to set up a listening channel to follow the mentions of your company online.

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Posterous added new features and improved post.ly a bit. Testing with a pic of Las Vegas as the storm approaches!

A test of the image upload using post.ly to autopost to all of our profiles.

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New VL blog post: How We Use Social Media

Many of our clients at some point in the consulting process say “Well what do you do with all these social media tools?” and here is our answer:

http://www.vestorlogic.com/2010/02/19/how-we-use-social-media/

This post lists most of the social media tools that we use on a regular basis but is not an exhaustive list and should not be taken as a blueprint for any other organization.  This is what works for us and as we always inform our clients is a work in progress.

Please share your thoughts in the comments.

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A working play date?

My wife works two days a week, today being one of those days.  Our baby sitter normally watches our son for 6-7 hours allowing me to do what I need to do.  But something came up and she wasn’t available today. 

 

Crisis!  Or is it?

 

Well I only had one appointment on the books for today and she has been a friend for years now.  So I called her to share the news of the sitter dilemma and suggested that we just do a play date for the kids, while trying to fit in a little work.

 

We’ll see how that goes!  I will report back with a candid assessment of the success (or failure) of my first ever working play date!

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Mind mapping my social ecosystem

I just posted a new blog post on Vestor Logic that maps out the social footprint that I have created for personal and business use.  Here is the map:

You can read the full post here.

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My favorite panoramas from 2009

I don’t know how many hikes I did in 2009 but it was a pretty big number.  I spent most of the summer hiking at Mt Charleston, the spring and fall in Red Rock, and a few hikes while traveling in the Big Horns.  I bought a new camera with a wide angle lens and the ability to stitch multiple photos together for panoramas.  Here are my favorites from 2009.

             
Click here to download:
My_favorite_panoramas_from_200.zip (1594 KB)

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Wallets made from tent scraps - Brilliant!

Green product of the day: http://www.backpacker.com/nemo_ditto_wallet/blogs/green_scene/1589

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It was great to visit, but I wouldn't want those weather conditions everyday

Wyoming was awesome as always.  Nate loved the snow, didn’t mind the cold, and didn’t want to leave the mountain.  Of course, I was going into survival mode in my mind trying to make the important decisions before the freezing temps overcame me!

     
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It_was_great_to_visit_but_I_wo.zip (7509 KB)

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I never get tired of the view from the in-laws back yard

I’ve taken dozens of photos from the back patio and it never gets old.  I have shots from all seasons.  Those are some fishy waters and I was tempted to carve out a spot just big enough to drop a nymph!  Of course, the realization that it was below freezing quickly brought me to my senses and I retreated to the living room for the next bowl game instead!

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Trust your voice

Here is a preview of the newest blog post on the Vestor Logic blog about defining your voice with trust and authenticity.

Everyone is talking about social media these days.  Even the definition of what is and what is not considered social media is constantly being redefined by new technology and more importantly by the new ways that we as consumer use existing technology.

Most agree that to be social a technology must afford the users the opportunity to participate in a dialogue or a two way exchange.  This fundamental premise has been discussed at length by most of the top industry pundits.  Now the discussions have shifted to address another question:

“Because social media involves the exchange of information, ideas, and opinions, how do we define our voice to be the most effective at communicating our ideas to others?”

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