This nifty chart can help those who suffer from not knowing which social networking site to post to. In a social media experiment, I posted this image to ALL of my social networking site and received the most interactions on the Facebook (by far) and the second most from Google+. I am gonna make a judgement call that this chat is not entirely accurat, though it is freaking funny! Thanks Melissa Crain (of New Skin Media) for showing me the way!
Apparently I am a happy foodie who is obsessed with wine.
Yup… Sounds like me.
This is the email that came into my Inbox a few days ago:
If you’ve ever wanted to know just how much better your life would be if you were pulchritudinous, rich, and a creative genius – it’s your lucky day. Sunshine Megatron, the creator of T-Shirt Hell, has started a twitter account and you can now partake in his latest 140 character rants, follow his daily activities and maybe even join him on his daily stroll down Hollywood Boulevard where he organizes high stakes chicken fights among the homeless.
Plus, there will be plenty of T-Shirt Hell giveaways for twitterers only. And we’re not just giving away free shirts or coupons, Sunshine is going to give away cash, bottles of Cristal, sex and who knows what else. Follow the only real T-Shirt Hell/Sunshine Megatron twitter account at:
And as motivation, Sunshine will give 20 random twitterers who sign up to follow us 5 free shirts and $100 cash each. We’ll list the winners in a twitter post a week from now. Start following immediately and we guarantee you that zit on your ass will disappear within minutes. Shazam!
That is it, no fancy artwork, no url to website (but here it is now), no 20% off if you order right now. I immediately had to start following this guy. I mean, I care enough about their t-shirt site to subscribe to their email blast, so following this guy on Twitter seemed like the next logical step.
The first tweet of his read: Tell me your favorite luncheon meat for your chance to win 5 lbs of bacon. RT this for a
chance to win 10 lbs
…. of course I re-tweeted, asking if tofu was considered a meat. This morning I awoke to find out that I won the contest and 10lbs of bacon!
Seriously…
As a vegetarian who knows the power that bacon has over people, I will be using my winnings to mock all my wine blogging friends who may be reading this.
Just wait…
The funny thing is this is not the first item I have won via Twitter. A few months prior, I won a twitter contest from @NapaMarriott, the Twitter account from Todd at the Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa. I won a Gift Certificate to their spa, the Amadeus Spa & Salon which I haven’t used yet.
Update: I was actually sent an email with a Gift Certificate to Amazon.com saying I could actually purchase anything I wanted from the site… So in true “Shana” fashion, I bought shoes. Though I do have around $20 left on my gift card code, so if anyone has any suggestions on what I should get, maybe something “bacon” related, let me know!
My friend Tim (who introduced me to Twitter 2 years ago) jokingly commented that my last posting on my social media competition was way more than 140 characters and thus it was entirely too long for our overworked minds to read.
“Great link, but now you’re making me read more than 140 characters… grrrr.”
I decided to try to see if I could shorten the post enough to still be able to prove my point, but just in a shorter format.
Let’s see:
Should you trust Social Media “Experts” who has only been on FB/TW for a few months? No! (88 characters)
Social Media is about adapting quickly, being honest and most importantly – about COMMITMENT and PASSION. Newbies may not know this yet. (137 characters)
Social Media is a tool that takes time, so why trust those jumping on the Social Media Marketing bandwagon & claiming to be “experts” (135 characters)
Any others?
If someone asked me at the age of eight what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have had one of three different responses: A lawyer, a teacher or the person who writes commercials. The third dream of mine is the one that I ended up pursuing and even though my dream was crushed by the decline in TV advertising, I knew even at a young age that the marketing world was the world for me. Good thing the world of internet advertising allows for more creative thinking and versatility than the in-the-box model of the TV advertisement.
Over the years many people have told me that I would make a great teacher, that I have a commanding voice (I think they mean loud) and now it is official – I am breaking out the glasses, the khaki pants and a plain blue blouse (memories of Mr. Murdock and Mr. Kaufman my two favorite teachers in high school) because I am going to start teaching social media classes for the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau.