Social Media | Kyle Chowning

Eight Things I Learned at Social Fresh Charlotte

Posted on16. Aug, 2010 by Kyle.

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Today, I joined a couple hundred of my new closest socmed Charlotte friends for an all day conference called Social Fresh. Established and ran by former Charlottean, Jason Keath, this six-session event was packed full of topics that ranged from community development to corporate social policy. I really enjoyed the conference, mainly because it was [...]

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Social Fresh – Charlotte

Posted on15. Aug, 2010 by Kyle.

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After being a Charlotean for a whole month, tomorrow I’m headed to the Social Fresh conference to jump in, with both feet, to the local social media community. The conference was founded and lead by social entrepreneur Jason Keith (@jakrose), and is targeted to marketers who use social media strategically. Personally, I can’t wait to meet [...]

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How Nashville businesses can help flood victims using Foursquare

Posted on05. May, 2010 by Kyle.

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If you are a business in Nashville looking for ways to contribute to the relief from to the #nashvillefloods this past weekend, the new geolocation social networking app, Foursquare, may be an easy way to facilitate your contributions. What is Foursquare? Foursquare is a relatively new social networking tool that gives people the ability to [...]

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Does sharing your location in social networks scare you?

Posted on29. Mar, 2010 by Kyle.

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My wife sent me a link to an article and video (posted below) she found the other day with a short note that said, “Please be careful.” The caution refers to my avid use of the usual social networks: Twitter, Facebook and my recent new interest, Foursquare (thanks Jeff Hamilton!). Over the past couple of [...]

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10 Best Practices for Social Media Success

Posted on04. Mar, 2010 by Kyle.

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In my new job, I do a lot of research specifically on the 18-34 “Millennial” demographic. If you’re targeting the same demographic, you are well aware the social media is playing a strong roll in your strategies. The good news is, social media isn’t waning one bit. In fact, it’s on the rise. The question [...]

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How to swap Twitter Usernames without losing Followers

Posted on07. Feb, 2010 by Kyle.

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Earlier last week, I made the move from using my Twitter username “chownage” to “kylechowning.” As to why, my main motivation is because people will know me before they’ll know chownage. Moreover, there are SEO (search engine optimization) benefits and overall, it just makes it easier for people to recall and reference. After making the [...]

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5 Keys to Building Forever-Followers—Chris Brogan Style

Posted on25. Sep, 2009 by Kyle.

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Yesterday, I had the spontaneous opportunity to attend the Author’s Way event and see social media “typist” Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) talk about his perspective and approach on all things social media. He also dived into the heart of his new book, Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust (Amazon [...]

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Five Blogs I Recommend

Posted on27. May, 2009 by Kyle.

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Lately, I’ve been uninspired to write here due to a variety of reasons. So rather than trying to come up with something creative, I thought I would take advantage of the Google Reader Trend statistics and share with you the top five blogs that I’ve been reading over the past 30 days. If you’re a [...]

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So, We Didn’t Punk’d Ashton (an update)

Posted on17. Apr, 2009 by Kyle.

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Update: Most of you reading my previous post this morning likely thought that pulling off the punk’d wasn’t possible; and honestly, the odds where seriously stacked against us. However, Ashton only had the success that he’s had today because he had an outrageous idea and gave it a shot. The result? He won, got on [...]