Social Media Club is 100,000+ STRONG! Check out the official word:
Social Media Club global is finally breaking the silence of the last few weeks to begin our relaunch in earnest. We begin today by sharing just how large Social Media Club has grown with the results of our recently completed census. This marks the first step forward in re-casting ourselves from a simple grassroots effort of loosely coupled social media enthusiasts into a modern professional association.
While we will still hold onto the open roots upon which we have grown, we will also emphasize the importance of membership dues to provide the funds needed to operate a non-profit on a global scale. These funds will enable us to provide an honest view on the social media industry, support the establishment of professional standards of conduct and expand our educational initiatives to further media literacy. The crucial step in making this vision a reality involves bringing our loosely affiliated ‘chapters’ closer together, but first we had to find them. Continue reading
It’s time for sunscreen, travel, and fun! School’s out and we all are ready for a vacation. In honor of summer break, Social Media Club is taking a break too!
Until next time, we want your input! We have a 3 question survey.
Subway of South Carolina now serves breakfast! To get you eating the most important meal of the day, they’re offering everyone free breakfast! Come in to any South Carolina Subway on May 13th between 7:00 and 11:00 AM, and you’ll receive a free English muffin melt and an 8 oz. drink!
Also, Subway of South Carolina wants to support our local non-profit organizations. You can help them by participating in their social media contest on your favorite social networks (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, etc.).
To enter, here’s what you have to do:
1) Decide on a non-profit. This can be your favorite school, charity, or 501C3 organization.
2) Know the location of the non-profit you’ve chosen.
3) Post in your favorite social media site using the hashtag #subwaysc and a hashtag for the city where the non-profit is located.
Here’s an example: On May 13, nominate fav charity to win $500 SUBWAY Card. Tweet charity name, #(City) where based & #subwaysc. See www.subwaysc.com
A few contest specifics:
On May 13, SUBWAY asks people to tweet their favorite local charity or school* via Twitter to nominate that nonprofit to win a $500 SUBWAY® Card. Five nonprofits with the greatest number of tweeters/tweets will win! Nominate as many nonprofits as you like, but please only two tweets per nonprofit. * 501c3 (Charity) or educational institutions in South Carolina or Augusta, GA market qualify; one winner per market.
To be counted, tweet nonprofit name and hashtag for city where the nonprofit is located – Example: #Columbia – along with hashtag #subwaysc.
Nominations will be taken during the 24-hour period on May 13, starting 12:00 a.m. EDT (midnight) and ending at 11:59 p.m. the same day.
The charities with the greatest number of tweets (nominations) in the Upstate, Midlands, Lowcountry, Pee Dee/Grand Strand and Central Savannah River Area will each receive the prize – a $500 SUBWAY® Card. That will buy a lot of breakfast sandwiches and coffee for the charity.
Escape the pollen and bring your iPad (or your iPad envy) to our tweetup on April 8, 2010 at 5:30 pm at Columbia’s very own Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers!
You know Mellow Mushroom has great food and beer, so why not add great company to the list?
As an added plus, there’s no wait for seating- once at Mellow Mushroom, head upstairs and to the left to find us in the glass room. And while you’re there, be sure to check Mellow Mushroom of Columbia out on Twitter.
This meeting is open to everyone in the Columbia area. You must register for this free event through Eventbritebecause space is limited!
Address:
1009 Gervais Street
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 933-9201
We had a great time at Harper’s Restaurant last night for our March meeting. New friends and great connections were made all around. For those of you who came for the very first time, thanks for coming. We hope to see you again next month!
In case you missed out, here are a few of the tweets:
@adgirlSC had a fantastic time w/ the very talented and interesting members of @smccolumbia tonight.
@drcoxinSC @smccolumbia good times tonight…glad to be here for the first time. Thanks!
Until next month, here’s what we need your help with:
Let’s show Google that Columbia is Famously Hot for Google Fiber. Post “Google Columbia, SC” to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and every other social network out there that you’re a part of at noon on March 22. It’s okay if you can’t do it exactly at noon, but make sure to do it at some point that day. Spread the word and invite everyone you know to do this!
To read more on why are we doing this, click here. To join the Facebook event, click here.
So spread the word to your friends, neighbors, and everyone else! Let’s get some super high speed Google fiber in Columbia!
Social Media Club has experienced a strong period of growth over the last six months – going from 91 chapters in July 2009 to over 160 chapters today (though I suspect there are still some more smaller ones hiding out there somewhere). In fact, we have confirmed sitings of chapters on six of the seven continents on this fine planet of ours (we are coming Antarctica, I promise!!).
Every local chapter is a little different from the next, just as every local neighborhood has its unique flavor. Some use Facebook. Others use Ning. A chapter might user Twitter just to promote their events. Another uses an email service, like iContact. Some love the wiki. Others don’t even know where to find it. This is good. This is a chance for us all to learn. The experiences of each of the chapters has informed our growth along the way and lead us to some important insights we have put to good use in the new site launching on Friday March 12.
We plan to focus on infrastructure in 2010, improving the ways we communicate with one another and helping local chapters find the right path to sustainability fot theit particular needs. We sincerely appreciate everyone who has taken a leadership role in Social Media Club. Your efforts are the reason we exist today and we love you for it. [...]
Here’s Ashlie’s presentation from tonight’s meeting. We hope to post the link to the video soon in case you couldn’t make it out.
Two hours after the meeting, and we’re still getting tweets @SMCColumbia from those who attended. We’re thrilled you all enjoyed the meeting. If you have questions on Gowalla or FourSquare, leave a comment below, or catch up with @ashlieconway or @willimac on twitter.
Let’s spread the word to our small businesses in Columbia! They could use the benefit of more foot traffic, and we LOVE getting deals, points, badgets, and the occasional “elusive” raccoon!
