Kyle Chowning

10 Best Practices for Social Media Success

Posted on04. Mar, 2010 by Kyle.

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 [...]

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How to swap Twitter Usernames without losing Followers

Posted on07. Feb, 2010 by Kyle.

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 change, [...]

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5 Keys to Building Forever-Followers—Chris Brogan Style

Posted on25. Sep, 2009 by Kyle.

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.

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 Google [...]

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

Posted on17. Apr, 2009 by Kyle.

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 [...]

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Let’s Punk’d Ashton Kutcher

Posted on17. Apr, 2009 by Kyle.

This morning at 1:17am, I received a CNN Breaking News Alert,
– Ashton Kutcher is first to reach 1 million followers in Twitter contest with CNN.
As of 7:44am CST, Ashton (@aplusk) has 1,026,082 followers and growing.
Now Ashton is always Punk’ding people. What if we punk’d him?
Today is #followfriday on Twitter. Let’s make today #unfollowAshtonFriday Friday and [...]

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The Social Networking Golden Rule

Posted on07. Feb, 2009 by Kyle.

“Do unto others, as you would have them do to you.”
It’s not new, but the golden rule still applies in social media. For example…
Want to build traffic on your blog?
If you search, find, read and comment on other peoples blogs, there’s a good chance that your consistent efforts will be rewarded with increased traffic and [...]

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Chipotle is coming to Nashville

Posted on26. Jan, 2009 by Kyle.

If you’re a Twitterwonderer, wonder no more.
Friday, I thought…

Before I know it, another fellow Chipotle lover (@nashvillest) replies to my Tweet…

Petition? How about they join my Facebook group for this very cause?

In three days, the group has doubled in size…
BUT…
Soon after all the Twitter-chatter, a lone voice enters the Facebook conversation. It’s him. THE guy [...]

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Are you a proactive or reactive social networker?

Posted on01. Jan, 2009 by Kyle.

I’ve had plenty of conversations with people over the years about social networking (blogging, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn etc). Based on those conversations, I find that there are many types of social network users, but for now, we’re going to concentrate on two: reactive and proactive.
Reactive social networkers experience life and then post about it. [...]

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