Social Media Tips from Power-Blogger Chris Brogan

Chris Brogan’s book (co-authored with Julien Smith), Trust Agents, should be required reading for all small business owners and entrepreneurs. As one of the top bloggers in the world (or the blogosphere, or perhaps both), Chris has mastered a medium that countless millions of people and companies are trying to figure out. He has leveraged his blog at ChrisBrogan.com into a platform for a bestselling book and a business, consulting with organizations that want to be better users of social media tools.

About.com caught up with Chris as he was battling Delta Air Lines to find his luggage in Minneapolis airport. Here’s the link to our audio interview, where Chris addresses some important questions and issues for small business owners and entrepreneurs, including:

• Should all small businesses have blogs?
• How can small businesses use blogs and other social media tools to improve their customer relationships?
• Can older business owners get into blogging, or is it a young person’s game?
• How to use search to find where your customers are hanging out;
• How can you manage 100,000 followers on Twitter;
• How to get the fullest possible leverage for your business from the Internet;
• The power of “nice” on the Internet;
• And why you might want to emulate P.T. Barnum, David Lee Roth or Billy Mays for your blog persona.

Listen to the audio interview

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Social Media Tips from Power-Blogger Chris Brogan originally appeared on About.com Entrepreneurs on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 09:40:16.

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