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The Tumblr - Madison SMC drink special - Image by Liesel Olson
I can’t think of a better place for Social Media Club of Madison to have a fundraiser than the new AJBombers Madison location at 201 Gorham Street. Read the rest of this entry »
MadSMC is at AJbombers on October 25th @ 6pm!
If you didn’t know, AJ Bombers is in Madison. What is AJ Bombers? Well some say it’s a cool burger joint with peanuts flying over your head and a very rustic atmosphere. If you watch the Travel Channel, you might have seen this Milwaukee based restaurant compete against Sobelman’s on Food Wars (which AJ Bombers was the valiant champion).
Well, believe it or not, AJ Bombers is now in Madison.
Located on 201 West Gorham st. in downtown Madison, WI, AJ Bombers is bringing the winning burger to a winning city. Hello – #WINNING!
Register to Attend “Let’s Get Bombed” – October 25, 2011!!
The owner – Joe Sorge – is very active in the social media world. Not only does he own 3 restaurants in Milwaukee and one in Madison, he also works with people like Chris Brogan on Kitchen Table Talks. And he gets social media, too.
Catch Joe on the show: To Check In or Not to Check In – Kitchen Table Talks with Joe Sorge, Chris Brogan, C.C. Chapman and M.C. Tyler Pyron.
MadisonSMC and AJBombers – Guest Bartenders
AJ Bombers Sign
On October 25th, Madison Social Media Club will be at AJ Bombers to raise money for official chapter status in the Social Media Club. We need to raise only $300 to do this, but every extra dollar can help. We’ll be there starting at 6 pm and will have guest bartenders schlepping your every need!
So come on down and help us raise some money so we can help you better!
Guest Bartenders for the night include:
- Jeffrey Powers- known by many as @geekazine, Jeffrey recently redesigned the SMC logo!
- Liesel Olson- lover of burgers and brews, @lieselolson helps plan our SMC events.
- More names on the way!
Liesel Olson
Jeffrey Powers
80's Big Hair: Getting Ready - Copyright IStockPhoto
The summer is quickly heating up and we’re positive a night on the town will help you cool down. Social Media Club of Madison invites you to #BellaNoche at Bella Vita Italian Grille for our July 27, 2011 social event. Maybe you can’t dance, but you can socialize. Come and meet other social savvy professionals and learn about Picassa as a tool for picture sharing. Read the rest of this entry »
MAC Book Pro and BIG monitor
I recently purchased a MacBook Pro after 30 plus years on a PC. The drivers were various, but maybe it was just time for a change. Yes, I am struggling with remembering where to close the application, file structure and for now, I just don’t use IPhoto. But no crashes yet and I have a speedy machine that doesn’t seem to mind that I often have 20 windows open while I work on my diverse social media activities and research. Read the rest of this entry »
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BuildSocial relationships at our April 13th event
During our Holiday event in 2010, the successful #JingleMingle, we shared the event with the Dane Buy Local Group. We have many cross over members and it was a wonderful way to forge new connections AND see familiar faces. One of the people I met during the event was John Locke who is a member of not only Dane Buy Local but Habitat Young Professionals. John thought his group might be interested in learning more about innovative and effective ways to use social media for the support and promotion of he group. We both had such a great time at the joint event the two groups have hammered together a combined event to #BuildSocial relationships! Read the rest of this entry »
The Social Media Club of Madison is celebrating its one year anniversary at the same place we kicked off our first year event – the Brocach Irish Pub.
Remember those days back in high school or middle school when you got a surprise valentine from your secret admirer, your Sweetheart? Well, no matter how long ago you were in school, the world has changed through social media. We no longer just have sweethearts – now we have #Tweethearts!
What is a #Tweetheart, you ask? Well, it’s a person who you have connected with on Twitter and you happen to admire – personally or professionally. They might not know it yet, but they will soon – if you come to Social Media Club’s #Tweetheart event, that is!
At this year’s #Tweetheart event, we will:
- be delivering flowers to your #Tweetheart - anonymously if desired
- giving away an awesome gift that you can share with your #Tweetheart (or not)
- holding committee signups so you can get more social media goodness in your life
- be celebrating our one year anniversary with some awesome networking, camaraderie and drinks!
It’s a can’t miss event, so sign up now!
Help us promote this event
What would the Social Media Club be without social media action steps for you to take. Here are a few suggestioins
- If you are going – share with your network on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Use #tweethearts and #madisonsmc to promote.
- Write a blog post about some recent social media activities you have done and share out event in that blog post.
- If you aren’t attending the event – share the event and just note that you are a “maybe” or “interested”. Why let your network suffer not knowing when you can share the details.
- Know of a community calendar? Add the event in the calendar for us – all the details are at Eventbrite
- Get your flip camera out and interview people you know who are going, post on YouTube, tag it #madisonsmc and #tweetheart and share with your networks
- Make a big red Valentine that you write ” I am taking my #Tweetheart to the Brocach and celebrate with #MadisonSMC. Take a picture of you and your friends with the sign, post on Flickr and Facebook. Share with your network and our Facebook Page. Don’t forget to tag everything.
Flowers anyone? 
We have some exciting news about the upcoming #Tweethearts event and couldn’t wait to share with you!
For $1, you will be able to send your #Tweetheart a carnation, thanks to our sponsor @metcalfesmarket!
Contact @lieselolson (lieselolson@gmail.com), @e_humphrey, or @chadschomber if you’d like to make someone’s day! Just tell us how many flowers ($1 each) you want to go to each of your #Tweethearts – you can pay at #tweethearts!
When you arrive at the #Tweethearts event and register, you pay for your flower(s) and it gets delivered! Don’t forget to bring the delivery address with you. Let’s see how happy we can make our #Tweethearts!!
If you have any questions, let us know! Can’t wait to see you Monday evening!
Event: #Tweethearts – Social Media Club of Madison 
Date: Monday, February 21, 2011 from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM (CT)
Location:
Brocach Irish Pub
7 West Main Street
Madison, WI 53703-3305
For more information click here: #Tweethearts – Social Media Club of Madison. Do you have any other ideas for promoting this event?
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Jingle MIngle for CASA - Social Media Club of Madison Singing Contest
Well, now Chad has done it! Our new party planner has created a signature song to sing for our upcoming event. So why not have a contest to create some viral videos for our recently created MadisonSMC YouTube Channel? I have challenged my fellow Madison SMC Board members to each create a video and post it to the channel. To get it started I uploaded my version today! Check it out. Read the rest of this entry »
Marivic Valencia, our Queen of Fun for Social Media Club, offers the following goodies in followup to our foursquare Pub Crawl
Marivic Valencia, Queen of Fun for Social Media Club
#4sqpc last week in Madison. I did get most of her speech on video, but had to cut some in the editing process to get all the potential mayors in the movie.
Ways to use foursquare badges for businesses without spending 10k/mo on them
- Birthday Badge Treat yourself to another cupcake – that’s 5 birthday shoutouts from you!
- Send 5 birthday shoutouts to friends on foursquare. The shout has to include “Happy Birthday” in the text to count.
Tip: Marivic is pretty sure on the 5th shoutout you actually have to check in to get the badge.
Examples:
On your company’s birthday
On your employee’s birthdays “Happy Birthday to AmFam’s Troy Janisch”
Visually and verbally connect with your customers
Free offer/special if they show that their check-in earned them a badge (explorer, crunked, etc.).
Offer for mayor
Cool tools
a) WHAT IS FOURSCORE?
FourScore is a way for businesses to finally see how their customers’ Foursquare “check-in” behavior compares to their competition — and even their category. We know how competitive it is out there. You can use this data to make more informed decisions about how to attract more customers to your venue in the context of what others are doing.
FourScore is the first of its kind tool for businesses and marketers who wish to understand the impact of consumers’ adoption of location-based services on their business, across the enterprise.
What do check-ins mean? Do I have a lot of check-ins? What is the value of these check-ins? Should I treat my mayors special? Should I allocate resources to location-based marketing? If so, how much? Should I do it evenly across all of my locations? Should I offer my suppliers access? If so what would it be worth?
FourScore begins to answer some of the many, many questions about Location-Based Marketing and is a way for serious marketers to start to understand not only the significance of their location-aware audience, but the size of that audience relative to their competitors. Nationwide. We’ll be evolving this over time, but hey – it’s a start.
FourScore offers two measures of how your Foursquare activity compares to that of your competitors:
COMPETITIVE FOURSCORE:A measurement (index) of Mayorship turnover. If your Competitive FourScore is 600, your venue has 6x the “mayor” turnover of your competition. If your Competitive Fourscore is 0, it means that there is not a mayor of your venue (yet), or there has been no turnover at all.
CHECK-IN FOURSCORE:A measurement (index) of how the volume of check-ins at your venue compares to others in your category. In other words, if your Check-In FourScore is 600, people are checking into your venue 6x as often as your competition.
We’re in beta (who isn’t), so we’ll be adding new features and metrics (and even more location-based services) soon. Stay tuned!
The app, built by mobile payments start-up Venmo, will allow Foursquare users to leave money for their friends as gifts at locations like coffee shops, restaurants, etc. If one of your pals goes to the same coffee shop every morning, for instance, and regularly checks in there on Foursquare, you can use Gifi to leave them money for an espresso along with a little message, and they’ll be informed of it next time they’re there.
The app is free and should be available today, but you need to have accounts with both Foursquare and Venmo to use it.
Gifi should be warmly received at Foursquare, which is counting on third party developers to build applications that will create new uses for location-based check-ins. The more Foursquare-powered apps like this exist, the more chance New York’s most promising tech start-up has for becoming a true platform for location rather than just a niche service. Uses include:
- Hospitals: Leave gifts at hospital for friends/family
- Education: Leave gifts for teachers at nearby coffee shops
- Cause marketers: Leave gifts for people that donate
Result: Tweets such as “flowers waiting for me @meriter, thanks @wendysoucie” OR “flowers from @meriter waiting for me when i went to visit my grandpa, nice touch”
Take time to leave tips
Finally, foursquare, as any other platform, gets better and more useful with its users. So let’s key off of some of the observations coming out of San Francisco, and take time to leave helpful tips for others. These can be ongoing, such as whether or not a place only takes cash but has an ATM, or takes cards but not AmEx, to time-sensitive nuggets you stumble upon, such as daily specials. And remember, while we’re checked in at a venue, we can see what’s going on nearby. So if your company’s offer lines up with the next errand I have planned, then your message was disruptive without being intrusive.
That being said, let’s get our badges on.
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